At the Working Group on Fisheries meeting held on 21 February 2020, Samoa handed over the Chairmanship of the ACP WG to the Ambassador of Ghana, H.E. Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng. Ghana was endorsed by the Council of Ministers during its 111th Session to host the 7th meeting of Ministers responsible

On 12 February 2020, in Brussels, Belgium, the European Union (EU) and the Independent State of Samoa (Samoa) held their second High-Level Political Dialogue under Article 8 of the Partnership (Cotonou) Agreement signed between the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and the EU. The Dialogue provided an

The 9th ACP Summit draft Declaration was considered and examined by the 110th Session of the ACP Council of Ministers and a joint Council and Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting held on 8th December 2019.  The outcome of these deliberations by Ministers were then submitted to the 9th Summit for

The 55th Session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly was held in Kigali, Rwanda from 14th to 17th November 2019. The meeting preceded the 38th Session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly from 18th to 21st November 2019 where resolutions were adopted on the impact of social media on governance, development, democracy

To celebrate the 57th Anniversary of the Independence of Samoa, two dinner receptions were hosted by H.E. Fatumanava III Dr. Paolelei Luteru on Thursday 6th June and Wednesday 3rd July 2019 in Brussels. The receptions were well attended by Ambassadors from the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Group of states,

    The ACP Council of Ministers at its 109th Session held in Brussels from 21-22 May 2019 unanimously approved Samoa’s bid to host the signing ceremony for the next ACP-EU Treaty.  Four other countries also competed for the right to host the signing ceremony. In thanking Council for its

In the context of ACP-EU negotiations for a successor agreement to Cotonou, Ambassador Fatumanava Dr Paolelei Luteru, in his capacity as Chair of the ACP Sustainable Development sub-committee, visited CTA at the invitation of the Director, Mr Michael Hailu, on 10 April 2019. Ambassador Luteru met with management first.  During

Prime Minister Tuilaepa attended the ACP Ministerial Central Negotiating Group and the joint ACP-EU sessions held in N’Djamena, Tchad from 3-4 April 2019.  He was accompanied by Peseta Noumea Simi, CEO of the MFAT, and Ambassador Luteru. In his intervention during the ACP meeting, Tuilaepa noted that the successor agreement

The 2019 Non-State Actors (NSA) Consultation Meeting on Post-Cotonou Agreement Negotiations was held at the ACP House in Brussels on 7th – 8th March 2019. Mr Fuimaono Falefa Lima, Chief Executive Officer of the Samoa Umbrella for Non-Governmental Organisations Inc. (SUNGO), was one of three Pacific NSA representatives who attended

The first Pacific ACP-EU High-Level political Dialogue since the launch of the Post-Cotonou negotiations in September 2018, was held at the Taumeasina Island Resort in Apia from 25th – 26th February 2019. The Dialogue was the first EU high-level engagement with the ACP regions on the Post-Cotonou negotiations. During the