The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), formerly known as the ACP Group, is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels. It brings together 79 Member States from three regions of the Global South: sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. All OACPS Members are also members of FAO.
FAO has a longstanding partnership with the OACPS, built on different topics such as food security, sustainable agriculture, fisheries, wildlife management, and the environmentally sound practices on pesticides management. The collaboration aims to improve lives and livelihoods while promoting climate-resilient agrifood systems and sustainable natural resource management. The partnership is bolstered by a shared vision of transforming agrifood systems to be MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable. FAO and OACPS currently collaborate on several initiatives. This includes
Fish4ACP – a programme strengthening fisheries and aquaculture value chains across Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific;
Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) – an FAO-led programme carried out by a consortium of partners and implemented across various ACP countries, promoting sustainable wildlife management through a cross-sectoral approach; and the
ACPMEAs 3 , which supports countries in the ACP regions through capacity development in the implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), to address the environmental challenges they face and to reap the benefits of improved environmental governance at regional and national levels.
FAO Liaison Office in Brussels serves as a bridge connecting the Organization with the OACPS Secretariat and its Member States’ representations in Brussels.
