The site represents the work and activities of The Gambia – EC Cooperation programme. The Gambia, is a signatory to the Partnership Agreement, commonly referred to as the Cotonou Agreement which was signed on 23rd June 2000 in Cotonou, capital of the West African state of The Republic of Benin.

On behalf of all partners, stakeholders and beneficiaries engaged in our programmes I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to provide feedback to us on any aspect of this site or its contents using our contact page. Through knowledge empowerment, we are working towards delivering a truly participatory process of relevant and beneficial information.

In The Gambia, the Permanent Secretary at the Department of State for Finance and Economic Affairs a senior government official whose responsibility is to represent the country in all EC-supported programmes is the National Authorising Officer (NAO). The NAO is assisted by a support unit enabling The Gambia as a member of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries, to participate as an effective player in ACP-European Commission (EC) Co-operation.

Given the central role that the Partnership Agreement accords to broad based participation the NAO working through its Support Unit aims to become an effective tool for the collation and dissemination of information. We can only do this by being informed and keeping you informed through informing you of the events we organise, facilitate and/or participate. We also want you to become active partners and stakeholders through opportunities we will present to you. Please help us to do this. We are open to working with a range of partners and thereby encourage through facilitation a process of participatory engagement to attaining our development goals.  Our photo Gallery depicts some of our activities