ABOUT THE EMBASSY

The Embassy was established to promote and enhance bilateral relations between Kenya, the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and to expand, consolidate and strengthen relations with the EU in various fields, such as finance, trade and development, tourism and education, among others.  

 

The opening of the Embassy followed soon after the signing in 1975 of the George Town Agreement, the Convention establishing the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of Countries under the framework of Lomé I.  Kenya is a pioneer signatory to the Convention, whose main institutions (ACP and EU) are based in Brussels.  Kenya has remained an active member of the ACP-EU cooperation through the successive Lomé I – IV Conventions that evolved into the Cotonou Partnership Agreement, signed in June 2000 and revised in Luxembourg in 2005, and the Second Revised Cotonou Agreement, signed in Ouagadougou in June 2010. 

 

The Embassy is one of the most crucial and strategic among Kenya's Missions/Embassies abroad.  This is due to the fact that the EU is Kenya’s second largest development cooperation partner after the World Bank.  Similarly, the EU is the second largest destination of Kenya’s exports after COMESA, constituting over a third of total exports.  Tourist flows from the European Union account for about 48 per cent of total tourist arrivals in Kenya. 

 

The Embassy works very closely with EU institutions such as the European Commission, the European Council, the European Parliament, and with joint ACP-EU institutions, which include the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Technical Centre for Agriculture & Rural Development (CTA).  

 

The Embassy has the additional responsibility of advancing Kenya’s interests at the World Customs Organization.  It is also involved in the multilateral trading system, including negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and the ACP Post-2020.

 

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