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EU launches the Youth Empowerment Fund: new partnership with the world’s largest youth organisations to support young people contributing to the SDGs
The European Commission and the world’s largest youth organisations, the “Big Six”, announced a partnership today to launch the EU Youth Empowerment Fund, to be implemented through the Global Youth Mobilization (GYM).
Global Gateway: European Union launches Cooperation priorities with Ethiopia for peacebuilding, reconstruction and green transition
Today, at a launch ceremony with Ethiopia’s Minister for Finance Ahmed Shide, European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen launched the EU’s Multiannual Indicative Programme (MIP) with Ethiopia for the period 2024 - 2027.
Global Gateway: Ghana and the EU mark a new chapter in the battle against illegal timber trade
Ghana will be the first country in Africa and second worldwide to provide the EU with export licences that verify the legality of their timber products. Meeting in Brussels, the implementation body of the Ghana-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade.
International Partnerships Eurobarometer: peace and security top the list of perceived challenges
According to the latest Eurobarometer survey on international partnerships, EU citizens identify “peace and security” as the most pressing challenge facing partner countries. When asked to pick up to three options from a list, 40% chose “peace and security”.
The EU and OACPS call for swift ratification and implementation of the “Treaty of the High Seas”
The European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States welcome today’s signature of the BBNJ agreement (biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction), also known as “Treaty of the High Seas”.
Global Gateway: Commission announces Business Advisory Group
The European Commission announced 60 members and 10 observers of the Global Gateway Business Advisory Group. The new group gathers CEOs or senior executives of European companies and business associations. It will assist the European Commission in strengthening cooperation with the private sector.
EU and UN Women to boost women’s rights coalitions on ending violence against women
Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous signed today the programme “ACT – Advocacy, Coalition Building and Transformative Feminist Action to End Violence against Women” in the margins of the 78th UN General Assembly.
EU at UNGA 78: EU delegation to mobilise global action and reignite solidarity
A high-level delegation of the European Commission will attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly next week in New York.
President von der Leyen marks the EU's commitment to the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) during the event hosted at the G20 in New Delhi
President von der Leyen spoke today at the G20 event on PGII hosted by Prime Minister Modi and President Biden.
She emphasised the EU's key contribution to two new flagship PGII projects.
Joint Statement from the European Union and the United States
Today, on the margins of the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) event at the G20 in India, the European Union and the United States of America welcomed the recent commitment by Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to develop the Trans-African Corridor.