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The EU’s private sector has been actively contributing to solutions to the Covid crisis in partner countries, alongside the Team EU public response. French company Pernod Ricard

Portucel Mozambique is pursuing a forestry-based project integrated with a planned paper pulp mill, generating value, jobs and prosperity for Mozambique.

In the Keroka Township, in Nyamira County, exists one of the oldest cultural groups in Kenya. The Otenyo Cultural Group promotes Abagusii culture and supports tourism in the area.

In the last decade the number of floods in West African countries has increased dramatically with severe economic impacts. The Multi Scale Flood Monitoring and Assessment Services for West Africa aims to enhance the efficiency of flood monitoring.

The EU-funded project implemented by IOM on 'Mainstreaming Migration into International Cooperation and Development' increases the awareness amongst the islands’ young people about climate-change induced hazards and adaptation practices.

Access to information makes it possible for citizens to follow responses to the crisis, such as confinement rules, regulations of travel and schooling, virus testing, medical equipment supplies, and economic aid or incentive packages.

Gender issues remains central in the CAR and in the media sector, where women remain little or not represented in decision-making positions. Thanks to the Fondation Hirondelle, supported by the EU's Bêkou Trust Fund, Radio Ndeke Luka has worked towards women's inclusion in the broadcasting world.

An initiative supported by the EU has implemented a leadership project for indigenous youth.

The CLEAR Cotton project is helping to protect children from harm in the cotton fields and reduce cases of the worst forms of child labour in Pakistan.