ACP Secretariat

12 November: S/C on Political, Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Affairs 
12 November: Subcommittee on Trade and Commodities 
13 November: Subcommittee on Investment and Private.Sector 
14 November: Establishment and Finance Subcommittee

Join us at our next Brussels Development Briefing n. 53 on ''The next generation of farmers: successes and new opportunities'' which will be held in Brussels on Tuesday 20th November 2018. This Briefing will be organised by CTA, the European Commission (DEVCO and AGRI), the ACP Secretariat and Concord.

A new high-level platform initiative brings together key players in the sustainable energy sector from the public and private sectors of both Europe and Africa. Today at the Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg organised by the African Development Bank, the European Union and the African Union have launched the EU-Africa high-level platform on sustainable energy investments in Africa.

The Federal Government, yesterday, expressed its commitment to increasing trade volumes with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, gave the assurance in Abuja while speaking during the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Stef Blok.

Since the end of September, fellow countryman Michel Arrion is the new head of the International Cacao Organization (ICCO) located in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Belgium is a world leader when it comes to chocolate, with more than 400 companies and a yearly production of 650.000 tons.