Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, and Ms. Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, today issued the following statement on the occasion of the Eleventh African Fiscal Forum ‘Building a Resilient Africa’.

Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton host today the EU – Latin America and the Caribbean high-level forum “Sharing pharmaceutical innovations” under the Global Gateway partnership between the two regions.

The European Union (EU) and UNICEF have launched today a new initiative to bring youth voices to the centre of the partnership between the EU and the Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States (CELAC).

The Lorenzo Natali Media Prize, the EU's flagship journalism award, opens for applications today. Journalists can apply by submitting eligible stories until midnight of 28 April.

The European Commission launched today a call for applications to enrol up to 60 members for the Global Gateway Business Advisory Group.

At the 5th UN Conference on Least Developed Countries in Qatar, the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and the European Investment Bank have announced the signature and first stage implementation of the technical assistance cooperation agreement for the Guinea-Bissau Resilient Road Corridor project.

Today The Gambia, the EU and the EIB announced the signature of a €24.08 million EU Global Gateway grant to be used alongside an €8 million EIB loan to support the implementation of a renewable energy on and off-grid generation, transmission and distribution programme across The Gambia.

At the United Nations 5th Conference for Least Developed Countries, the European Investment Bank and the European Union announced new Team Europe support of €14 million to improve the water network on the island of São Tomé.

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) International Secretariat has entered into a new five-year partnership agreement with the European Union that secures vital funding to improve extractives transparency and build more sustainable raw material supply chains.