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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

Many paths, one direction: Strategies for achieving Universal Health Coverage

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Voices & Views

Each year, nearly 100 million people find themselves pushed into extreme poverty because of health-related expenditures. Capacity4dev spoke to health programme managers at the EU Delegations to Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa and...

Africa
Nigeria
South Africa
+4
Ethiopia
Asia
Timor-Leste
Oceania
Health
Health policies & policy dialogue
Health Systems Strengthening
+1
Universal health coverage - equity

Views from the Field: In Conversation with the Foreign Minister and EU Ambassador to Timor-Leste

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Voices & Views

Emerging from over two decades of conflict and instability, in May 2002 the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste became the 21st century’s first new sovereign state. Since then the country’s government – with assistance from the...

Asia
Timor-Leste
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Development Policy
+3
Environment & green economy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Forests

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

New Ways to Help Women Entrepreneurs Impact on MENA Economies

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Voices & Views

Participants at a high level panel discussion entitled, “Women Entrepreneurship to Reshape the Economy through Innovation in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA)” held during the 2012 European Development Days explored ways...

Africa
Egypt
Morocco
+5
Tunisia
Asia
Jordan
Pakistan
Europe
Capacity Development
Gender
Knowledge Management
+3
Learning
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration