(Kinshasa, DRC, 30 April 2010) The African Union Commission has awarded a grant of Euro 1,295,789 to CICOS in the framework of the African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD) programme – a pan-African programme working towards effective access by 47 African ACP countries to environmental information through satellite receiving stations being under deployment.

Exchange of originals between CICOS Secretary General and Head of EU delegation to DRC. From left to right: Head of the European Union Delegation in DRC, Mr. Richard Zink, H.E. Mr. Jean Bruno ITOUA, Minister of Energy from the Congo Republic and also President of the CICOS Ministerial Council and Col. Benjamin NDALA, CICOS Secretary General.