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Photo (left to right): Stephano Manservisi, Director General for International Cooperation and Development at the European Commission; Léonard Emile Ognimba, ACP Assistant-Secretary General in charge of the Department of Political Affairs and Human Development; Abdoul Karim Sango; Minister of Culture of Burkina Faso; and Mrs Jacqueline Marie Zaba Nikiema, Ambassador of Burkina Faso in Brussels.

By ACP Press

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) -- A satisfaction! This is what can be said about the presentation of the 26th edition of FESPACO held in Brussels on January 17, 2019. The Minister of Culture of Burkina Faso Abdoul Karim Sango and all lovers of African cinema met at the headquarters of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States to discuss the holding of the 50th anniversary of the FESPACO, which will take place from February 23 to March 2, 2019 in Ouagadougou.

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Photo: ACP Secretary-General Dr. Patrick I. Gomes addressing the United Nations Summit for the adoption of Agenda 2030 for global development on 26 September 2015, United Nations, New York. Credit: UN Photo/Amanda Voisard.

By Robert Johnson

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) -- In the face of burgeoning unilateralism and generally "turbulent" global environment, the 79-nation African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States has urged “vigorous support” for the United Nations.

”Vigorous support for the United Nations to advance multilateralism will loom large in all the programmes and projects of the ACP in 2019,” according to ACP Secretary General, Dr. P. I. Gomes.

The Guyana-born Secretary General said that in a turbulent global environment and increasing violence of regional and civil conflicts, “strong and unequivocal action by the UN system is needed now more than ever."

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BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) -- Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague says the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)-European Union (EU) Development Minerals Programme has assisted stakeholders in the mining sector to embrace international standards.

The ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme is a three-year, €13.1 million capacity building project, which is an initiative of the ACP Group of States, and coordinated by the ACP Secretariat. It is financed by the European Commission and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and implemented by the UNDP.

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By ACP Press

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) -- New technologies, knowledge and innovations can be powerful drivers of inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development. In fact, investments in research, innovation and technology are considered instrumental to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda .

On these lines, a growing number of ACP countries have moved to incorporate science, innovation and technology in their national development policies. At the same time, the European Union and Member States remain committed to continue investing in research and development, including enhancing national innovation systems . 

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Photo (left to right): Ms. D. Walsweer-Sore, ACP Secretariat; Stefano Manservisi, European Commission's Director-General; Professor Robert Dussey, ACP Chief Negotiator; Rimnick Pato, Foreign Minister of Papua New Guinea.

By Reinhard Jacobsen

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – 2019 will be a crucial year for relations between the European Union (EU) and 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) – uniting more than half of all UN member countries and representing over 1.5 billion people.

The current partnership, governed by the Cotonou agreement, is one of the longest-standing and most comprehensive framework for cooperation between the EU and developing countries. The current agreement expires in 2020. Therefore, the new agreement needs to be both finalised and approved by then.

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By Robert Johnson

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are very concerned about the unilateral and discriminatory approach observed by the European Union in tax matters, as evidenced by its decision to publish a European list of so-called non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.

The importance of tax matters for ACP countries, in particular their political dimension which affects the sovereignty of States in areas such as economic regulation, resource mobilisation, has led to the creation of an ad-hoc ACP Ministerial Contact Group on Tax Matters to engage in a dialogue with the European Union in order to resolve in a harmonious manner the situation created by the inclusion of certain ACP countries on this EU list.

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Photo (from left to right: Viwanou Gnassounou, ACP Assistant Secretary General for Sustainable Economic Development and Trade; ACP Secretary General Dr. Patrick I. Gomes; Dr. Issa Doubragne Minister for the Economy and Development Planning of Chad and Chair of the ACP Council of Ministers; Mrs. Ammo Aziza Baroud Ambassador of Chad and Chair of the ACP Committee of Ambassador, during the opening of the 108th Session of the ACP Council of Ministers in Brussels. Credit: ACP Press.

By Robert Johnson

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – In his opening remarks at the108th Session of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Council of Ministers on December 13, 2018 in Brussels, Secretary General Dr Patrick I Gomes accentuated the significance of 79 developing countries from across three continents coming together.

The Council had brought the Group members "ever closer together in a shrinking globe of rapid technological changes" where "we face a world of rivalries on trade, regional conflicts and civil wars as new geopolitical alignments seek to control resources markets and the minds and hearts of the disenchanted."

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By ACP Press

BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – The Directive establishing the audiovisual legal deposit in the eight Member States of the West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA), which was published on 1 December in UEMOA's Official Journal, is the first of its kind in the world. This Directive, which is the only existing example of a common audiovisual legal deposit initiative, will facilitate the preservation of audiovisual heritage in an economic area with 112 million inhabitants, comprising Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.

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Photo from left to right: Dr Patrick Gomes ACP Secretary General; Joseph Owona Kono, ACP Co-President of the JPA; Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin; Mrs. Michèle RIVASI, EU Co-President of the JPA and Adrien Houngbédji President of the National Assembly of Benin. Credit: ACP.

BRUSSELS | COTONOU (ACP-IDN) – The Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), comprised of members of the European Parliament (EP) and their counterparts from 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states – EP's Michèle Rivasi and ACP's Joseph Owona KONO – have reiterated their desire to maintain "deep and unique partnership" between the two groups.

In a joint declaration, emerging from the JPA's 36th session from December 3 to 5, 2018 in Cotonou (Benin), the two co-presidents greeted the adoption of the negotiating directives by the EU and the negotiating mandate of the ACP Parties, and the launch of negotiations intended to conclude a successor Agreement to the ACP-EU Cotonou Partnership Agreement.

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IFAD President Gilbert Houngbo being interviewed by IDN-INPS Southern Africa correspondent Jeffrey Moyo in Harare, Zimbabwe, on December 3, 2018.

IDN interviews IFAD President Gilbert Houngbo

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE (ACP-IDN) – Smallholder rural farmers in Zimbabwe are set to benefit from international funding intended to improve access to inputs, irrigation and the adoption of smart farming practices in the face of predicted El Nino-induced drought.

On the first visit to Zimbabwe of a president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at the beginning of December, it was made known that the Rome-based specialised agency of the United Nations is making 51 million dollars available for development of the agricultural sector in remote areas of the country.

According to IFAD, the immediate aim is to support the revitalisation of over 6000 hectares in 152 existing smallholder irrigation schemes in various parts of the country.

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

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Sustainable development of its Member-States and their gradual integration into the global economy, which entails making poverty reduction a matter of priority and establishing a new, fairer, and more equitable world order;

Coordination of the activities of the ACP Group in the framework of the implementation of ACP-EC Partnership Agreements;

Consolidation of unity and solidarity among ACP States, as well as understanding among their peoples;

Establishment and consolidation of peace and stability in a free and democratic society.

 

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