ACP-EU Microfinance/ ACP Press, 7 November 2011: The third Carib-Cap Microfinance Forum will take place in the Bahamas next week, bringing together local microfinance institutions (MFIs) and international specialists in talks focused on a “Caribbean model” for encouraging business growth.

Partenariat entre le Secrétariat du Groupe des Etats d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique (ACP) et l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)

ECDPM , 1 November 2011: Ambassador P.I. Gomes succeeds Ambassador Lingston Cumberbatch as Chair of ECDPM Board; Aart Jan de Geus succeeds Berend-Jan Baron van Voorst tot Voorst as member.
 
After almost ten years Ambassador Lingston Cumberbatch stepped down as Chair of the Board of Governors of ECDPM (European Centre for Development Policy Management) to be replaced by Ambassador P.I. Gomes who took office as the new ECDPM Board Chair from August 1, 2011.

Brussels, 26 October 2011: Gearing up for a fresh Call for Proposals to be launched in December, stakeholders of the ACP-EU EDULINK and Science &Technology (S&T) Programme gather this week to share experiences and lessons learned from past projects.

Reuters, 25 October 2011: African, Caribbean and South Pacific states on Tuesday said big greenhouse gas emitters China and the United States were dragging their feet on tackling climate change and urged a Commonwealth leaders summit this week to call for urgent action at global climate talks in November.

"The scientific evidence available to us says we ought to act now," said Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Malielegaoi after a meeting of 48 small island and developing nations in Perth.

Brussels, 26 October 2011: ACP Secretary General Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas has urged Nigerian parliamentarians to sustain political and financial reforms with the aim of boosting the economy.

Nous, principaux décideurs et régulateurs du secteur des technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC) dans les États d'Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique, réunis à la Maison ACP à Bruxelles (Belgique) les 20 et 21 octobre 2011, dans le cadre de la première table ronde ACP-Europe sur les TIC, organisée conjointement par le Secrétariat ACP et l'Organisation des télécommunications du Commonwealth (CTO), dans l'objectif d'aider les États

Brussels, 23 October 2011: Heads of ICT regulators in the ACP region emphasized the importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) as a driving force behind development, and called for increased broadband penetration in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries at a roundtable event on Thursday.

Browse photo gallery from the 2nd Open Day of the Sustainable Economic Development and Trade Department, held 11 October 2011.

Download Powerpoint presentations of conference speakers from the Public Documents library.

PRESS RELEASE, 18 October 2011: The ACP and LDC cane sugar suppliers express their profound concern and dismay at the Commission’s proposals in respect of the elimination of sugar quotas in the context of the CAP reform announced on 12 October 2011.