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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.
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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)

Commission documents

  • Non State Actors and Local Authorities Consultation on the Elaboration of the 10th EDF in ACP countries (en)
  • Commission response to critique of civil society involvement in process to draft country strategies (en/fr)

  • Commission response to ACP benchmarks (en)

  • ACP Programming Process (en - fr)

  • Updated Common Framework for CSPs (en - fr)

  • Programming orientations (en - fr)

  • Allocation Criteria (en&fr)

  • Template CSP (en - fr)

  • Template NIP (en - fr)

  • Template Regional SP (en - fr)