Stories

29 June 2020 marks the official launch of the Women’s Network, an initiative instigated by UNODC and IOM under the framework of the Global Action against Trafficking in Persons the Smuggling of Migrants.

The Global Gateway strategy, adopted in December 2021, is the EU’s positive offer. It is an ambitious strategy to support the global economic recovery by connecting people and places in a sustainable way.

Le premier pont aérien de la réponse COVID dans l’approche de la « Team Europe ». L'Union européenne et ses États membres ont décidé d’organiser des vols humanitaires vers plusieurs États africains. Cette activité est financé par le Fonds Bêkou de l'Union européenne.

GOALAN is short for Green Horticulture at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. It's part of the SWITCH Africa Green project, and helping the horticultural sector in Kenya become more sustainable.

In Kenya, thanks to the AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund, the gum arabic trade offers an economic lifeline to pastoral communities that are increasingly faced with drought due to changing climatic conditions.

In Iran, climate change and unsustainable management of natural resources in the Hamoun Wetlands are having a negative impact on the livelihoods of local communities. The EU and UNDP Iran joined forces to help establish more sustainable livelihoods.

APDCH, an angolan NGO is currently implementing an EU funded project on monitoring of public budget by civil society. They launched a campaign of hand-washing and information in the streets of Mbanza Kongo and Uíge, in the north of the country.

The spirulina processing is part of an €8 million project by the EU’s flagship climate change programme GCCA+ to help communities in Chad adapt to the impacts of climate change and develop renewable energies.

Access to clean water and sanitation services is a basic necessity for a dignified life. The Rural Village Water Resources Management Project in Nepal aims to make clean water and sanitation services more readily available to people in remote areas.