The ACP Parliamentary Assembly and the ACP-EU Inter-Sessional Meetings of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly were held in Brussels, Belgium from 21th to 24th March 2017. During the 45th session of ACP Parliamentary Assembly issues discussed included amongst others the role of sports as a catalyst for education and poverty eradication, the rights of
The Government of Belgium together with UNESCO-IOC co-organized a workshop as part of the third Preparatory Committee on marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (BBNJ) held from March to April 2017. The workshop was held in Oostende and Brussels from 7th to 9th of March and was attended
6th March, 2017 – Agriculture industry representatives from Samoa participated in a two day symposium to discuss the new ACP Group Strategy on Support for the Agricultural Commodities Sector in Brussels, Belgium. The objective of the policy document is to provide synergy in approaches and assistance to the ACP Group
6th March, 2017 – Investing in women’s economic empowerment to achieve transformative and sustainable results in the lives of women and girls worldwide was the focus of discussions at the ACP-CTA-UN joint workshop held on the 27th – 28th of February, 2017 at the ACP House in Brussels, Belgium. Samoa’s
The Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), visited Brussels for meetings with senior officials of the European Commission and took the opportunity to also meet with Samoa’s Ambassador to the EU, H.E. Fatumanava Dr Pa’olelei Luteru. The Secretary-General reiterated UNWTO’s appreciation of Samoa’s strategic role in declaring
Given on-going blockage in the negotiations for a comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the Pacific and the EU, Samoa has decided to trigger the process to formally join the iEPA. To this end, Ambassador Luteru on 6 December 2016 handed over to the Director of Trade, Ms Sandra Gallina, a
The ACP Council of Ministers met from 29-30 November in Brussels to consider amongst other issues the organisation’s budget for 2017 and to decide on the Group’s future post-2020. This was a landmark and defining session given the need for Council to take decisions which would guide the Group’s work
In preparation for the official launch of the International Year for Sustainable Tourism Development (IYSTD2017) on 18 January 2017, the second meeting of the Steering Committee took place at UNWTO headquarters on 21 November 2016. The main purpose of the meeting was to share and exchange information as well as
Secretary-General Patricia Scotland and Ambassador Luteru had a wide ranging discussion about excellent relations between the Commonwealth and Samoa. They spoke warmly about the successful 11th Triennial Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministerial Meeting held in Apia in September, 2016. The Secretary-General said, “I was delighted that Dr Luteru took the time
The QCC was launched at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Malta in 2015. It is a unique network of forest conservation initiatives which embraces all 52 countries of the Commonwealth. It presents a rare opportunity for the Commonwealth family to play its part in saving one of