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.
DeSIRA: Development Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture
The DeSIRA initiative aims to contribute to climate-relevant, productive and sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems in low and middle-income countries.
Latest news
UNESCO Pre-Summit - Transforming education
The French Presidency – represented by the Ministry for National Education and Youth and the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs –, together with the European Commission, held a ministerial round table on 29 June in Paris, to discuss the role of the European Union in transforming education.
EU, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and the cocoa sector endorse an Alliance on Sustainable Cocoa
The EU, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana and the cocoa sector have today agreed to step up work on making cocoa more sustainable.
Students call on governments to alleviate the high costs of education on the poorest families
Global Students Forum join UNESCO’s GEM Report #RighttheRules campaign urging policy leaders to strengthen oversight of private actors so that the poorest are not priced out of education.