OACPS joins forces to promote the "Cotton Route" Initiative to improve the business climate of the cotton industry in C4 countries
Statement by H.E. Mr. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States on the World Cotton Day Celebration by the C4: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali
New OACPS Senior Management Team complete with Assistant Secretary-General AFHR
Brussels, 07 October 2020/OACPS: The new gender-balanced Management Team headed by Secretary-General H.E. Mr. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti is now fully in place with the assumption of duty of the Assistant Secretary-General of Administration, Finance and Human Resources, Mrs. Isatou Auber Faal, a citizen of The Gambia.
Mrs. Banata Tchale Sow joins the Secretariat as Head of the MDFIP Department
Brussels, 06 October 2020/OACPS: An economist by training, Mrs. Banata Tchale Sow has taken up her post as Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) in charge of the Department of Macroeconomics, Development Finance and Intra-ACP Programming (MDFIP).
Members of the OACPS share ideas to relaunch and revitalise the tourism industry following COVID-19
Brussels, 29 September 2020/OACPS: In the context of observing World Tourism Day and in order to share experiences related to the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industries of Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the OACPS hosted a webinar on 25 September, titled "Jointly Addressing the Challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic on the tourism industry of the Members of the OACPS”.
OACPS Committee of Ambassadors welcomes the new Ambassador of Madagascar, H.E. Mr. Jean Omer Beriziky
Brussels, 22 September 2020/OACPS: The Committee of Ambassadors (CoA) of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) warmly welcomed H.E. Mr. Jean Omer Beriziky as he returned to their midst during the hybrid 931st session of the CoA on Tuesday, 22 September 2020.
Smallholder farmers in West Africa benefit from two new investments from the ABC Fund
Luxembourg, 22 September 2020: The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) has provided loans worth € 1.2 million to Anatrans, a cashew nut processor based in Burkina Faso and Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited (Maphlix), a producer and processor of tubers and vegetables.
STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE OACPS ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
Brussels, 21 September 2020/OACPS: September 21st is a very important date for humanity, because it has been designated the International Day of Peace. At the end of the Second World War, after having experienced humanity’s worst atrocities, we collectively banished war by creating the League of Nations, which later became the United Nations (UN). All of our actions must be aligned with this approach.
Statement by the Secretary-General of the OACPS on the General Elections in Jamaica
Brussels, 17 September 2020/OACPS: On behalf of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the Secretary-General, H.E. Mr. Georges Rebelo Pinto CHIKOTI, commends Jamaica for the successful holding of General Elections on 3 September 2020. He congratulates the candidates and the people of Jamaica, for their wisdom and commitment to peaceful and transparent elections. This laudable attitude facilitated the triumph of Jamaica’s cherished democratic principles.
First employee, Mr. Patrice Niyongabo, hired for the OACPS Centre for South-South and Triangular Cooperation
Brussels, 15 September 2020/OACPS: The operationalization of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Information Centre for South-South and Triangular Cooperation, is now assured with the onboarding of the new Head, Mr. Patrice Niyongabo. Before taking up his position at the Centre in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Mr. Niyongabo is doing an orientation programme at the OACPS’ Brussels-based Secretariat.
The Secretary-General welcomes the virtuous circle of democratisation in OACPS Member Countries, brought about by the establishment of mechanisms for promoting a democratic culture
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