The ACP Council of Ministers,

– Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, from 16 to 18 June 2014,

AFFIRMING the vital role of the private sector in the economic and social development of ACP States ad regions;

ACKNOWLEDGING the importance given to the ACP Group and the European Union in strengthening private sector support under the 11^th EDF;

UNDERSCORING the need for the ACP Group and the European Union to have a common vision on ACP private sector support under the 11^th EDF;

HAVING CONSIDERED the objectives and the principle elements of the ACP-EU Joint Cooperation Framework for Private Sector Development in ACP Countries;

NOTING that the concerns and priorities of the ACP Group with regard to private sector support have been largely taken into account in the ACP-EU Joint Cooperation Framework for Private Sector Development;

WELCOMING the consensus reached by the ACP Group and the European Union on the principle elements of the ACP-EU Joint Cooperation Framework;

HAVING REGARD TO the recommendation of the Committee of Ambassadors to the ACP Council of Ministers to adopt this Framework;

HEREBY DECIDES TO:

Adopt the ACP-EU Joint Cooperation Framework for Private Sector Development in ACP Countries (ACP/85/012/14).

Done at Nairobi, 18 June 2014

Dr. Abdallah Omari Kigoda
Minister for Industry and Trade of
the United Republic of Tanzania
President of the ACP Council of Ministers