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On 28th September 2018 the ACP Group of States and the EU began negotiations for a successor Agreement to the Cotonou Agreement which comes to an end in February 2020. This section contains all you need to know about the negotiations.

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21st ACP Ministerial Trade Committee

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47th session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly

5th Meeting of ACP Ministers in charge of Fisheries & Aquaculture

Meeting of Senior Officials for Fisheries & Agriculture

ACP Congress of Press Clubs

Joint Stakeholder' Forum (EDULINK, ACP S&T, ACP CPR-SP)

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Call for proposals: ACP EU CULTURE "Support for ACP audiovisual co-production”

Contract Notice of the Call for Tenders for the Technical Assistance to the Secretariat of the ACP Group of States for the Management of the ACP-EU Programme to strengthen Research and Innovation capacity in ACP countries.

Décision d'attribution: Assistance technique au Secrétariat ACP pour la gestion du programme ACP-UE Culture

Service Contract Award Notice: Technical Assistance for a complete Architecture & Engineering Mission and Project Management Services for the extensive renovation of the ACP Building, Brussels

Short-term experts on Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Erasmus+ opportunities in higher education for ACP countries

SHORT-LIST SELECTED: ACP-EU PSD Knowledge Management Technical Support Function / Light PSD Structure TSF, Budget 6,000,000 EUR

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Intra-ACP Programmes implemented in ACP Countries
Action Against Desertification
African Peace Facility
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Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA)
ACP Business Climate
COLEACP
Competitive Industries and Innovation Programme
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ACP-EU Cultures+
ACP-EU Commodities Programme
ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme
ACP-EU Energy Facility
ACP-EU EDULINK Programme
ACP-EU Fish II Programme
Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA Intra-ACP)
Hub & Spokes - Enhancing Trade Capacity in ACP
Initiative Francophone Por La Formation A Distance Des Maitres (IFADEM)
Intra-ACP Agricultural Policy Programme (APP)
Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme
ACP Multilateral Environmental Agreements
ACP-EU Microfinance Programme
ACP-EU Migration Action
Minising the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKES)
ACP Mining Database
ACP MEAs (Multilateral Environmental Agreements)
ACP Multilateral Trading System Programme
ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Programme
ACP Observatory on Migration
Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme
Renewed Partnership: Strengthening pharmaceutical systems and improving access to quality medicines
ACP-EU Science and Technology
Strengthening Fishery Products
ACP-EU Technical Barriers to Trade Programme
ACP-EU Water Facility
Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale (CTA)
TRADECOM

WTO “cotton days” 28-29 November 2018

Brussels 26 November 2018/WTO/ACP/: Cotton, the soft and fluffy fibre that grows in bolls, is one of the world’s leading agricultural crops. It is also a commodity of particular importance for ACP countries. Cotton has been a key issue in the WTO agriculture negotiations and as an important development-related issue since 2003 when it was raised by four ACP countries— Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali — known as the Cotton Four or C-4.

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The Honorable Joseph Malanji, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zambia received at the ACP

Brussels 21 November 2018/ACP/: The Honorable Joseph Malanji, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zambia, paid a courtesy call on Dr. Patrick Gomes, Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), on Tuesday, November 20, 2018.

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Caribbean and Central America Cooperation in the Context of Relations with the EU

Brussels 20 November 2018/ACP/: As part of Belize currant pro tempore presidency of the Central American Integration System (SICA), the Mission of Belize to the European Union convened a seminar on 16 November 2018 in Brussels that brought together for the first time the Missions of SICA Member states and the Missions of CARIFORUM Member states with key European Union counterparts to further explore prospects for Central American and Caribbean cooperation in the context of relations with the EU.

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Transforming ACP cities, leaving no one behind engaging in large scale investments in slums

Brussels 20 November 2018/ACP/: The ACP Secretary General Dr. Patrick I. Gomes and H.E Mrs. Ammo Aziza Baroud, Ambassador of Chad and Chair of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors opened the Third ACP/EC/UN-Habitat International Tripartite Conference in Brussels on the 14th November 2018.

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Brussels Development Briefing N° 53: The next generation of farmers: successes and new opportunities

The next Brussels Development Briefing n. 53 on The next generation of farmers: successes and new opportunities wiill be held in Brussels on Tuesday 20^th November 2018 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat (Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels).

This Briefing will be organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the European Commission (DEVCO, AGRI), the ACP Secretariat and Concord.

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Natural Disaster Risk Reduction in ACP Countries

Brussels 15 November 2018/ACP/: The African, Caribbean Pacific Secretariat, in collaboration with the European Commission, hosted the Fall Meeting of the Consultative Group (CG) of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), in Brussels during the 7th-9th November, 2018.

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The Intra-ACP GCCA+ Programme presents its success stories and prepares for COP24

Brussels 12 November 2018/ACP/: The ACP Secretariat and the Intra-ACP GCCA+ Programme organised an Info-point Lunch time conference at the External Cooperation Info point of DG DEVCO on the 17th October 2018.

The event presented the Intra-ACP GCCA+ Programme and the Climate Support Facility (CSF) services set up to provide demand-driven, short-term technical assistance and training on climate change to ACP regional organisations and countries, as a complement to other components of the Programme.

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ACP Private Sector Consultation on Post-Cotonou Negotiations

Brussels 8 November 2018 /ACP/: On 1st and 2nd November 2018, an ACP Private Sector consultation on the Post-Cotonou negotiations was held in Bridgetown, Barbados. The meeting was organized by the ACP Secretariat with technical support of Business ACP.

The intended objective was to explore, assess and formulate relevant ACP private sector needs, demands and opportunities with a view to providing inputs into the post-Cotonou negotiation process.

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The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone H.E. Julius Maada Bio, met with Ambassadors of African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in Brussels on Tuesday 06 November 2018.

The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, His Excellency Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, reiterated his country's full support for the vision of the ACP Group of States and recalled how his country's relations with the EU have been deepened and strengthened through all successive ACP-EU conventions and partnership agreements, at a special meeting with ACP State representatives in Brussels yesterday.

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Minister Pato signs ACP Administrative Cooperative Agreement

Brussels, 29 October 2018 /ACP/: Papua New Guinea has taken steps to strengthen and deepen its Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU and other ACP states that have similar trading arrangements.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hon Rimbink Pato who attended the ACP-EU Joint Ministerial Trade Meeting in Brussels, Belgium on 26 October 2018, signed the ACP Administrative Cooperation Agreement (ACA), making it possible for Papua New Guinea to enter into intra-ACP trade relations with the cumulation of the rules of origin.

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