diplomacy&development

The Smart Entrepreneurial Education and training in Digital farming Project “SEED” is an innovative project aims to increase the employability of young people, by supporting the development of a highly skilled, qualified and mobile workforce and the development of a joint VET qualification at EU level. It promotes work-based learning by a mobility component. By visiting the SEED Project Web site and see the latest research results, it is possible to get an invitation to participate in our peer-review, also for an educator interested in curriculum development or someone who is involved in digital farming.   On the 24th and 25th of February 2020, the SEED project will land in Pamplona, Spain for the second International peer-review event. The object of the peer-review will be to review and evaluate the SEED curriculum that project partners are currently developing. Experts in digital farming and educators with expertise in curriculum design are invited to join the proje...

This was just shortly after the visit of the President Tshisekedi at Station F during his stay in Paris , the Embassy of France in the DRC and Kinshasa Digital Academy engage in a new partnership. France will support the DRC in promoting this strategic sector in terms of economic development and job creation. Faced to the need of diversifying the Congolese economy, President Tshisekedi took advantage of his visit to France to highlight the potential of the digital sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Development opportunities in this sector were discussed during a meeting at the Elysée with the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, who assured his counterpart that France would be a partner of choice to achieve this ambition. These words were perfectly illustrated in the visit by President Tshisekedi of the Station F, the largest digital campus in the world, inaugurated in the heart of Paris in June 2017. This incubator of "startups" in...

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court"), will deliver next Wednesday, 27 November 2019 at 14:00 the Hague local time, its Judgment in the appeal of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo against Trial Chamber VII's 'Decision Re-sentencing Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Mr Aimé Kilolo Musamba and Mr Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo' of 17 September 2018. The judgment will be delivered in open court by the Appeals Chamber. Scheduling order for delivery of judgment on the appeal of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo against the decision of Trial Chamber VII of 17 September 2018 entitled 'Decision Re-sentencing Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Mr Aimé Kilolo Musamba and Mr Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo'. It should be noted as background that on 19 October 2016, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido were found guilty of offences against the administ...

Following months of consultations with the Congolese authorities, including with the Special Adviser to the President on Youth, Gender and Violence against Women, and intense advocacy from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the Congolese Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Security and Customary Affairs signed the Congolese National Police’s (PNC) Action Plan on the fight against sexual violence on 05 November 2019. This Action Plan represents a step forward in the fight against conflict-related sexual violence and a reaffirmation of the commitments made by President Tshisekedi and the new Government of the DRC, to prevent and address this scourge. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ms. Leila Zerrougui, praised the signature of the Action Plan and pledged MONUSCO’s support to the Secretariat of the Commission that has...

Held on in Kingabwa, along the main road ‘’poids lourds’’, Kinshasa commune, the awareness campaign was intended for a group of young men. The purpose of this activity was not only to inform the population about MONUSCO’s mandate, as set out in the UN Security Council Resolution 2463 of March 29 th , 2019, but also to bring the Mission closer to the population, in particular the young people. The team dwelt much on the importance of the activities carried out by MONUSCO personnel (men and women) on the ground in keeping with the strict context of peacekeeping, namely: consolidating and maintaining peace by promoting progress towards national consensus and sustainable development of the DRC, capacity-building for the Congolese National Police for a proper implementation of the law and protection of the human rights, collaborating with international, national and local partners for the protection of civilians and their properties. She briefly explained t...

François Grignon who is the the Acting Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Protection and Operations , pleaded for a sustainable protection system to be set up for the protection of civilian populations. In expectation of the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), François Grignon informed the press that a UN Security Council meeting is scheduled for 13 November in New York, to mark the beginning of the negotiations for the renewal of the Mission’s mandate, on December 20. " The meeting will discuss the report submitted by the independent strategic review to the UN Security Council a few weeks ago," he said, adding that "the recommendations formulated by the review are not either the Secretariat’s or MONUSCO’s and have not yet been discussed in detail with the Government ".  However, Mr. Grignon notes that the general philosophy of the indepen...

The Congolese head of state is expected in France and then in Germany to consolidate the links between Kinshasa and Europe, after an official visit to Belgium. Guest of honor at the Paris Peace Forum, the new President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, travels extensively abroad to bring his huge country out of isolation, in the name of its development. and stability in Central Africa. President Tshisekedi is expected from Monday 11 to Wednesday 13 November in France and Germany to consolidate the links between Kinshasa and Europe, after an official visit to Belgium, the former colonizer, in September. Along the way, he stopped in Uganda to discuss with his neighbor President Yoweri Museveni the strategic issue of fighting against armed groups in eastern DRC. This warming of relations with Kampala had been preceded as early as March-April by the restoration of good-neighborly relations with Rwanda, another country directly concerned with security and ...