Employment and decent work are at the core of sustainable growth. Investing in people goes hand in hand with economic growth and investment.
Investment allows a country’s private sector to boost its development and competitiveness, which in turn creates jobs and deepens trade integration.
At the same time, the economy needs to take into account the green transition and the efforts to be made for countering climate change. It needs to foster responsible consumption and production and promote sustainable lifestyles.
Programmes
We implement programmes around the world wherever assistance is needed. We tailor our support to fit the region or country being helped. Programmes with a global reach allow the EU to provide similar support to countries facing similar problems.
The DeSIRA initiative aims to contribute to climate-relevant, productive and sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems in low and middle-income countries.
The EU initiated a dialogue in support of the sustainable cocoa sector. The objective of the Initiative is to support the elimination of child labour and child trafficking, the protection and restoration of forests, and to ensure a living income for cocoa farmers.
As Team Europe, the EU and its Member States support governments, businesses and civil society in partner countries to meet and benefit from international human rights and sustainability standards. We support fair, transparent and environmentally responsible value chains for buyers and suppliers.
Latest news
The European Commission has officially endorsed the Seville Declaration on Domestic Revenue Mobilisation. It marks a significant step forward in global efforts to strengthen countries’ capacity to generate sustainable, fair and transparent public revenues.
The third EU-Caribbean Global Gateway Conference on Sargassum marks a shift from studies and pilot projects to real action. Governments, the private sector, academia, and international financiers came together to explore practical solutions for turning sargassum into economic opportunities.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with the President of Ethiopia Taye Atske Selassie during the Global Gateway Forum. On the 50th anniversary of their bilateral relation, the Forum is an opportunity to advance the partnership.
Latest stories
With EU support, Ma Khine, a woman leading a local organisation in Myanmar, has been able to strengthen her knowledge on climate change. She has used her newly acquired skills to educate communities by proposing collective actions and solutions to address these issues.
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.
The European Union is committed to making value chains in the garment sector more sustainable and is supporting a broad range of initiatives to promote decent work and reduce vulnerabilities for garment workers across the world.