Project closure: what has the EU support to ERERA achieved?
A few numbers and figures about the EU Technical Assistance Support to ERERA, a project launched in April 2018 and closed in January 2023. What has the project achieved?
A few numbers and figures about the EU Technical Assistance Support to ERERA, a project launched in April 2018 and closed in January 2023. What has the project achieved?
The European Union is providing additional funding of €3 million to the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) under the Kanifing Environmental Transformation Program (KETP). The grant will provide households in this Gambian...
Thailand’s Community Forest Act in 2019 enshrines the rights of local people for the first time, but more needs to be done to implement the Act effectively. Local people living in and beside forests in Thailand have practiced...
RECOFTC releases a new report on how five Mekong countries are opening up decision-making processes to civil society as they reform policies and laws governing forests. Their participation is essential because policies and laws...
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A ROM mission was conducted in January 2020 to assess a project implemented by UNOPS on the construction and maintenance of Gambia’s feeder road network. This was a remarkable effort in terms of both size and scale, with a great...
The EU FLEGT Facility has published a story describing how farmers in Thailand are starting to reap the benefits from international timber trade talks between Thailand and the European Union. Mongkol Wandee measures a tree by...
UNCDF and the International Trade Center (ITC) joint action on the “Jobs, Skills and Finance (JSF) for Women and Youth in The Gambia Programme” funded by the European Union focuses on climate change adaptation, low levels of...
New paper in the SWAC/OECD West African Papers series: The food economy is the biggest employer in West Africa accounting for 66% of total employment. While the majority of food economy jobs are in agriculture, off-farm employment...
Thailand and the European Union (EU) have held their first negotiations towards a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) to improve forest governance and promote trade in verified legal timber products. The negotiations took place...