The European Union Delegation to Angola, in close cooperation with the official representation of the member states of the EU presents in Angola, will host a reception on Thursday, 09 May 2024 for the celebration of EUROPE DAY 2024.  The event will take place at the Palácio de ferro em Luanda.

As we celebrate 40 years of the EU’s diplomatic presence in Luanda, we emphasise the potential to have more fruitful relations with Angola through this celebration, bringing together VIPs from Government and State institutions, businesses, civil society, as well as from Embassies and Diplomatic Missions in Luanda and offering a unique platform to project EU related businesses.

 The EU Delegation to Angola is therefore publishing this call for sponsor companies and organisations.

 Interested companies and organisations should express their interest for the sponsoring packages below (point 1) by 12 April 2024 COB to Mr Paulo da Silva, Head of Administration at the EU Delegation (email address: DELEGATION-ANGOLA-HOA@eeas.europa.eu; tel: +244 222 444 236 ext 160).

 The EU Delegation will review the applications in line with the eligibility and selection criteria listed under point 2 below, and contact the selected companies/organisations by 24 April 2024 in order to sign a Corporate Sponsorship Agreement.

1. Sponsoring package

Sponsors are invited to contribute “in kind” i.e. through the provisions of catering service for  guests, can also be provided through provision of staff support, products or services, the contributions may also take the form of products being distributed to participants at the event. The sponsorship will be contributed through direct contracting and payment to the event’s suppliers. Financial contributions to the EU Delegation and Mission are not allowed under the EU Financial Regulation. 

The sponsors will be provided with exposure and visibility in the following ways: 

1. Sponsoring Package   

This package includes:

• Prominent logo placement in the official invitation under the heading 'in Association with'.  
• Opportunity to showcase the sponsor’s products/services with an individual stand in the foyer/entrance area of the ballroom.
• Display of two standing banners at the entrance of the event. 
• Five individual entrance invitations for the sponsor’s guests.
• Recognition at the opening remarks of the EU Ambassadors.

2. Eligibility and selection criteria

• The Sponsor can be a public or private organisation or company.  
• The Sponsor’s nature and activities may not entail a possible conflict with the mission and objectives of the European Union, including at policy level in areas such as foreign policy, social, health and environment.

3. All sponsors are informed that:

• The EU’s European External Action Service (EEAS) registers all sponsorships above 1.000 EUR as well as registers and publishes all sponsorships above 5.000 EUR on the relevant EU Delegation’s web-sites and on the official website of the EEAS. 
• The EEAS processes personal data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC. In case personal data needs to be transmitted to any sponsors, as recipient, the organisation is required to ensure the same level of data protection guaranteed by the EU data protection framework, and in particular Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. 
• Sponsors will not be consulted on the substance of the event.