BRUSSELS, Belgium ---Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) is a major challenge and concern for ACP countries, a number of which have faced sanctions under the European Union’s IUU Regulation.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ---- No future without culture: this assertion is not just merely part of the promotional efforts of the ACP-EU Program’s support for the cultural sectors (ACPCultures+). Rather than a cry, it is a profession of faith.
BRUSSELS, Belgium --- Ivy Dondo Chaza was presented to the Committee of Ambassadors on Thursday as the newly appointed ACP Assistant Secretary General in charge of Administration, Finance and Human Resources.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ---- The Drafting Committee of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States met the ACP Ambassadors to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to solicit their views on the Group’s future perspectives up to and beyond 2020 when the Partnership Agreement ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium --- The ACP Committee of Ambassadors in Brussels will hold its first regular session this month since appointing a new Chair and a new Bureau to coordinate its work.
BRUSSELS, Belgium --- The Drafting Committee of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) concluded a vigorous week of work in Brussels on Friday, preparing its report on the future orientation of the ACP Group. The report is to be a key item on the agenda for the upcoming Summit of ACP ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium ---- Following confirmation by the Council of Ministers last month that the Caribbean region will hold the post of Secretary General of the Brussels-based ACP Secretariat for the 2015-2020 period, the Committee of Ambassadors have designated which regions to nominate candidates for the four Assistant Secretary-General posts.
BRUSSELS, Belgium --- The leaders of the 28 member states of the European Union are meeting in Brussels today to appoint a successor to the UK’s Catherine Ashton as the EU’s foreign-policy chief.
BRUSSELS, Belgium --- Jean-Claude Juncker, ex-prime minister of Luxembourg and former head of the Eurogroup, has been confirmed Tuesday as the next president of the European Commission by the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
BRUSSELS, Belgium --- The 8th ACP Summit of Heads of State and Government is set to take place on 06-07 November in Paramaribo, Suriname under the theme “Repositioning the ACP Group to fulfill the aspirations of our Peoples.”
BRUSSELS, Belgium -----British Prime Minister David Cameron was accused on Sunday of blackmail and threats as his attempts to stop Jean-Claude Juncker becoming president of the European commission put him at the centre of a power struggle for control of the European Union.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ---- European Union leaders, stunned by a big Eurosceptic protest vote in European Parliament elections, agreed on Tuesday to seek a package deal of appointments to top EU jobs with an economic agenda to win back public confidence.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ---- European Union leaders met in Brussels Tuesday night under intense pressure to reform the way the bloc is run after populist upstart parties on the right and left surged in four days of legislative elections ending Sunday.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ----The future orientation and structure of the ACP Group is projected to be one of several key issues on the agenda at the upcoming 8th Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government, currently scheduled for November 2014 in Suriname.
BRUSSELS,Belgium The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Marshall Islands, a country which suffers a great deal from climate change impact, tell EurActiv's Tanka Milevska what his country needs from the developing world in terms of decarbonisation and stronger climate ambitions.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ----- The United Republic of Tanzania holds ACP Presidency for the period 1 February – 1 August 2014. During this period, Dr Diodorus Kamala chairs the ACP Committee of Ambassadors, a decision-making organ of the Group that reports to the Council of Ministers.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ----- A year shy of its 40th anniversary, having spent decades working to lift its people out of poverty, the 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) – the largest intergovernmental association of developing countries in existence – is undergoing a period of profound self-review.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ---- A new partnership between the ACP Secretariat and UN Women was signed by ACP Secretary-General Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ----The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo pledged generous support to the ACP Group on Friday 4 April, including €200,000 to help the work of the Secretariat, and a commitment to host and bear the costs of the ACP Eminent Persons Group's regional consultations for Central ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium ------ Vanuatu will host the next Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)-European Union (EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in December this year.
BELGIUM ---- Vanuatu's Fisheries Minister David Tosul and his delegation is in Brussels, Belgium on the final leg of negotiations with the European Union (EU) to uplift the yellow card served on Vanuatu in November 2012 over Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.
BRUSSELS, Belgium --- A European Union committee has been asked to press the Indonesian government for greater media freedom and an open dialogue with Papua.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ---- At least three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are in arrears to the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group resulting in their nationals no longer finding employment within the ACP Secretariat, according to informed sources in Brussels.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ---- As president of the Council of Ministers of the African, Caribbean and Pacific states, Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi had the perfect forum to voice his concerns about the effects climate change has had on his island nation.
BRUSSELS, Belgium ---- At least three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are in arrears to the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group resulting in their nationals no longer finding employment within the ACP Secretariat, according to informed sources in Brussels.
