In a Consultative Meeting held in Brussels on 29 and 30 April 2013, at the ACP House to discuss the implementation of "The outcomes of Rio+20 Conference: now, up to and beyond 2015" the representatives of the ACP governments have decided to establish an ACP Ad-hoc Working Group on the Post-2015 Process.   The meeting focused on the critical elements for the development of the post-2015 overarching framework, which will be very important to eradicating poverty in ACP Member States.

Inauguration of the Eminent Persons Group in charge of the mechanism of rebuilding of the ACP Group & Designation of the ACP Secretary General, Hon. ALHAJI Muhammad MUMUNI, in replacement of Dr Mohamed Ibn CHAMBAS designated by the UN and the AU as their joint Special Envoy to Darfur

The ACP/LDC Sugar Suppliers to the EU express deep disappointment with the EU Agriculture Council’s proposal to extend the Single Common Market Organisation for sugar by only two years to 2017 instead of 2020 as agreed by the European Parliament.  In so doing the ACP/LDC countries join European Sugar Manufacturers Association (CEFS) and the European Beet Growers Federation (CIBE).

Le Groupe ACP a pris note avec satisfaction que  le Parlement européen a voté, le 13 mars 2013, en faveur de la proposition de la COMAGRI visant à reconduire jusqu'au 30 septembre 2020 les quotas de sucre de betterave actuellement en vigueur . 

Le Jury du Prix spécial ACPCultures+, composé de Michèle Dominique Raymond (Sous-Secrétaire Générale ACP), présidente, de Boris Zakowski (attaché audiovisuel à l’Ambassade de France au Burkina Faso), de Osange Silou-Kieffer (journaliste), de Raymond Tiendrebeogo (réalisateur et professeur à l’Institut de l’Image et du Son de Ouagadougou) et de Perrine Ledan (Expert Cinéma et Audiovisuel), membres, a choisi de récompenser le film documentaire « The Cut » d’une jeune réalisatrice kenyane de 28 ans, Beryl Magoko.

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 10 - 14 December

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H.E Mr John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana (Outgoing President of the Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government)

H.E Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, ACP Secretary General

Paramaribo, Suriname, 29 November 2012/ ACP: The Secretary General of the Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas has expressed profound regret at the European Council’s proposal last week to cut development aid funding by more than 7%, compared to figures put forward by the European Commission.

The Co-President of the ACP-EU, His Excellency Musikari Kombo

The Co-President of the ACP-EU, His Excellency Louis Michel

The Co-Secretary General of the ACP-EU JPA His Excellency, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas

The Co-Secretary General of the ACP-EU JPA His Excellency Marco Aguiriano Nalda

Hon. Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, Speaker of the National Assembly of Suriname,

Hon. Louis Michel, Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly,

Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Secretary-General of the ACP Group of States, and Co-Secretary-General of the JPA