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Mid-term review "in country" phase extended to 15 November - 21.10.09 - The European Commission has put back the deadline for its Heads of Mission in ACP countries to submit draft mid-term review reports until 15 November.  This is to ensure that there civil society and other non state actors are engaged in the preparation of the draft report.  The Commission's Director General for Development has informed Heads of Mission that there must be an effective involvement of civil society for the draft reports to be accepted in Brussels. See note to delegations


08-06-09- Gabon's leader Bongo died - The president of Gabon, Omar Bongo, has died after 41 years in power in the west central African country.  Read BBC article


New website for journalists provides single entry point to EU development cooperation. -

DevWire.eu is a unique website set up to help journalists covering EU development cooperation. The site is a comprehensive one-stop shop presenting relevant, up-to-date and reliable news from a variety of sources, such as the European Institutions, NGOs, think tanks and media.
Find the Press Release, go to Devwire.eu



EU-ACP Council of Ministers - EU-ACP Council of Ministers to be held on 29 May in Brussels. Find the provisionnal agenda here


Guidelines for MTR - 05.08.09. EC announces the guidelines for the Mid-term review will be ready by June 12th. (see here)

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European NGOs can support actors in the south - and strengthen advocacy in the European Union by:

  • Pressuring EU Member States’ representations in a particular country to work more closely with the European Commission, the National Authorising Officers and Technical Ministries, and urging EC delegations to increase the political space for civil society actor involvement and make available sufficient financial assistance to facilitate this,
  • Forwarding to their partners in ACP countries background information on the programming of EC aid and in particular on the upcoming drafting process of Country and Region Strategy Papers for ACP countries that can be gathered at European level,
  • Collecting feedback emerging from their partners in ACP countries and disseminating it to other European civil society actors for compilation, analysis and ultimately delivery to the appropriate units/officials in the European Commission as well as to national governments and parliaments in EU Member States. Some of this information can be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .