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.
Latest news
From 16–19 September, Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela led a mission to Namibia, together with Mr. Barry Andrews, Chair of the European Parliament’s Development Committee (DEVE), and eight senior Members of the Committee.
A high-level European Union delegation visited several EU-supported projects that boost sustainable development of Namibia with a specific focus on education and jobs creating.
The exchanges focused on how the EU Global Gateway investments can turn Namibia into a global leader in sustainable energy and clean industrial transformation and support SMEs, training and job creation in Namibia, while promoting sustainable and inclusive development.
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.