Guinea Bissau
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.
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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,...
EU funds for 13 ACPs to cushion the impact of the economic crisis
Eleven African and two Caribbean countries are the initial beneficiaries of €215M from the EU’s Vulnerability-FLEX (V-FLEX) finance mechanism for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations, it was announced in December 2009. They are: Benin, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea...
2010 will see the European Union put pen to paper on the blueprint of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) which is expected to include a new approach towards fisheries agreements with non-EU countries from 2012. An in-depth evaluation of the existing agreements with West Africa, ‘To draw the line – EU Fisheries Agreements in West Africa’, by the Swedish Society for...
“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...
Gabon: The son of late president succeeds his father
Ali Bongo, 50-years old, candidate of the Parti Démocratique Gabonais (PDG), son of President Omar Bongo Ondimba who died in June 2009 after 41 years in power, was elected President of Gabon with 41.76 per cent votes on 30 August at the end of a single poll. Rivals André Mba Obamé, who came second with 25.88 per cent...
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,...
EU funds for 13 ACPs to cushion the impact of the economic crisis
Eleven African and two Caribbean countries are the initial beneficiaries of €215M from the EU’s Vulnerability-FLEX (V-FLEX) finance mechanism for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations, it was announced in December 2009. They are: Benin, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea...
2010 will see the European Union put pen to paper on the blueprint of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) which is expected to include a new approach towards fisheries agreements with non-EU countries from 2012. An in-depth evaluation of the existing agreements with West Africa, ‘To draw the line – EU Fisheries Agreements in West Africa’, by the Swedish Society for...
“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...
Gabon: The son of late president succeeds his father
Ali Bongo, 50-years old, candidate of the Parti Démocratique Gabonais (PDG), son of President Omar Bongo Ondimba who died in June 2009 after 41 years in power, was elected President of Gabon with 41.76 per cent votes on 30 August at the end of a single poll. Rivals André Mba Obamé, who came second with 25.88 per cent...
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