Brussels, 26 February 2015/ ACP: Ministers of Health from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries concluded their second meeting after two days of deliberations on health objectives in the context of the post-2015 development agenda.

 

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It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all, on behalf of the ACP Group, to this 2nd Meeting of ACP Ministers of Health.  

 

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 February 2015/ JIS: The Government of Jamaica will continue work to develop the housing and social infrastructure in urban centres across the island under the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP).

 

Phase two of the initiative was officially launched on Friday, 20 February, during a function held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Brussels, 16 February 2015/ ACP: The Secretary General designate of the ACP Group, H.E Dr Patrick Gomes met with the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Mr. Kanayo F. Nwanze last week in Rome, where they discussed strengthening of ACP-IFAD relations in the area of South-South & Triangular Cooperation.

 

Brussels, 12 February 2015/ ACP: The Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States today launched a new study that offers a comprehensive view of the various risks faced across its member countries, as well as valuable efforts to reduce them.

 

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It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all, on behalf of the ACP Group, to the launching of the study for the ACP Compendium of risk knowledge: Mapping Disaster risk in ACP countries and Regions.

 

Brussels, 10 February 2015/ CTA/ ACP: The explosion of digital data offers new technological opportunities for enhancing agricultural development; it has also become a key asset for all economies in the world. A seminar at the ACP House next week will seek to shed light on the impacts of the global data revolution for agriculture.

 

Brussels, 10 February 2015/ CDE/ ACP: The EU Member States and ACP States reached a joint agreement on an orderly closure of the CDE on 19 and 20 June 2014 in Nairobi, at the 39th meeting of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers. 

 

First of all, allow me to thank you for giving me this opportunity to make a few remarks at this meeting for beneficiaries of the ACP Cultures+ programme. This programme has indeed come a long way, and it is gratifying to note the huge interest it has generated not only among artists, but among other development actors as well.