ACP-EU

8 December: EP Members of the JPA Bureau: Preparation for JPA in Kenya followed directly by DACP

European Parliament

5 December: Committee Meetings

8 December: Committee Meetings

Other events

5 December: InfoPoint Lunchtime conference: EU Aid Volunteers for organisations: get involved!

CTA is recruiting a trainee for its Brussels Office. The position is open to ACP and EU nationals. A six months contract will be offered from December 2016. This contract can be renewed once for a maximum of 6 months. Further details on requirements and how to apply can be found in the note attached.

CTA is recruiting a trainee for its Brussels Office. The position is open to ACP and EU nationals. A six months contract will be offered from October 2016. This contract can be renewed once for a maximum of 6 months. Further details on requirements and how to apply can be found in the note attached.

The CTA Brussels News Service is providing EU-ACP policy news since 2004, on various key thematic areas. In addition to this news service, we also provide news on ACP intra-regional trade, and south-south cooperation (investments of emerging countries' in agriculture in the ACP regions). The main stories for the week are featured in our newsletter and all stories can be found in our Regional Trade and the South-South cooperation sections.

PIPSO launched their 2016-2019 Strategic Plan, and revamped website in Suva today. Speaking from the event this morning, PIPSO’s Chair Howard Politini complimented the organisation for this milestone, “PIPSO has great plans and has much expectations from their members and stakeholders around the region, who convened and actively participated in July this year for a 4-day interactive workshop to deliberate and finalise the organisation’s strategic focus in the next 4 years.”