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Les femmes et la science dans la région du voisinage Sud de l'UE : leçons tirées de l'initiative THE NEXT SOCIETY

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Voices & Views

Les femmes du voisinage Sud ont un rôle important à jouer pour changer les choses dans leur communauté, par le biais des sciences, de la technologie, de l'ingénierie et des mathématiques. L'UE soutient les jeunes entrepreneurs et...

Africa
Algeria
Egypt
+6
Morocco
Tunisia
Asia
Jordan
Lebanon
Palestine
Gender
Digitalisation
Private Sector

Women and science in the EU Southern Neighbourhood region: lessons learnt from THE NEXT SOCIETY initiative

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Voices & Views

Southern Neighbourhood women have an important role to affect change in their communities through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The EU supports young entrepreneurs and researchers to boost the region’s...

Africa
Algeria
Egypt
+6
Morocco
Tunisia
Asia
Jordan
Lebanon
Palestine
Gender
Digitalisation
Private Sector

Cross-border collaboration in Middle East for Environmental Sustainability

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Voices & Views

The Middle East has faced political tension, military conflicts and other disputes for many years. It is, as a result, a region with one of the most enduring conflicts in the world. The EU has set out its policy on the Middle East...

Asia
Israel
Jordan
+1
Palestine
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Conservation
Natural resource management
+4
Environment & green economy
Environmental research
Peace and Security
Conflict prevention, Peace keeping & Peace building

De jeunes innovateurs construisent un avenir durable en Méditerranée

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Voices & Views

Autour de la Méditerranée, une jeune génération développe des moyens durables pour aborder les défis économiques, en consolidant les coopérations. Le programme Dialogue Méditerranéen pour les Droits et l’Égalité a lancé l...

Africa
Morocco
Asia
+2
Jordan
Syria
Children and Youth
Economics & Public Finance
Economic growth

Young innovators building a sustainable future in the Mediterranean

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Voices & Views

A young generation in the Mediterranean is finding sustainable ways to mitigate economic challenges by consolidating cooperation. The EU-Programme Med Dialogue for Rights and Equality launched the "Mediterranean Innovators for...

Africa
Morocco
Asia
+2
Jordan
Syria
Children and Youth
Economics & Public Finance
Economic growth

Linking Farmers & Tourists to Solve Development Challenges in SIDS

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Voices & Views

Developing the link between agriculture and tourism could be a significant opportunity for small island developing states. Already an expanding sector in several Pacific and Caribbean islands, agritourism can address a range of...

Americas & the Caribbean
Grenada
Haiti
+4
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Oceania
Vanuatu
Agriculture & Rural Development
Fisheries
Food & Nutrition Security

Addressing Rising Inequality via Tax Reform, Infrastructure Investment and Civil Society

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Voices & Views

Zambia can sound like a success. One of sub-Saharan Africa’s fastest-growing economies – with an average annual expansion of 3% between 2004 and 2013 – it was classed by the World Bank as a lower-middle-income country in 2011.

Africa
Zambia
Asia
+3
Jordan
Oceania
Papua New Guinea
Budget support
Civil Society
Economics & Public Finance

The Land-Drugs Nexus

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Voices & Views

"For many communities in Myanmar who grow opium, for them opium is not the problem, it is the solution to their problems," said local project consultant, Tom Kramer, from the Transnational Institute. And therein lies one of the...

Asia
Afghanistan
Myanmar
Agriculture & Rural Development
Fisheries

Working with Opportunity and Risk: Insight to EU Operations in Myanmar

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Voices & Views

The government-initiated reforms in Myanmar over the past three years have provided great opportunity for increased development engagement, but the context continues to require sensitive assessments of opportunities and risks. In...

Asia
Myanmar
Democracy
Governance & Corruption
Human Rights

Disaster Preparedness in the South Pacific: Good Practices from the Global Climate Change Alliance

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Voices & Views

They might not make global headlines, but for low-lying Pacific islands king tides are an ever-increasing threat. As sea levels rise, the highest tides can have catastrophic effects, particularly when combined with storm...

Americas & the Caribbean
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
+5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Oceania
Fiji
Solomon Islands
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Culture
+2
Environment & green economy
Forests