Brussels, 4 March 2014/ ACP: Artists, trainers, creative professionals and managers representing projects funded by the ACP Cultures Plus programme were in Brussels last week to share experiences and refresh their knowledge on how to better manage their projects.

Brussels, 3 March 2014/ CTA/ ACP: A roundtable discussion at the ACP House this week will focus on how to revolutionise finance for agri-value chains, highlighting key opportunities for rural farmers as well as financiers in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.

Brussels, 25 February 2014/ ACP: Tanzanian Ambassador to the EU, H.E Diodorus Kamala addressed his peers for the first time on Friday 21 February since taking over presidency of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors earlier this month.

Suva, Fiji, 21 February 2014/ PIPSO/BizClim/ACP: The Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) in collaboration with the ACP Business Climate Facility (BizClim) is soon to commence with its Regional Cluster Initiative in the Pacific project, targeting four Pacific island countries – Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu.

Bridgetown, Barbados, 18 February 2014/Caribbean News Now/ACP -- Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), on behalf of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) Secretariat hosted a regional private sector consultation meeting in Barbados on February 14, 2014.

Brussels, 18 February 2014/ ACP: A high level parliamentary delegation led by the Speaker of the Kenyan Senate Hon. Ekwee Ethuro were received at the ACP House on Tuesday by the Secretary General H.E Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni and his staff.

Brussels, 17 February 2014/ ACP: The plethora of organisations targeting regional integration in the East African zone has been highlighted as an area of concern by members of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA).

In accordance with Article 17 of the Cotonou Agreement and Article 6 of the Rules of
Procedure of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), Members of the Assembly
from the East Africa Region of the ACP Group and their European Parliament counterparts
held a regional meeting in Port Louis, Mauritius, from 12 to 14 February 2014. Members
expressed gratitude to the Government and Parliament of Mauritius for hosting the meeting

Brussels, 17 February 2014/ ACP: The ACP Eminent Persons Group (EPG) will hold its fourth round of consultations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 24 - 26 February, to gather views from stakeholders in the region on the outlooks for the 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific Group.

At its special meeting held in Brussels on 16 December 2013, the Committee of Ambassadors of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States discussed the situation in the Central African Republic.