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The Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	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
Geographic scope:	Regional Oceania Latin America and Caribbean Africa
Country of activity:	Zambia Benin Mauritius Niger Saint Lucia Marshall Islands Senegal Zimbabwe Uganda Comoros Mauritania Cameroon Chad Haiti Mali Gabon Saint Kitts and Nevis Sudan Central African Republic Togo Dominica Eritrea Nigeria Palau Samoa Sierra Leone Burkina Faso South Sudan Gambia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cape Verde Guinea Bissau Trinidad and Tobago Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo United Republic of Tanzania Djibouti Sao Tome and Principe Kenya Malawi Eswatini Côte D'Ivoire Guyana Barbados Ghana Tuvalu Bahamas Somalia Botswana Madagascar Angola Rwanda Tonga Guinea Vanuatu South Africa Micronesia (Federated States of) Solomon Islands Timor-Leste Papua New Guinea Grenada Suriname Dominican Republic Liberia Mozambique Namibia Fiji Burundi Equatorial Guinea Jamaica Lesotho Antigua and Barbuda Cuba Kiribati Ethiopia Seychelles Belize Nauru
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
Mission statement:	The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is an organisation created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. It is composed of 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific states, with all of them, save Cuba, signatories to the Cotonou Agreement, also known as the "ACP-EC Partnership Agreement" which binds them to the European Union. There are 48 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 from the Caribbean and 15 from the Pacific. The ACP Group´s main objectives are : - sustainable development of its Member-States and their gradual integration into the global economy, which entails making poverty reduction a matter of priority and establishing a new, fairer, and more equitable world order ; - coordination of the activities of the ACP Group in the framework of the implementation of ACP-EC Partnership Agreements; - consolidation of unity and solidarity among ACP States, as well as understanding among their peoples ; - establishment and consolidation of peace and stability in a free and democratic society. The Secretariat is responsible for the administrative management of the ACP Group. It assists the Group's decision-making and advisory organs in carrying out their work. The ACP Secretariat's headquarters is located in Brussels (Belgium). It is headed by an Executive Secretary-General who is responsible for implementing the Group's international policy, as well as directing and coordinating its cooperation policy. The Secretariat, under the direction of the ACP Group's policy-making organs (Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government, Council of Ministers, Committee of Ambassadors), is responsible for: - carrying out the tasks assigned it by the Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government, Council of Ministers, Committee of Ambassadors and the ACP Parliamentary Assembly; - contributing to the implementation of the decisions of these organs; - monitoring the implementation of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement; - assisting the ACP organs and joint institutions created in the framework of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreements. - acting on proposals from the Committee of Ambassadors, the Council of Ministers determines the structure of the ACP Secretariat and lays down its Staff Regulations.
Year established:	1975
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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