Edulink II

Author: Cecilia Costa

On 19 March, the European Commission and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of 79 States (ACP) have concluded and initalled the text of the second revision of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement.

The revised text adapts the EU-ACP Partnership Agreement to include current global challenges, such as climate change, food security, regional integration, State fragility and aid effectiveness. It also focuses on the importance of regional integration for ACP countries' economic and sustainable growth.

Author: Cecilia Costa

On 1st March 2010, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas took over as new Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) and the ACP Secretariat, a 79-strong group of nations.

He accedes to the post at a crucial time for the ACP Group requiring firm leadership in the face of challenges such as the various regional trade packages the EC is concluding with individual African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions.

Author: Cecilia Costa

A new Call for Proposals is scheduled to be published before the end of 2010 with a financial volume of € 20 million. In its broad outline it will be similar to the 3 previous calls, but there may be differences in some details.

All information regarding the new call will be published on this website as soon as it becomes available.

Author: Cecilia Costa

Today, as we go live, the site already sets out the programme and its projects better than its predecessor. However, we intend to go much further, and turn this into a true community of people interested in higher education, specifically in ACP countries, whether they are actively involved in an EDULINK project or not.

Author: Cecilia Costa

Shortly before the 3rd EDULINK Stakeholders Conference on 01 – 02 October in Lisbon, the ACP Secretariat asked all the projects to submit a short paper, explaining how the project addresses and/or contributes to poverty alleviation in ACP countries and regions.

To date, 23 projects out of 66 have responded to the request, i.e. slightly more than ⅓. Non-respondents are reminded that their answer is still expected.

From the analysis of these 23 papers, a pattern emerges that can confidently be expected to be confirmed as more replies are received. Essentially, it is characterised by 2 aspects: