Department of Political Affairs and Human Development (PAHD)

The main side events of the 10th Summit of OACPS Heads of State and Government Summit, began on the 6th of December 2022 in Luanda, Republic of Angola, with the aim of promoting business competitiveness in Members. The event, jointly organized by the OACPS Secretariat, Business ACP, the World Bank, and the European Union brought together experts from different sectors to help improve the business climate in Members of the OACPS.

The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Angola will host the 10th Summit of OACPS Heads of State and Government in Luanda, Angola from 6-10 December 2022.

The Harnessing Innovative Technologies to Support Resilient Settlements on the Coastal Zones of the Caribbean (HIT RESET) project invites applications to its third call for proposals before the application deadline on 30 September 2022.

GEOACT- one of the 12 initiatives financed by the ACP Innovation Fund, has launched two calls for proposals to facilitate the collaboration between Research and Innovation (R&I) actors in living labs for solutions to climate change in the Caribbean.

Experts from the European Union (EU) will be joined by speakers from the Membership of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) in a parliamentary debate on the EU list of third countries concerning the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism at a virtual meeting on 14 July 2022, from 18:00 to 20:00 CEST.

Cameroon is the most recent beneficiary of the Policy Support Facility (PSF) as the country aims to develop its first national research and innovation (R&I) strategy and make the knowledge economy a vector for sustainable and inclusive development.

The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held its first Women’s Forum for 2022, themed, ‘The role of Women in innovative and green economy’ on 12 July 2022.

The ACP-EU Culture Programme in Eastern Africa, in collaboration with Ignite Culture, today launched the Second call for applications. The Second call is open until Wednesday, 17 August 2022.

Arising from a six-month mission, a Policy Recommendation Report has been developed by high-level international experts to assist Timor-Leste in setting up an efficient Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policy framework and a national digital repository.

The African, Caribbean and Pacific-European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) held its first in-person JPA Youth Forum since the last which was organised in Kigali in 2019.

The Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP), the first phase of which was launched in 2008 with the support of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), with funding from the European Commission (EC) and implementation by UN-Habitat, has reached its third phase this year in Abidjan.

Brussels, 4 April 2022/OACPS:  The 41st session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) took place from 1-3 April 2022 in Strasbourg, in the presence of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and their counterparts from 78 countries of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS).

Brussels, 8 March 2022/OACPS: Over 90 participants took part in the Webinar on Open Science, on 24 February 2022, organised by the Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme, which is being implemented by the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS).

Brussels, 28 February 2022, OACPS: Key policy recommendations on how to set up an efficient National Innovation Fund, to accelerate The Gambia’s transition to an innovation-led and knowledge-based economy, were presented during the final event of the OACPS R&I Policy Support Facility service in the Gambia.

Brussels, 1 February 2022, OACPS: At the end of the 6-month mission deployed in the framework of the Policy Support Facility (PSF) of the OACPS Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme, Mauritania has two key publications to help it develop the first research and innovation strategy.

Brussels, 21 January 2022/OACPS: ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) co-presidents, the Hon Carlos Zorrinho of Portugal and the Hon. Peter Kenilorea Jr. of the Solomon Islands, today issued a joint statement in solidarity with the Kingdom of Tonga following the volcanic eruption almost a week ago, during the first Bureau meeting of the ACP-EU JPA […]

Brussels, 14 January 2022/OACPS: Two reports produced following the six-month mission led by high-level international experts under the OACPS Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme’s Policy Support Facility (PSF) are expected to assist the Kingdom of Lesotho to develop a new and effective R&I Policy. The Country Background Report and the Policy Recommendation Report will contribute […]

Brussels, 17 December 2021/OACPS: Key policy recommendations were submitted to the Mauritanian government for developing a strategy to make research and innovation (R&I) a vector for sustainable development. They result from the OACPS R&I Policy Support Facility (PSF) service, requested by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, through the National Agency for Scientific […]

Brussels, 15 November 2021/OACPS: In preparation for 2022, when the new ACP-EU Partnership Agreement will come into force, members of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) have set up a Drafting Committee tasked with the design of new working methods and rules for the future JPA and for three regional parliamentary assemblies. 

Brussels, October 18, 2021/OACPS: During their visit to The Gambia, from 11 to 15 October 2021, the international group of high-level experts attached to the Policy Support Facility (PSF) conducted in-depth interviews with a wide range of key actors of the national Research and Innovation (R&I) ecosystem to capture significant insights and perspectives. 

Brussels, 13 October 2021/OACPS: The Government of Timor-Leste, through the Instituto Nacional de Ciências e Tecnologia (INCT), has requested the support of the OACPS Secretariat to enhance its research and innovation (R&I) system and strengthen the cooperation between its key actors. The virtual kick-off meeting marked the official start of the Policy Support Facility (PSF) […]

Brussels, 24 September 2021/OACPS: Knowledge creation and sharing are fundamental to making research and innovation a driver for sustainable development. It is for this reason that the Research and Innovation Programme (R&I) of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is launching an online platform of exchange to cross-fertilise knowledge and catalyse innovation.

Brussels, 13 September 2021/OACPS: The Gambia is to benefit from technical assistance in the framework of the Policy Support Facility (PSF) of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), to set up and operationalise a national Innovation Fund to foster a creative, self-reliant and knowledge-based society for sustained socio-economic growth. On the request […]

Brussels, 9 August 2021/OACPS: On the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the OACPS Research and Innovation Programme interviewed Myrna Cunningham, an internationally renowned Indigenous rights activist who has served Indigenous peoples in countless ways, and who is the current President of the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of […]

Brussels, 29 July 2021/OACPS: In support of the preparations for the upcoming 10th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), which will take place in Angola in 2022, and Angola’s six-month chairmanship of the OACPS Committee of Ambassadors from 1 August 2021, the OACPS Secretariat […]

Brussels, 28 July 2021/OACPS: The British Council, Kenya and HEVA, with the financial contribution of the European Union (EU), and backing from the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) today launched “Ignite Culture!” a new Eastern Africa grant finance facility for the creative and cultural industries (CCIs). The launch also featured a virtual event […]

Brussels, 27 July 2021/OACPS: Mauritania will benefit from technical support provided by the Policy Support Facility (PSF), set up by the Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), to develop an inclusive national Research and Innovation (R&I) strategy aimed at addressing the major challenges of the 21st century and making the […]

Brussels, 6 July/OACPS: H.E. Mr. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) today delivered the Opening Address at the Launch of the 4th OACPS/EC/UN-Habitat International Tripartite Conference, which takes place in the framework of the partnership with the Secretariat of the OACPS, the European Commission (EC), and […]

Brussels, 23 June 2021, OACPS: Lesotho is the first country to benefit from the Policy Support Facility (PSF), an innovative mechanism set up by the Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) to enhance the quality and efficiency of R&I policy systems.

Brussels, 31 March 2021/OACPS/JPA: In a virtual Bureau meeting of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly on 30 March 2021, Co-Presidents Hon. Carlos Zorrinho, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group, Portugal and Hon. Faumuina Liuga (Member of Parliament, Samoa), expressed their serious concerns over the escalating violence in the […]

Brussels, 25 February 2021/OACPS: The OACPS Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme now has a website to facilitate access to R&I information, knowledge and experience throughout the OACPS member countries.  The website, available in French and English, features information on the Innovation Fund, Policy Support Facility, and shortly the R&I Exchange Platform — all of which […]

Brussels, 25 February 2021/OACPS: 150 youngsters from Benin, Romania and Rwanda, the last three regions to host live Youth Conferences, were invited to debate remotely with Members of Parliament at the ACP – EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) Youth Conference on the COVID-19 pandemic. Rosemary Mbabazi, Hon. Minister of Youth Affairs of Rwanda delivered the […]

Brussels, 09 February 2021/OACPS: The ACP Innovation Fund is a key instrument of the Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme implemented by the Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) to unlock innovation potential in its Member States and accelerate sustainable development. The Programme is funded by the European Union (EU) through […]

These high-level experts will carry out policy services to support OACPS Member States to enhance their Research and Innovation systems. Brussels, 26 January 2021/OACPS: As part of its new ‘Policy Support Facility’ (PSF), aimed at boosting research and innovation (R&I) in Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), the Secretariat of […]

National and regional authorities from OACPS Member States can now get support to enhance the quality and efficiency of their Research and Innovation (R&I) policy systems, through an innovative Policy Support Facility (PSF). Brussels, 19 January 2021/OACPS: The Policy Support Facility (PSF), an innovative mechanism to boost research and innovation (R&I) in Member States of […]

Parliamentarians of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) will, on 23 October  2020, participate in the 56th Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States. The virtual meeting will be preceded from 19 to 22 by reports from the standing committees on Political Affairs; Economic Development, Finance […]

Brussels, 19 October 2020/OACPS: In the lead-up to the 56th Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), to be held virtually on 23 October 2020, the Co-Presidents of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) released a Statement on maintaining the JPA in the future Partnership Agreement between […]

Brussels, 17 August 2020/OACPS:  Dr. Norbert Richard Ibrahim, newly-appointed Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) of the Department of Political Affairs and Human Development (PAHD) of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), has taken up his five-year assignment at the Secretariat of the OACPS.

Brussels, 19 June 2020/OACPS: The Co-Presidents of the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Mr Carlos Zorrinho and Mr Faumina Liuga, express their concern over the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has to the socio-economic situation of the Members of the Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS).

Brussels, 9 May 2020/ACP:  Launched by the European Commission (EC) and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) in the framework of the ACP-EU Culture programme, CultureXchange is an online platform which aims to be an incubator of ideas and projects and a hub where stakeholders from the cultural and creative sector can connect, […]