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

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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

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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

Harnessing South Africa’s youth dividend for development

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Voices & Views

Despite important investments, educational outcomes in South Africa still have a long way to go. From programmes targeting early-childhood development to life-skill workshops, we discussed EU involvement in the country with Arno...

Africa
South Africa
Children and Youth
Children rights
Youth employment, skills and entrepreneurship
+12
Youth engagement and participation
Education
Education facilities
Inclusive education
Primary education
Education financing and private sector engagement
Quality of education
Secondary education
Employment & VET
Decent work
Vocational training
Youth employment

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

Working Towards Inclusive Education in South Africa

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Voices & Views

Many children fall through the gaps in South Africa’s education system. Only half of learners in Grade 1 make it to Grade 12, and many fall short of exam requirements. The EU has been supporting South Africa’s Departments of Basic...

Africa
South Africa
Children and Youth
Education
Inclusive education

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

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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

EU Risk Capital Facility - Helping SMEs Create Jobs in South Africa

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Voices & Views

Joblessness is a longstanding challenge for South Africa where the unemployment rate is 26% - officially. Off the record it’s closer to 40%, according to Milly Chesire at the EU Delegation in Pretoria, and hits 70% among...

Africa
South Africa
Employment & VET
Private Sector
Social Protection and Inclusion
+1
Trade & Economic Integration

The Higher Education AIDs Programme in South Africa: A Real Force for Transformation

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Voices & Views

Development projects and programmes aim to change lives around the world using various methods from technical assistance to capacity development. But what actually happens when a project ends and the money is withdrawn from one...

Africa
South Africa
Development Effectiveness
Health

Developing Financial Management Capacity in South African Municipalities – A Basis for Local Development

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Voices & Views

When you think about development challenges, a lack of trained accountants might not immediately come to mind. Yet poor public sector financial management is often at the root of patchy service delivery in other sectors, from...

Africa
South Africa
Budget support
Capacity Development
Economics & Public Finance
+3
Knowledge Management
Learning
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation

Views from the Field: In conversation with the EU Ambassador to South Africa

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Voices & Views

Last October, Marcus Cornaro left the Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) to take up a new post as Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to South Africa. In this interview he shares some...

Africa
South Africa
Capacity Development
Development Policy
Knowledge Management
+1
Learning