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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

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
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Belgium
Trade & Economic Integration
Fair Trade

Cities for Fair Trade: Alliances for a Sustainable Chocolate Chain

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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

Views from the Field: Q&A with Thierry Cozier, EU Head of Cooperation in Sierra Leone

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Voices & Views

Over two years since the Ebola crisis, Sierra Leone has seen modest recovery while continuing to struggle with the legacy of its civil war. EU Head of Cooperation, Thierry Cozier, discusses the challenges of addressing food...

Africa
Sierra Leone
Fisheries
Fishing policy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
+5
Post conflict
Resilience
Governance & Corruption
Anti-Corruption tools and methods
Transparency

Open Data in Humanitarian Aid

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Voices & Views

Q&A with Rupert Simons, Chief Executive Officer of Publish What You Fund. Publish What You Fund is a non-profit organisation that campaigns for aid transparency. “We believe that information is power and we campaign to make that...

Africa
Sierra Leone
Asia
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Nepal
Digitalisation

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

Ebola, Sierra Leone, and Continuity of Public Services – An Impossible Equation?

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Voices & Views

The Ebola epidemic has taken many lives, breaking up families and leaving numerous children parentless. But it has also left its mark on the economies of affected countries. In Sierra Leone it has more or less ‘destroyed’ the...

Africa
Sierra Leone
Budget support
Economics & Public Finance
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
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Health

How Concern Worldwide is Responding to the Ebola Outbreak in Sierra Leone

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Voices & Views

In May this year the first case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was reported in Sierra Leone. Little did we know at that time the major impact this would have on both our programmes and the wider context in which we work. For...

Africa
Sierra Leone
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Health