African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| European Union | |
|---|---|
 This article is part of the series: |
|
| Policy | |
|
CFSP High Representative |
|
| See also | |
|
Neighbourhood Policy · ACP · Economic Relations · Diplomatic Missions · Security · Military · Eurosphere · ESDP missions |
|
The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is a group of countries (currently 79: 48 African, 16 Caribbean and 15 Pacific), created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. The group's main objectives are sustainable development and poverty reduction within its member states, as well as their greater integration into the world's economy. All of the member states, except Cuba, are signatories of the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union.
The Cotonou Agreement (signed in Cotonou, Benin in June 2000) is the successor to the Lomé Conventions. One of the major differences from the Lomé Convention is that the partnership is extended to new actors such as civil society, private sector, trade unions and local authorities. These will be involved in consultations and planning of national development strategies, provided with access to financial resources and involved in the implementation of programmes.
Many small island developing states are ACP states; the fourth Lomé Convention was revised in 1995 in Mauritius and gives special attention to island countries in this agreement.
Contents |
[edit] List of ACP States
[edit] Africa
[edit] Caribbean
[edit] Pacific
[edit] Special designations
Annex VI of the agreement lists the following designations:
[edit] Least-developed ACP states
- Angola
- Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi
- Republic of Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia
- Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau
- Haïti
- Kiribati
- Lesotho, Liberia
- Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique
- Niger
- Rwanda
- Samoa, Sâo Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan
- Tanzania, Tuvalu, Togo
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
[edit] Landlocked ACP states
- Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi
- Central African Republic, Chad
- Ethiopia
- Lesotho
- Malawi, Mali
- Niger
- Rwanda
- Swaziland
- Uganda
- Zambia, Zimbabwe
[edit] Island ACP states
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas, Barbados
- Cape Verde, Comoros, Cook Islands
- Dominica, Dominican Republic
- Fiji
- Grenada
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Kiribati
- Madagascar, Mauritius
- Nauru, Niue
- Papua New Guinea
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands
- Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
[edit] See also
- ACP-EU Development Cooperation
- ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
- Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) with the ACP countris
[edit] External links
- Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
- ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
- ACP-EU cooperation dossier of Euforic
- Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
- African Voices: About EC Aid to Africa
- The Courier - The Magazine of Africa, Caribbean, Pacific and European Union cooperation and relations
- Website on EU cooperation for ACP countries
|
|||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||
