Documents and PowerPoint presentations from the 2nd Open Day of the Sustainable Economic development and Trade Department

Concept Note and Conference Programme (FR / EN)

Report of the 8th Meeting of the Group of Experts in charge of Rules of Origin

Rapport de la 8ème réunion du groupe d'experts en charge des regles d'origine

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Concept Note (ENGLISH/ FRENCH)

The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is a joint institution of the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and the European Union operating under the Cotonou Partnership Agreement. By providing access to information and knowledge, facilitating policy dialogue and strengthening the capacities of agricultural and rural development institutions, CTA has made important contribution to food security and improved livelihoods of rural communities in ACP countries over the last 25 years.
 

As the clock struck midnight on Saturday the 9^th of July, the town of Juba and the people of South Sudan were all agog in celebrating a new dawn and the birth of Africa’s newest nation. More than 30 world leaders gathered in the new country’s capital, the majority of them from our own ACP countries.