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Photo: Tjekero Tweya, Namibia's Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development of the Republic of Namibia, and President of the ACP Council of Ministers addressing the 37th session of ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in Bucharest. Source: New Era Live.

By Edgar Brandt, New Era Live

WINDHOEK (ACP-IDN) – Namibia has reaffirmed its commitment to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) and European Union (EU) partnership and says it will do all it can to honour and work toward the commitments embodied in the Cotonou Agreement and post-Cotonou when it expires in 2020.

This was the message by Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development of the Republic of Namibia and President of the ACP Council of Ministers, Tjekero Tweya, when he spoke at the 37th session of ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) March 18-20 in Bucharest, Romania. 

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Photo: The 37th plenary of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) was formally opened on 18 March in Bucharest, Romania. Credit: ACP Press

By Robert Johnson

BRUSSES | BUCHAREST (ACP-IDN) – Migration, rule of law, climate change, ACP-EU relations beyond 2020, renewable energies and education were among issues discussed at the 37th ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in Bucharest.

From March 18 to 20, 2019, the Assembly brought together Members of the European Parliament and representatives from developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific in Bucharest, Romania.

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Photo: Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland addresses parliamentarians from 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) and 28 European Union (EU) countries at the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest.

By Robert Johnson

BRUSSELS | BUCHAREST (ACP-IDN) – Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has reaffirmed the 53-nation group's support for the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, while urging deeper collaboration to boost their trade and development potential.

She was addressing the 37th session of the ACP and European Union (EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly on the impact of Brexit on ACP-EU Partnership in Bucharest, Romania. The Assembly aims to promote greater dialogue, cooperation and understanding among ACP and EU countries.

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Image credit: The Ouagadougou Pan-African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO)

By ACP Press

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – Assistant-Secretary-General of the ACP Group, Léonard-Emile Ognimba, together with the Director General for Development and International Cooperation of the European Commission, Stefano Manservisi, officially launched the new ACP-EU Culture Programme on the occasion of the 26th edition of The Ouagadougou Pan-African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO), on February 24, 2019 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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Photo: 17th regional meeting of ACP-EU Parliamentarians in Suriname. Credit: European Parliament

By Robert Johnson

BRUSSELS | PARAMARIBO, Suriname (ACP-IDN) – Climate change, which is a major concern in the Caribbean, and identifying and implementing effective climate adaptation and mitigation strategies were high on the agenda of the 17th regional meeting of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname, from February 28 to March 2, 2019

Parliamentarians from the Caribbean region of the ACP Group and their European counterparts also focused on regional Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), security and the political situation of the region as well as on energy, economic growth and employment.

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Photo: Sugar cane plantation. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

By ACP Press

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) and Least Developed Countries (LDC) are calling for a level playing field for all sugar stakeholders after a study had been presented to the European Parliament implicating them in the substantial decline in the price and export of the commodity over the past two years.

The study was undertaken by the European Sugar Refiners Association (ESRA) on raw materials in the EU sugarcane sector.

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Photo: ACP Secretary-General (right) at the ACP-EU talks in A: ACP Apia. Credit: ACP Press

By ACP Press

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – In the context of the ongoing negotiations to modernize relations between the EU and 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP), chief negotiators met with Pacific leaders on February 26.

The talks aimed to lay the ground for the creation of an EU-Pacific pillar, within the future agreement. The negotiators focussed on the specific needs and priorities to be addressed together in the decades to come.

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IFAD, the European Union, the ACP Group, the Government of Luxembourg and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) launching the Agri-Business Capital (ABC) Fund to spur economic and social development in rural areas. Credit: ACP Press

By IFAD

ROME (ACP-IDN) -- An impact fund with an innovative approach for attracting much needed capital to the rural areas of developing countries was launched on February 15 at the annual meeting of Member States of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

IFAD, along with the European Union, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), the government of Luxembourg and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), launched the Agri-Business Capital (ABC) Fund to help rural entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector access the finance they need to grow their businesses and create jobs for poor rural people, in particular young people.

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Photo: ACP Secretary-General Gomes (second from left) with Cuban representatives.

By ACP Press

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) -- The Director General of Cooperation from the Foreign Ministry of Cuba, Magalys Estrada met with High level ACP representatives to reflect on Cuba’s cooperation with ACP countries during a special meeting on February 7, 2019, at ACP headquarters. The meeting was held in the framework of “Cuba days” in Belgium organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban revolution and several important anniversaries.

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Photo: ACP Committee of Ambassadors with ACP Secretary General Dr. P. I. Gomes second from right in the first row. Credit: ACP

By ACP Press

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – The Ambassador of the Republic of Namibia, Dr. Kaire M. Mbuende will preside over the Committee of African, Caribbean and Pacific ambassadors in Brussels for the period February 1 – July 31, 2019.

His chairmanship comes at a decisive time when negotiations for a new partnership with the European Union are well advanced and are expected to be concluded during the summer of 2019.

In a hand-over ceremony on February 1, Ambassador Mbuende thanked the outgoing Chair, Ambassador Ammo Aziza Baroud of Chad for her leadership during the previous six months. He noted the successful launch of the negotiation meeting at the level of ACP Ambassadors and Senior Officials of the European Union which took place on October 18, 2018 in Brussels. 

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The ACP Group comprises: Sub-Saharan Africa (48), The Caribbean (16), The Pacific (15).

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