The Union of the Comoros comprises three small islands (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mohéli) in the Mozambique Channel. Its population density causes pressure on natural resources, making ecosystems preservation a national priority.
Our partnership
The EU supports the Comoros in the structural transformation of the country’s economy in line with ‘’Plan Comores Emergent 2020-2030’’, and the EU Global Gateway Strategy.
Team Europe’s presence has increased in recent years and brings together the EU, France, Région Réunion (managing Interreg funds) and the European Investment Bank. As part of the Neighborhood Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI-Global Europe), the EU has allocated €41 million in grants to the partnership with the Union of the Comoros over the period 2021-2024 and 5 million to guarantee concessional loans. Comoros also benefits from the continental Team Europe Initiative on ‘Investing in Young Businesses in Africa’ in support of entrepreneurs, young people and women.
Our flagship initiatives
- Green and Blue Deal
Aiming at the protection of the environment as well as agriculture, forestry, and fishery.
- Green and Blue Pact. Team Europe Initiative, to strengthen the environmental and food resilience of the Comoros by ensuring the conservation and sustainable management of marine, coastal and terrestrial ecosystems. This initiative also supports transition of food systems towards green agriculture, livestock, agroforestry and fisheries. It is implemented through a territorial approach which supposes a strengthened governance at local level.
- Growth and jobs
Will help businesses to improve their competitiveness, find new markets, and get assistance while setting up a business plan, besides providing logistical, financial, tax and social management or market analysis. EU support focuses on
- Young businesses - through the continental Team Europe Initiative on Investing in Young Businesses in Africa the Team Europe is strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem and supporting small businesses in accessing finance and technical assistance.
- Diaspora - “Wamanga wa Komor” (Comorians of the Diaspora) - mobilising the Comorian diaspora to support the economic development of the country by enabling entrepreneurs from the Comorian diaspora to develop innovative projects in the Comoros, particularly by and for young people and women in the green and blue economy.
- Governance
Women and young people, constitute 49.65% and 53% of the population, respectively. The added value of such a programme rests on the priority of taking charge of their immediate needs for protection, and in the longer term of democratic expression, of the valorization of their opinions and added value in social spaces.
- Participation and protection of Women, Youth and Civil Society in the Union of the Comoros (Shawiri – “solutions), promotes a rights-based approach to strengthen citizen participation and social protection of women and young people by (i) developing a local ecosystem favourable to social protection and civic participation, (ii) supporting better structuring of civil society in terms of protection and participation of women and young people.
