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Creativity and innovation day

In Innovation We Trust: Harnessing the power of innovation and creativity to challenge gender stereotypes in Georgia

Article
Ambassadors' Blog Post

On World Creativity and Innovation Day, I invite you to think out of the box: how can we harness the power of innovation and creativity to carve out new solutions to intricate challenges, such as gender stereotypes and inequality?

Worldwide
Georgia
Asia
Children and Youth
Capacity Development
Culture
+2
Gender
Social Protection and Inclusion

Gestion des migrations en Afrique orientale et australe pendant le COVID-19

Article
Voices & Views

Migration et développement vont de pair. Depuis la nuit des temps, les humains ont essayé de surmonter l'adversité et d'améliorer leurs conditions économiques et sociales en se déplaçant vers d'autres lieux. Les moyens de...

Africa
Egypt
Libya
+17
Tunisia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Rwanda
Seychelles
Sudan
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Migration & Forced Displacement
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

Migration management in Eastern and Southern Africa during COVID-19

Article
Voices & Views

Migration and development go hand in hand. Since the beginning of time, humans have tried to overcome adversity and improve their economic and social conditions by moving to other places. Modern communication and transportation...

Africa
Egypt
Libya
+18
Tunisia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Sudan
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Migration & Forced Displacement
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

SPHaïtiLab: Improving health with a national laboratory policy

Article
Voices & Views

For over a century, Haiti has had an ambitious – but struggling – laboratory sector. Can the new national policy, supported by an EU-funded project, be the change needed?

Americas & the Caribbean
Haiti
Health

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

Linking Farmers & Tourists to Solve Development Challenges in SIDS

Article
Voices & Views

Developing the link between agriculture and tourism could be a significant opportunity for small island developing states. Already an expanding sector in several Pacific and Caribbean islands, agritourism can address a range of...

Americas & the Caribbean
Grenada
Haiti
+4
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Oceania
Vanuatu
Agriculture & Rural Development
Fisheries
Food & Nutrition Security

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

Article
Voices & Views

Haiti has struggled to recover from a devastating earthquake in 2010 which exacerbated existing development challenges. Ambassador Vincent Degert discusses how development and humanitarian actors are working together to build...

Americas & the Caribbean
Haiti
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Development Policy
+2
Environment & green economy
Forests

Protecting Soil Fertility: Protecting Life

Article
Voices & Views

There is much discussion in the development arena about the struggle ahead to feed the seven plus billion, of the methods proposed towards food security, building resilience, safeguarding water resources and so on. But few stop to...

Africa
Algeria
Egypt
+4
Libya
Morocco
Tunisia
Europe
Agriculture & Rural Development
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
+2
Environment & green economy
Forests

Tax Reform in Georgia: A Far-Reaching Reorganisation

Article
Voices & Views

Georgia, formerly part of the old United Soviet Socialist Republic, had a long history of poor tax collection until a new government took power in 2004. The new leaders introduced a radical overhaul of the tax system that combined...

Asia
Georgia
Europe
Budget support
Economics & Public Finance
Governance & Corruption

Education After the Disaster: Lessons from Haiti

Article
Voices & Views

How can long-term development programmes survive the instant turmoil of a crisis situation? Alain Calosci, Technical Assistant at the European Union delegation to Haiti, tells us about his experience working on an education...

Americas & the Caribbean
Haiti
Development Effectiveness
EU Internal Procedures
Education
+1
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience