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Today, during the COP28, Executive Vice President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič announced a Team Europe pledge of more than €20 billion for the Africa-EU Green Energy Initiative (AEGEI), an initiative launched during the 6th EU-AU Summit, in February 2022.
![How MAV+ helps Rwanda boost African healthcare](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-12/Rwanda-web-banner-small.jpg?itok=3PL2EWh0)
Today at the Cities and Regions for International Partnerships Forum 2023, co-organised by the European Commission and the Committee of Regions in Brussels, the EU highlighted the importance of a “territorial approach” to the Global Gateway strategy through decentralised cooperation and partnerships
![Child - Kabul, Afghanistan](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/shutterstock_2179779963.jpg?itok=iEsuvV6c)
The European Commission adopted a new funding package worth €142.8 million to strengthen basic services and sustain livelihoods for Afghans, with a focus on vulnerable populations including displaced or displacement-affected people.
![The Youth Sounding Board will play a key role in the implementation of the Youth Action Plan in EU External Action](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/Commissioner%20meets%20new%20YSB_1.jpg?itok=AC5Lceji)
Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen met today for the first time the new cohort of the Youth Sounding Board for EU International Partnerships, discussing expectations and the work ahead for 2023–2025.
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The European Union alongside Secretary General of CARICOM (Caribbean Community), Carla Barnett, Honourable Minister of Agriculture of Guyana, Zulfikar Mustapha and Assistant Secretary-General of CARICOM Joseph Cox launched the regional food security programme for the Caribbean.
![Today in the margins of the Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting in Brussels, European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen, and Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation Pilar Cancela, signed the EL PAcCTO 2.0 Programme.](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/El%20PAcCTO%20signing%20.jpg?itok=7RDj96en)
Today in the margins of the Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting in Brussels, European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen, and Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation Pilar Cancela, signed the EL PAcCTO 2.0 Programme.
![The EU is extending the duration of the Gender Action Plan from 2025 until 2027.](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/GAP%20III%20report.jpg?itok=YxlNrRqs)
In 2021–2022, during the first years of the new EU Gender Action Plan (GAP III), the European Union committed €22.4 billion to contribute to building a more gender-equal world, finds a joint mid-term report by the European Commission and the European External Action Service.
![Visit of Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner, to Samoa](https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/avportal/P-062296/00-44.jpg?itok=N3DhP6nj)
The EU and its Member States signed today a new Partnership Agreement with the Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) that will serve as an overarching legal framework for their relations for the next twenty years.
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The EU has today announced the payment of EUR 3 million (approx. WST 8.8 million) grant to the Government of Samoa. This payment is made under the European Union-Samoa Water Sector Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation programme
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Today the European Union signed two Financing Agreements worth €9 million with the Pacific Island nations. These agreements mark the EU’s and its partners ongoing commitment to combat climate change and promote essential infrastructure development in the fields of water, sanitation, and hygiene.