The Secretary General of the
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, Dr.
class="font-size--16The President made the appeal as he pitched for closer cooperation among
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to spur development and economic growth.
The Cotonou Agreement, known as the
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)-European Union Partnership Agreement, is made up of 48 Sub-Saharan African countries and 31 countries from the Caribbean and the Pacific.
BRUSSELS, Dec 6 (KUNA) -- Concrete involvement of the international community in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel was discussed by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and their counterparts from 78
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries during their Joint Parliamentary Assembly which took place from December 3-5 in Cotonou city, Benin.
They are ongoing negotiations expected to create a free trade area between the European Union and
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP).
This agreement is expected to replace, from 1 October onwards, trading preferences agreed by the EU to the
African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states (ACP).
Beyond the resources allocated to development and climate change for the
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries in the period 2008-2013, the Commission has also released an extra 110 million for climate change since 2008.
The CIF, a 40 million euro facility signed in 2012 between the European Union (EU) and
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states, represents the ongoing collaboration between the two regions.
The Council of Ministers of the
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), will meet 26 March in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, under the chairmanship of Botswana's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Phandu Skelemani, whose country is currently holding the chairmanship of the ACP, PANA learnt from official sources here.
The European Centre for Development Policy Management is an independent foundation which was established in 1986 in order to monitor and support development cooperation between the European Union and the
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
The agreement is the basis of the EU engagement with
African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, the agreement, requires recipients to ratify the Rome Statute, which establishes the International Criminal Court (ICC).
