Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Business and Industry
Citizenship and Governance
Culture
Development
Economics and Finance
Education
Energy
Environment
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
HIV/AIDS
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Information
Least Developed Countries
Migration
Private Sector
Science and Technology
Social Development
Sustainable Development
Technical Cooperation
Trade and Development
Water
Women/gender Equality
Financing for Development:
Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
International Trade as an engine for development
Mobilizing international resources for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Millennium Development Goals
Women and health
Women and the economy
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biotechnology
Capacity-building
Climate change
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Energy
Finance
Forests
Freshwater
Health
Industrial development
Institutional arrangements
International cooperation for an enabling environment
Marine Resources
Oceans and seas
Partnerships
Poverty
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Rural Development
Sanitation
Science
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development of SIDS
Technology
Toxic chemicals
Trade and environment
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Geographic scope: |
Regional
Oceania
Latin America and Caribbean
Africa
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Country of activity: |
Eritrea
Eswatini
Palau
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
South Africa
Benin
Guyana
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Timor-Leste
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Fiji
Comoros
Cameroon
Chad
Ghana
Central African Republic
Mauritania
United Republic of Tanzania
Haiti
Kenya
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Burkina Faso
Kiribati
Liberia
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Mauritius
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Papua New Guinea
Cape Verde
Ethiopia
Namibia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Guinea Bissau
Grenada
Lesotho
Côte D'Ivoire
Congo
Gambia
Uganda
Jamaica
Zambia
Sao Tome and Principe
Dominica
Barbados
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Bahamas
Djibouti
Suriname
Saint Lucia
Togo
Cuba
South Sudan
Botswana
Tonga
Angola
Niger
Mali
Seychelles
Rwanda
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Dominican Republic
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Senegal
Madagascar
Guinea
Sudan
Burundi
Antigua and Barbuda
Mozambique
Belize
Vanuatu
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
1975 |
Organizational structure: |
The ACP Secretariat is structured as following:
- a Secretariat general
- a Department of political affairs and human developmen
- a Department of sustainable economic development and trade
- a Department of Macro-economics, development finance and intra-ACP programming
- a Departement of administration, budget and human resources
- a Conference service
- a Translation Unit
- Interpreters
- Other staff
The Secretary-General is responsible for recruiting staff for the ACP Secretariat, as well as:
- ensuring the quality of the technical and administrative support and services provided by the Secretariat to the members and organs of the ACP Group ;
- managing staff, projects and programmes ;
- implementing the Group's international policy, as well as directing and coordinating its cooperation policy.
The Council of Ministers determines the ACP Secretariat's financial regulations and approves its budget. Each ACP State contributes to financing the budget in conformity with the provisions laid down by the Council of Ministers.
The Council of Ministers is the Group´s main decision-making body.
It is the supreme body responsible for implementing the guidelines laid down by the Summit. Ministerial sectoral meetings are held regularly, namely, Meeting of Trade Ministers, Meeting of Ministers of Culture.
The Council is composed of a member of Government from each ACP State or a government-designated representative.
It outlines the terms and conditions for implementing the Group´s objectives as set out in its general policy, and periodically checks to see whether these objectives have been attained.
The Council meets twice annually in ordinary sessions. It may also meet, when necessary, in special session, on the advice of the President, after consultation with all the members of the Bureau.
* Council Presidency (Bureau)
The Council of Ministers elects its Bureau - headed by a President - at the end of each of its ordinary sessions. A system of rotation has been established to ensure that representatives from the six ACP regions have the opportunity to preside over the Council.
The Bureau is composed of nine members :
- Six regional representatives (one per region)
- A President
- The outgoing and incoming Presidents as full members.
The acts of the Council of Ministers may take the form of decisions, resolutions or recommendations.
The Council of Ministers appoints the Secretary-General as the principal authority at the ACP Secretariat, on the basis of merit, competence and integrity. He is appointed for a four-year term and is the Secretariat's designated representative. |
Number and type of members: |
There are 81 staff members, including the Secretary General, Heads of Departements, technical experts, financial experts, rapporteurs, auditors, secretaries, budget officers, documentalist, technicians, security guards, etc. |
Funding structure: |
Foreign and international grants
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