“There is an urgent need to give hope to young Africans, and this hope must be converted into reality to avoid these tragic exoduses and aggressive indoctrination” stated Guy Stinglhamber in the COLEACP 2015 Annual Report.
Following the COLEACP Director, the private sector is a source of hope. Mr Stinglhamber specifies: “COLEACP and its members are convinced that the proper management of their business contributes, and must contribute even more, to the welfare of the entire community. Every entrepreneur, from the micro-enterprise to large multinationals, has responsibility for the socio-economic development of their region. African Agriculture is seeking its path, it must reinvent itself to face up to the challenges of hunger and poverty and to feed the world in a not so distant future.”
The Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Liaison Committee (COLEACP) is a civil society organisation (CSO) established in 1973 whose primary purpose is to support the development of a sustainable and competitive agriculture and agribusiness.
The association’s 300 members are importers, exporters, consultants and other public and private sector service providers.
Associations of small-scale producers are also represented.
Together they represent 85% of the trade flows of fruit and vegetables from ACP countries to Europe.
From an operational standpoint, COLEACP is a network and a technical assistance tool for the sustainable and inclusive development of the private sector (SMEs) based on expertise and an active training system in 50 countries (outside the EU).
Since its creation, COLEACP has been managing development projects in the ACP agricultural and food sector, financed by donors (mainly the European Union).
COLEACP is also regularly consulted by public and private stakeholders to support them with crisis management (food safety and plant protection).
COLEACP frequently collaborates with the major players in development cooperation:
- the Secretariat of the ACP Group of States,
- the services of the European Commission,
- international organisations (World Bank, UNCTAD, CTA, FAO, OECD, WTO, UNIDO, etc.),
- the private agro-industrial sector and agri-food industries,
- NGOs and research centres, universities and technical institutes.
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