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

Article
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

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

Article
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

Resilient… but to what?

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Voices & Views

There was a question posed more than once at this year’s European Development Days in Brussels. Most participants agreed the concept of “resilience” has been widely embraced since a 2012 EU communication on the topic, but many...

Worldwide
Africa
Nigeria
+4
Asia
Bangladesh
Nepal
Pakistan
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Comprehensive approach
Resilience

Investing in Women’s Economic Empowerment

Article
Voices & Views

If women played the same role in the global economy as men, they could add $28 trillion to GDP by 2025 - increasing it by a quarter, according to McKinsey.

Africa
Morocco
Asia
+2
Pakistan
Europe
Gender
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

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

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Voices & Views

Created in 1947 from the partition of the Indian sub-continent, Muslim-majority Pakistan has been marked by regional conflicts and political upheaval. Jean-François Cautain, EU Ambassador to Pakistan, shares his experience working...

Asia
Pakistan
Development Policy
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

The Land-Drugs Nexus

Article
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

Article
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

Training Farmers in Agroecology: A Sound Investment to Fight Hunger

Article
Voices & Views

During a high level panel on sustainable agriculture held at the European Development Days 2012, experts said that world hunger has diminished worldwide, but it will only continue to do so if farmers are trained to implement agro...

Africa
Cameroon
Malawi
Agriculture & Rural Development
Capacity Development
Food & Nutrition Security