Mauritania
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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West Africa’s plans to move up the world tourism rankings are taking root, both at regional and country-levels.
Nigeria’s Delta State is aiming for one million visitors a year by 2014 on completion of a water theme park. According to Richard Mofe Damijo, state commissioner for tourism, it is the first of its kind in West Africa and will help propel the country’s tourism sector...
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...
Universal Healthcare Insurance (UHI) or health insurance, financed by the state, employers and possibly by private individuals, was long regarded as unattainable in developing countries. Unlike pensions, industrial accident insurance or free public schooling, this was not part of the colonial legacy bequeathed to the newly independent African or Caribbean states in the 1960s and 70s....
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,...
“Professional intra-ACP migration is a priority”: Interview with Laurent de Bœck, director of the ACP Observatory on Migration in Brussels
The Belgian Laurent de Bœck has been with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) for 14 years now. His early years were devoted to reconstruction in countries in post-conflict situations such as Rwanda and Kosovo, or...
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...
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...
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...
West Africa’s plans to move up the world tourism rankings are taking root, both at regional and country-levels.
Nigeria’s Delta State is aiming for one million visitors a year by 2014 on completion of a water theme park. According to Richard Mofe Damijo, state commissioner for tourism, it is the first of its kind in West Africa and will help propel the country’s tourism sector...
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...
Universal Healthcare Insurance (UHI) or health insurance, financed by the state, employers and possibly by private individuals, was long regarded as unattainable in developing countries. Unlike pensions, industrial accident insurance or free public schooling, this was not part of the colonial legacy bequeathed to the newly independent African or Caribbean states in the 1960s and 70s....
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,...
“Professional intra-ACP migration is a priority”: Interview with Laurent de Bœck, director of the ACP Observatory on Migration in Brussels
The Belgian Laurent de Bœck has been with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) for 14 years now. His early years were devoted to reconstruction in countries in post-conflict situations such as Rwanda and Kosovo, or...
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...
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...
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