Gambia
Less than a week after the European Parliament gave the green light on April 6 for the new fishing agreement between the EU and the Comoros, a delegation of fishermen from West Africa, brought to Europe by the NGO Greenpeace, told MEPs and EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki, on 14 April in Brussels, of the threat posed by the mass influx of European vessels into their waters.
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Established in 1991, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a partnership between African governments and the international donor community, is enabling Africa to build its own capacity, says Executive Secretary, Frannie Leautier. She was recently in Brussels to explain more about ACBF’s aims and activities to European Union (EU) institutions. The body has, to date, funded 246...
West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) is a trans-territorial radio station, set up to facilitate the exchange of development information between West African countries.
Its promoter is the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), part of the network of the Soros Foundations whose aims are to further democracy, good governance, the rule of law, freedom and civil society participation.
After...
Misinformation has been one of the main stumbling blocks to the conclusion of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with West Africa.
An EPA with West Africa would potentially be the largest by trade volume since the region currently accounts for 40 per cent of all ACP-EU trade.
“Failure in the past to interact with constituents has given room for misinformation,...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
PAPED is the EU-financed Development Programme for West Africa attached to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), a free trade agreement between the EU and the region. It is tailored to enable the region to make the most of the new market openings.
The PAPED ‘aid for trade’ package has been drawn up in tandem with talks between the EU and West Africa on market liberalisation...
“Special attention will be devoted to West Africa, a priority region for Spain”
In the rotating EU presidency Chair from 1 January to -30 June 2010, Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé, replies to our questions on ACP issues.
What are the Spanish Presidency’s priorities towards ACP countries?
The major...
Newly-appointed Secretary General of the ACP Group. The new Secretary General of the ACP Group, who is to take office on the 1st March 2010, is Mohamed Ibn Chambas from Ghana and President of the ECOWAS Commission (Economic Community of West African States) since 2007. He was previously the regional body’s Executive Secretary, a post he held from 2002. In ECOWAS, Chambas has taken a...
An international workshop, organised by the European Commission (EC) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, was held 14-15 October in Brussels on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme financed by the EU implemented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).
The programme benefited 22 ACP* countries between...
The financial and food crises, the Economic Partnership Agreements and the conclusions of the G20 summit in London were on the agenda for the members of the ACP-EU Joint Assembly, which met in Prague from 4 to 9 April. The parliamentarians also adopted an emergency resolution on Somalia and the issue of piracy which is rife off the coast of the country.
In her opening session speech, MEP...
Less than a week after the European Parliament gave the green light on April 6 for the new fishing agreement between the EU and the Comoros, a delegation of fishermen from West Africa, brought to Europe by the NGO Greenpeace, told MEPs and EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki, on 14 April in Brussels, of the threat posed by the mass influx of European vessels into their waters.
Thirteen...
Established in 1991, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a partnership between African governments and the international donor community, is enabling Africa to build its own capacity, says Executive Secretary, Frannie Leautier. She was recently in Brussels to explain more about ACBF’s aims and activities to European Union (EU) institutions. The body has, to date, funded 246...
West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) is a trans-territorial radio station, set up to facilitate the exchange of development information between West African countries.
Its promoter is the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), part of the network of the Soros Foundations whose aims are to further democracy, good governance, the rule of law, freedom and civil society participation.
After...
Misinformation has been one of the main stumbling blocks to the conclusion of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with West Africa.
An EPA with West Africa would potentially be the largest by trade volume since the region currently accounts for 40 per cent of all ACP-EU trade.
“Failure in the past to interact with constituents has given room for misinformation,...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
PAPED is the EU-financed Development Programme for West Africa attached to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), a free trade agreement between the EU and the region. It is tailored to enable the region to make the most of the new market openings.
The PAPED ‘aid for trade’ package has been drawn up in tandem with talks between the EU and West Africa on market liberalisation...
“Special attention will be devoted to West Africa, a priority region for Spain”
In the rotating EU presidency Chair from 1 January to -30 June 2010, Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé, replies to our questions on ACP issues.
What are the Spanish Presidency’s priorities towards ACP countries?
The major...
Newly-appointed Secretary General of the ACP Group. The new Secretary General of the ACP Group, who is to take office on the 1st March 2010, is Mohamed Ibn Chambas from Ghana and President of the ECOWAS Commission (Economic Community of West African States) since 2007. He was previously the regional body’s Executive Secretary, a post he held from 2002. In ECOWAS, Chambas has taken a...
An international workshop, organised by the European Commission (EC) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, was held 14-15 October in Brussels on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme financed by the EU implemented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).
The programme benefited 22 ACP* countries between...
The financial and food crises, the Economic Partnership Agreements and the conclusions of the G20 summit in London were on the agenda for the members of the ACP-EU Joint Assembly, which met in Prague from 4 to 9 April. The parliamentarians also adopted an emergency resolution on Somalia and the issue of piracy which is rife off the coast of the country.
In her opening session speech, MEP...
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