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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

Policy dialogue: a tool to act on climate and environment

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Voices & Views

The recent European Green Deal, set by the European Commission, is paving the road to a sustainable Europe by clearly recognising the global climate emergency, and by providing new input for action in and outside of Europe...

Asia
Laos
Viet Nam
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Conservation
Natural resource management
+4
Wildlife trade & trafficking
Environment & green economy
Green policy
Resource efficiency

EU Delegation to Laos: Piloting an Intercultural Approach

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Voices & Views

An intercultural approach is increasingly recognised as a key element in development, especially for a new and more effective relationship with Partner Countries. But how do you get from theory to practice? Staff at the EU...

Asia
Laos
Development Effectiveness
Culture
Development Policy

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

Bringing Intercultural Competence to Development

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Voices & Views

A new ingredient in the development effectiveness debate is intercultural competence – that is, the ability to overcome challenges posed by working with colleagues and partners from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds...

Africa
Senegal
Uganda
+2
Asia
Laos
Development Effectiveness

Joined-up EU Approach to Development Programming

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Voices & Views

The European Union and its Member States have kept their place as the world’s leading aid donor, contributing €68 billion in 2015. They have recently begun to present a united front, pulling together their combined resources and...

Asia
Cambodia
Laos
+2
Europe
Moldova
Development Effectiveness