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Los emprendedores sociales del mañana: invertir en competencias para jóvenes en el Caribe

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Voices & Views

Antes del Foro UE-América Latina y el Caribe con los jóvenes, la sociedad civil y las autoridades locales de los días 13 y 14 de julio de 2023, y la Cumbre birregional entre la UE y la Comunidad de Estados de América Latina y el...

Americas & the Caribbean
Barbados
Dominica
+1
Saint Lucia
Children and Youth
Youth employment, skills and entrepreneurship
Youth employment
young girl working

Les entrepreneurs sociaux de demain : Investir dans les compétences des jeunes aux Caraïbes

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Voices & Views

Avant le Forum UE-Amérique latine et Caraïbes avec la jeunesse, la société civile et les autorités locales les 13 et 14 juillet 2023, et le Sommet birégional UE-Communauté des États latino-américains et des Caraïbes (UE-CELAC) les...

Americas & the Caribbean
Barbados
Saint Lucia
+1
Dominica
Youth employment, skills and entrepreneurship
Youth employment
Children and Youth
young girl working

The Social Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow: Investing in youth skills in the Caribbean

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Voices & Views

Did you know July 15th is World Youth Skills Day? Ahead of the EU-Latin America and the Caribbean Forum with Youth, Civil Society and Local Authorities on 13 and 14 July 2023, and the EU-Community of Latin American and Caribbean...

Barbados
Dominica
Saint Lucia
+1
Americas & the Caribbean
Children and Youth
Youth employment, skills and entrepreneurship
Youth employment

Enabling Communities to Tackle Climate Change

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Voices & Views

Around the tables at the Climate Change Conference in Paris, nations are striving to reach consensus on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and damage to the environment. To turn recommendations into results, all stakeholders...

Africa
Benin
Uganda
+2
Americas & the Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+1
Forests

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

Civil Society Shares Their Experience of the VPA Process at FLEGT Week 2013

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Voices & Views

The European Union’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) initiative calls on the involvement of civil society in the negotiation and implementation of their Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) with timber...

Africa
Ghana
Asia
+2
Indonesia
Myanmar
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Civil Society
Environment & green economy
+1
Forests

Protecting Water Resources in the Niger River Basin

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The ACP-EU Water Facility is one of the key results of the European Union Water Initiative, an international political initiative in place since 2002. Andre Liebaert, Water Policy Officer at EuropeAid, highlights important themes...

Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
+5
Guinea
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Cameroon
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

South-South Cooperation – Another Way of Sharing Knowledge

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Attendants of a high level conference "Organising Inclusive Ownership" which took place in Brussels in May heard of the success stories of a Dutch financed South-South Cooperation programme between Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica.

Africa
Benin
Americas & the Caribbean
+3
Costa Rica
Asia
Bhutan
Agriculture & Rural Development
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
+6
Civil Society
Fisheries
Knowledge Management
Learning
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

Organic Pineapples and Edible Insects: All Part of a Three-way South-South Initiative

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Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica have come together under a programme of South-South cooperation, sharing skills and knowledge on agriculture, environmental issues and much more, using funds from the Netherlands.

Africa
Benin
Americas & the Caribbean
+3
Costa Rica
Asia
Bhutan
Agriculture & Rural Development
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
+1
Knowledge Management