Brussels, 01 February 2021/OACPS: As of 1  February 2021, H.E. Dr. Paolelei Luteru, Ambassador of the Independent State of Samoa, will chair the Committee of Ambassadors (CoA) of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) until the end of Samoa’s six-month term in July 2021.  Ambassador Luteru took over from the outgoing chair, Ambassador Jestas Nyamanga of the United Republic of Tanzania during the hybrid Meeting of the Incoming and Outgoing Bureaux of the Committee of Ambassadors of the OACPS on 28 January 2021.  

Brussels, 01 February 2021/OACPS: On behalf of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the Secretary-General, H.E. Mr Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, welcomed the mini-Summit of leaders of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), which took place in Luanda, Republic of Angola on 29 January 2021, to discuss the political and security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Brussels, 29 January 2021/OACPS: On behalf of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, Secretary-General, H.E. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti congratulates the Government and people of the Republics of Sierra Leone, and Trinidad and Tobago on the election of High Court judges, Miatta Maria Samba and Althea Alexis-Windsor (respectively), to the bench of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the period of 2021 to 2030.

Brussels, 29 January 2021/OACPS: Further to the Statement of 25 January 2021 on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, the Secretary-General of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), H.E.

Brussels, 29 January 2021/OACPS: The Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) together with the European Commission (EC), has signed a new initiative of €14.5 million with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to unlock the potential of digital finance to benefit more than 600,000 women, youth and entrepreneurs across the Member States of the OACPS.

Brussels, 28 January 2021/OACPS: The Agri-Business Capital (ABC Fund) has provided loans to two Ivorian cooperatives, ahead of the 2020/21 cocoa production season. The Fund provided a first-time loan of €800,000 to the Enterprise Cooperative Kimbe (‘Ecookim’) and a follow-up loan to Socak Katana. The financing is crucial to ensure that smallholder farmers do not lose the valuable benefits of being part of a cooperative. 

These high-level experts will carry out policy services to support OACPS Member States to enhance their Research and Innovation systems.

Brussels, 26 January 2021/OACPS: As part of its new ‘Policy Support Facility’ (PSF), aimed at boosting research and innovation (R&I) in Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the Secretariat of the OACPS has launched a Call for Declarations of Interest (DoI), to establish a roster of experts for short-term assignments in R&I policy domains.

National and regional authorities from OACPS Member States can now get support to enhance the quality and efficiency of their Research and Innovation (R&I) policy systems, through an innovative Policy Support Facility (PSF).

Brussels, 19 January 2021/OACPS: The Policy Support Facility (PSF), an innovative mechanism to boost research and innovation (R&I) in Member States of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is currently inviting Expressions of Interest to request policy services.

Brussels, 13 January 2021/OACPS: In keeping with the prolongation of the current COVID-19 measures by the Kingdom of Belgium, the Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) remains closed to visitors and will continue to observe the measures enforced by the Belgian Government.

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The Secretary-General and the Staff of the Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) wish you and your families the best for the Holiday Season and the New Year.