Under supervision by EuropeAid/AIDCO, the CDE manages Pro€Invest, a €110 million EU/ACP partnership programme dedicated to capacity building of ACP intermediary organizations.
CDE’s financial resources mainly come from the European Development Fund (EDF). Its objective is to ensure the development of professional ACP enterprises operating in the private sector.
CDE operates in complementarity with the European Commission, the Secretariat of the ACP Group of States and the European Investment Bank in the framework of support to the private sector.