Tarpparlamentiniai susitikimai

• Joseph Owona Kono, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Louis Michel, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Teodor Meleşcanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, President of the Senate of Romania.
  

Among those addressing the Assembly were:

• Neven Mimica, Member of the Commission with responsibility for international cooperation and development
• Tjekero Tweya, Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME development (Namibia), President-in-Office of the ACP Council
• Maria-Magdalena Grigore, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Secretary (Romania), President-in-Office of the EU Council
• Elspeth Guild, Professor of Law at Queen Mary College, University of London
  
• Baroness Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Secretariat
• Yvo de Boer, former Executive Director of the UNFCCC
  
  

Texts were adopted on the following topics:

• The strategic significance and dimension of the ACP-EU partnership
  
• The possibilities of renewable energies in bringing sustainable economic development to ACP countries, and particularly to remote areas
  
• Reducing the global number of out-of-school children, adolescents and youth in ACP countries
  
• The impact of the rise of populism on globalisation
• Issues at stake and challenges linked to the rule of law in the European Union and the ACP countries
  
• Environmental crimes.
  

  All texts and speeches are available on the website of the JPA.

• Joseph Owona Kono, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Michèle Rivasi, Acting Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Patrice Talon, President of Benin
• Adrien Houngbedji, President of the National Assembly of Benin.
  

Among those adressing the Assembly were:

• Neven Mimica, Member of the Commission with responsibility for international cooperation and development
• Issa Doubragne, Minister of Economy and Development Planning (Chad), President-in-Office of the ACP Council
• Maria-Magdalena Grigore, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Secretary (Romania), replacing President-in-Office of the EU Council
• Mohamed Ibn Chambas, UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for West Africa
• Maurizio Carbone, Professor, University of Glasgow (United Kingdom), School of Social and Political Sciences
• Nsoh Christopher Ndikum, Head of Department of Political Science, University of Buea, Cameroon
• Alba Gonzalez, EU Policy Officer, International Advocacy & Alliances, CBM International
• Robert Gbian, Second Vice-President of the National Assembly of Benin.
  
  

Texts were adopted on the following topics:

• The fight against cybercrime and drug trafficking
  
• Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) development at the heart of economic transformation in ACP countries
  
• Combating the destabilizing effects of wildlife trafficking in ACP countries and promoting the implementation of the external dimension of the EU Action Plan against wildlife trafficking
  
• The impact of the rise of populism on globalisation
  
• The impact of climate change, in particular on small, developing island states.
  

  All texts and speeches are available on the website of the JPA.

The 35th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), held in Brussels on 18-20 June 2018, was opened by:

• Louis Michel, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
  
• Joseph Owona Kono, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Yuri Sterk, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.

Among those adressing the Assembly were:

• Neven Mimica, Member of the Commission with responsibility for international cooperation and development
• Carl. B. Greenidge, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Guyana), President-in-Office of the ACP Council
• Ekaterina Zaharieva, Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria), President-in-Office of the EU Council
• Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
• Christos Stylianides, Member of the Commission with responsibility for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management
• Benoit Kalasa, Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
• Eugenio Ambrosi, International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Regional Director for European Economic Area (EEA), the European Union and the NATO.
  
  

Texts were adopted on the following topics:

• ACP-EU relations post-Cotonou: a strong parliamentary dimension
  
• The impact of the illegal trade in phytosanitary products, seeds and other agricultural inputs on ACP Countries' economies
• Social and environmental consequences of urbanisation, particularly the sound management of industrial and domestic waste in ACP countries
• Urgency of new measures to fight international terrorism
• The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.
  

  All texts and speeches are available on the website of the JPA.

The 34th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), held in Port-au-Prince on 18-20 December 2017, was opened by:

• Youri Latortue, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Haiti
  
• Michèle Rivasi, Acting Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
  
• Ibrahim Rassin Bundu, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Jovenel Moïse, President of the Republic of Haiti.

Among those adressing the Assembly were:

• Neven Mimica, Member of the Commission with responsibility for international cooperation and development
• Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Jamaica), President-in-Office of the ACP Council
• Sven Mikser, Foreign Minister (Estonia), President-in-Office of the EU Council
• Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Texts were adopted on the following topics:

• Challenges in the field of the security-development nexus in ACP and EU policies
  
• The blue economy: opportunities and challenges for ACP States
• Improving the access to basic health systems, notably to medicines in the fight against infectious diseases
• Enhancing resilience to climate change and natural disasters in ACP states
• The situation in Mauritania.

All texts, speeches and press releases are available on the website of the JPA.

The 33rd session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), held in St Julian's on 19-21 June 2017, was opened by:

• Angelo Farrugia, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta
• Mémounatou Ibrahima, acting Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Louis Michel, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of the Republic of Malta.

Among those adressing the Assembly were:

• Neven Mimica, Member of the Commission with responsibility for international cooperation and development
• Carmelo Abela, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion (Malta), President-in-Office of the EU Council
• Abraham Tekeste, Minister of Finance and Economic Cooperation (Ethiopia), President-in-Office of the ACP Council
• Vincent Cochetel, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Special Envoy for the Central Mediterranean Situation
• Christos Stylianides, Member of the Commission with responsibility for humanitarian aid and crisis management
• Sidiki Kaba, President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Texts were adopted on the following topics:

• The financing of political parties in ACP and EU countries
• Improving aid and development effectiveness in EU-ACP cooperation
• The role of sport as enabler for education and poverty eradication
• The security situation in the Sahelo-Saharan region
• Declaration on climate change.

All texts, speeches and press releases are available on the website of the JPA.

• Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi, Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
• Netty Baldeh, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Louis Michel, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, President of Kenya.

• Neven Mimica, Member of the Commission with responsibility for international cooperation and development
• Lukáš Parízek, State Secretary at the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs (Slovakia), President-in-Office of the EU Council.

• The impact of illicit financial flows on development finance
• Challenges for family farming and small-scale agriculture production in ACP countries
• The impact of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
• The parliamentary dimension of the Post-Cotonou ACP-EU relations.

All texts, speeches and press releases are available on the website of the JPA.

• Netty Baldeh, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Michèle Rivasi, acting Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assemblyil.

• Improving participatory governance through decentralisation and strengthening local governance,
• A continental free trade area for Africa - prospects for fostering intra-African trade and potential benefits for the ACP,
• Migration between ACP and EU Member States: causes, consequences and strategies for common management,
• The pre-electoral and security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
• Rape and violence against women and children in armed conflicts.

• Louis Michel, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Fitz Jackson, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Mars di Bartolomeo, President of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg).

• UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris (COP 21)
• The future of the ACP-EU relations
• Recent terrorist attacks
• Banana Accompanying Measures (BAMs)
• The natural fresh-water disaster in The Commonwealth of Dominica: the impact of climate change on Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

• On the evaluation of the African Peace Facility after ten years: effectiveness and prospects for the future,
• On forty years of partnership: evaluation of the impact on trade and development in the ACP countries and prospects for enduring relations between the ACP countries and the European Union,
• On how to improve economic and social conditions in developing countries, including the contribution of family businesses, in order to prevent health disasters,
• Migration, human rights and humanitarian refugees,
• The post-election situation in Burundi.

• Jiko Luveni, Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Fiji
• Fitz A. Jackson, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Louis Michel, Co-President of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Josaia V. Bainimarama, Prime Minister of the Republic of FijiN'Djamena, Chad.

• The situation in Burundi
• The suicide attacks on civilians in N'Djamena, Chad.

• Cultural diversity and human rights in ACP and EU countries
• The financing of investment and trade, including infrastructure, in ACP countries by the EU blending mechanism
• The challenges and opportunities of education and vocational training in ACP countries
• The natural disaster in Vanuatu (and neighbouring states): the way forward, including regional cooperation
• The situation in the Central African Republic.

• Emmanuel de Merode, Director of the Virunga National Park
• Emmanuel de Merode, Director of the Virunga National Park
• Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria
• Claude Moniquet, Director of the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC).

• The challenge of national reconciliation in post-conflict and post-crisis countries
• The private sector development strategy, including innovation, for sustainable development
• The social and economic consequences of malnutrition in ACP countries
• The Ebola outbreak
• The expansion of terrorism in Africa.