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Ahead of the EU-CELAC Leaders' Summit, Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, announced a new EU programme worth €60 million to step up action against inequalities and to promote inclusive and equal societies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Thirteen million people in 24 countries have benefited from increased access to improved social protection systems through an innovative programme on sustainable financing, as highlighted by an international symposium.

The European Union strengthens its partnership with Niger with an investment of €66 million in the country’s national priorities, mainly for education and youth, under the Global Gateway Africa–EU investment package. Education is a key area of the excellent EU–Niger partnership.

Today, the European Commission published the results of the Study on Sustainable Transport Connections between Europe and Central Asia as one of the actions taken to implement the Global Gateway strategy, offering a solid basis for major potential investments in sustainable transport connections.

In the run-up to the EU-CELAC Summit (17-18 July) and in line with the recently adopted Joint Communication on “New Agenda for Relations between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean”, Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources Vickra

With torture still widespread across the world, and marking 26 June UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, six of the world’s leading anti-torture organisations, in partnership with over 200 civil society organisations and other partners in 100+ countries, have joined forces to stren

A €10 million loan from the European Investment Bank, guaranteed by the EU, will provide for further improvements and increased capacity in the island’s acute medical care, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown.

In line with the call from the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed to intensify its support for the Global South and to join innovative mechanisms to accelerate a just transition in developing countries.

Just Energy Transition Partnership with Senegal