Brussels, 17 January 2022/OACPS/EIB: The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) will host an online seminar on Thursday, 20 January 2022 at 14:00 - 17:15 CET.

The seminar is designed to be a knowledge-sharing and networking workshop, to bring together the EIB’s experience and sectoral expertise and the local economic insights and market knowledge of the regional development banks, to further deepen partnerships. 

The workshop will explore:

a. Post-COVID recovery finance for SMEs;

Brussels, 14 January 2022/OACPS: Two reports produced following the six-month mission led by high-level international experts under the OACPS Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme's Policy Support Facility (PSF) are expected to assist the Kingdom of Lesotho to develop a new and efficient R&I Policy.

The Country Background Report and the Policy Recommendation Report will contribute to boosting the national R&I system for better impact on society and sustainable development.

Brussels, 14 January 2022/OACPS: The 113th Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) was held on 30 November to 2 December 2021. The Session was chaired by the Hon. Mr. Tete António, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Angola and President-in-Office of the OACPS Council of Ministers.

At the meeting, the ministers and their representatives approved twelve decisions and three resolutions.

Brussels, 13 January 2022/OACPS: The Secretary-General, H.E. Mr. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, has learnt with deep sadness of the passing of the incumbent President of the European Parliament Mr David Sassoli, on Tuesday, 11 January 2022.

A leader of one of the key EU institutions, Mr Sassoli steadfastly defended and promoted democratic ideals. Through this, he inspired the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Brussels, 17 December 2021/OACPS: Key policy recommendations were submitted to the Mauritanian government for developing a strategy to make research and innovation (R&I) a vector for sustainable development. They result from the OACPS R&I Policy Support Facility (PSF) service, requested by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, through the National Agency for Scientific Research and Innovation.

Brussels, 10 December 2021/OACPS/UNWomen: Today we mark Human Rights Day, as the 2021 UNiTE campaign “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now! concludes. We reaffirm together, in the face of continuing and even increasing gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the global context of violent conflicts, that women’s rights are human rights.

JOINT STATEMENT OF THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES (OACPS) AND THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME (UNODC), ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY 

Brussels, 8 December 2021/OACPS: On 3 December 2021, Ambassador Andri Hadi and Secretary-General Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) between the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Brussels and the Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) on Capacity Building Cooperation in the field of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT).

Brussels, 3 December 2021/OACPS: Members of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) concluded three days of intense discussion during their 113^th Session, held virtually from 30 November to 2 December 2021.

H.E. Mr Tete António, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Angola and President-in-Office of the Council of Ministers, presided over the meeting, which was preceded by a virtual meeting of the Bureau of the Council of Ministers on 30 December.

Brussels, 30 November 2021/OACPS. Over 400 participants from the Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the Europe Union (EU) gathered to take part in the inaugural ClimSA’21 Forum from 15,16 and 18 November 2021. This fully-virtual event, with the theme of “Connecting suppliers and users of climate information in ACP regions”, was hosted by the Government of the Republic of Kenya.