Health, education and a decent standard of living are the key elements to ensure human development. The EU works with partners countries to support health systems and infrastructures, education policies, social protection and to reduce inequalities.
Programmes
BRiCE - Building Resilience: education opportunities in fragile and crisis affected environments
The BRiCE Programme was set up by the EU to help 75 million children living in crisis-affected countries who are in need educational support.
DEAR: Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme
The DEAR Programme supports projects that engage Europeans in global issues related to social, economic and environmental development.
Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the EU through Culture and Creativity
Transcultura Programme seeks to harness diversity, build bridges between people and cultures of different linguistic areas, and foster the role of culture, heritage and creativity.
ACP-EU culture
Latest news
COP28: EU announces over €20 billion for Team Europe Initiative on Africa-EU Green Energy Initiative
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.
COP28: EU and Honduras join forces to restore 1,3 million hectares of forest in Honduras with a strategic Forest Partnership
Today, during the COP28, Executive Vice President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič and representative of the President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a Forest Partnership with Honduras.
Afghanistan: EU reinforces basic needs support to the Afghan people with a new €142.8 million package
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.
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Many women in Eastern Uganda have undergone female genital mutilation. Communication for Development Foundation Uganda advocates for ending this harmful practice. The work of the activists is supported by the Spotlight Initiative, a strategic partnership between the EU and the UN.
“Girls should be able to focus only on their studies”: how activism changes girls’ lives in Mozambique
Activists in Mozambique are making an effort to ensure girls have the right to continue their studies to protect them from child marriage. This is done in the framework of Spotlight Initiative, a strategic partnership between the EU and the UN.
A hand of fellowship: helping vulnerable communities in Nigeria
Working together as Team Europe, the EU and its Member States have been working hard to support Nigeria and its people in these difficult times.