Annual reports.
Annual accounts of our activities, governance and results.
Every year, COLEAD publishes an activity report on its programmes, results, governance and accounts. Browse and download them below.
Annual report 2025
"Toward 2030," this report presents the outcome of a year-long participatory strategy process informed by a decade of evaluations and a 128-question strategic survey. It sets out three strategic directions …
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Annual report 2024
Described as a pivotal year at the crossroads of a world in transition and an organisation undergoing transformation. Amid geopolitical instability, climate challenges and economic tension, COLEAD deepened its impact …
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Annual report 2023
A milestone 50th-anniversary edition (COLEACP 1973 – COLEAD 2023) celebrating half a century of work linking entrepreneurship, agriculture and development. Set against a challenging global backdrop of climate change, biodiversity …
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Annual report 2022
A year of transformation: the association became COLEAD, adopting a new name, a new statutory mission and new programmes with expanded sectoral scope. Its restated mission is to increase the …
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Annual report 2021
A message from the President and General Delegate opens a review of EU and ACP markets and the association's main developments and achievements during the year. It showcases the three …
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Annual report 2020
Dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, this report centres on COLEACP's efforts to help mitigate the crisis's negative impacts on ACP agriculture. President Stephen Mintah reflects on structural challenges — weak …
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Annual report 2019
Built around the "Growing People" signature, this report frames human capacity as the foundation of resilience in the ACP horticultural sector. It marks a year of expansion with the continuing …
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Annual report 2018
COLEACP continued to welcome many new members — largely SMEs spanning the entire ACP and EU horticultural value chain — while running some 600 development projects across 50 countries. The …
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Annual report 2017
A year of growth in membership, with 62 new members joining from across the horticultural value chain. The report foregrounds COLEACP's Sustainability Charter, defining commitments across seven areas from law …
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Annual report 2016
Framed by a provocative editorial — "The private sector, the miracle solution for development?" — this report examines the private sector's dual potential to drive or hinder socio-economic progress. It …
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Annual report 2015
Continuing the "40 years working for development" theme, this report centres on COLEACP members' conviction that sound business management actively contributes to sustainable development. It reviews the association's programmes, partnerships …
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Annual report 2014
A year of preparation and transition, as COLEACP's two flagship programmes, PIP and EDES, approached their 2015 expiry. The association used the period to fine-tune the methodology built over both …
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Annual report 2013
Marking 40 years of COLEACP working for development, this report looks back on fifteen years of activity across 50 ACP countries, with some 1,500 support projects and 8,000 support actions. …
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