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Des villes pour le commerce équitable: Des alliances pour une chaîne de chocolat durable

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Voices & Views

Les villes hébergent plus de la moitié de la population mondiale et représentent 80% de la production économique mondiale. Elles ouvrent la voie en tant que pionniers sur les questions de durabilité, en développant des solutions...

Africa
Cameroon
Europe
+1
Belgium
Trade & Economic Integration
Fair Trade

Cities for Fair Trade: Alliances for a Sustainable Chocolate Chain

Article
Voices & Views

Cities are home to more than half of the world’s population and 80% of the global economic output. They lead the way as pioneers on sustainability issues, developing innovative solutions for environmental, social and economic...

Africa
Cameroon
Europe
+1
Belgium
Trade & Economic Integration
Fair Trade

Protecting civilians in war with the G5 Sahel joint military force: from theory to practice

Article
Voices & Views

For the protection of civilian populations, it is crucial that troops deployed in war zones respect International Human Rights Law (IHRL), International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Refugee Law (IRL). This is...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Mali
+3
Mauritania
Niger
Chad
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Human Rights
Peace and Security

Protéger les civils en temps de guerre avec la force militaire conjointe du G5 Sahel : de la théorie à la pratique

Article
Voices & Views

Pour la protection des populations civiles, il est crucial que les troupes déployées dans les zones de guerre respectent le droit international des droits de l'homme (DIDH), le droit international humanitaire (DIH) et le droit des...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Mali
+3
Mauritania
Niger
Chad
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Human Rights
Peace and Security

Cocoa, an unsavoury sweet? Workshop identifies best practices to eliminate child labour in cocoa production

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Voices & Views

In March, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) organised a workshop to assess progress and share practices and challenges to eradicating child labour from cocoa...

Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Children and Youth
Child labour
Youth employment, skills and entrepreneurship
+2
Employment & VET
Human Rights

Tackling malnutrition in all its forms

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Voices & Views

Ending hunger and malnutrition by 2030 will require approaches that go beyond targeting only stunting and wasting – agreed the participants of the Nutrition Seminar organised in March by the European Commission in Brussels.

Worldwide
Africa
Chad
+1
Kenya
Development Effectiveness
Children and Youth
Health
+3
Health in fragile contexts
Nutrition and health
Reproductive health care

Migration management: One year on from the launch of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection & Reintegration

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Voices & Views

With over 3,500 migrants rescued from the desert and 15,000 assisted in returning home from dire situations across the Central Mediterranean routes, the first year of the EU-IOM joint initiative has yielded substantive results...

Africa
Libya
Burkina Faso
+12
Côte d'Ivoire
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Cameroon
Chad
Humanitarian Aid
Protection
Relief co-ordination, protection and support services
+7
Migration & Forced Displacement
Smuggling of Migrants & Trafficking in human beings
Legal pathways
Migration dialogues
Migration policy
Refugees
South-South migration

Europe’s priceless know-how on social protection and employment

Article
Voices & Views

Most countries can finance some kind of social safety net through domestic resources, according to Belgian deputy prime minister and minister for development Alexander De Croo. But he says developing nations often lack the...

Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Americas & the Caribbean
+3
Mexico
Asia
Azerbaijan
Capacity Development
Social Protection and Inclusion
Defining social protection programmes
+1
Social Protection policies

Views from the Field: In Conversation with the EU Ambassador to Chad

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Voices & Views

Located in Central Africa, Chad is a landlocked country recovering from conflict. While it has stabilised itself in recent years, Chad still faces many challenges, from conflicts in neighbouring countries resulting in increased...

Africa
Chad
Development Policy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience

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