Jeremy Miles

Many people in the world are not familiar with the island nation of Papua New Guinea. In fact, I’ve met people who confuse it with the similarly named Guinea Bissau and even the not so similarly named Guyana! This is not the way to treat one of the last places on earth where we can still see the lifestyle of the most primitive of our ancestors and not in museums or shows, but in real life.

Development cooperation between the European Union and the ACP has a long history. Even before the formation of the ACP, the Treaty of Rome first established a collective European development policy. In 1957 a development fund called the European Development Fund was set up to grant technical and financial assistance to the countries that were still under European rule at the time. The treaty also granted associated status to 31 overseas collectivities and territories (OCTs).

Which is the most culturally diverse country in the world? What would be your answer to this quest ion? And what if I ask you to name the country with the largest number of spoken languages? Most of you would scratch your head and come up with an answer like the USA, India or any of the big countries in the world with their large populations and various cultural groups.