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?
Difficile d’imaginer qu’une véritable révolution est en marche dans ce complexe industriel tentaculaire envahi par la poussière, situé à 30 km du centre de Libreville, la capitale du Gabon. D’immenses usines s’étendent à perte de...
A sprawling, dusty industrial complex nearly 30 km from downtown Libreville, the capital of Gabon, seems an unlikely setting for a revolution in the global timber trade. Vast factories stretch into the distance, while all around...
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...
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...
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...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new publication that will help countries and businesses establish effective timber traceability systems. Setting up a traceability system is a major...
L’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) a lancé une nouvelle publication visant à aider les pays et les entreprises à mettre en place des systèmes efficaces de traçabilité du bois. La mise en...
Tim Clarke has 30 years’ experience in the European Commission, including as Head of Delegation to Ethiopia and to Tanzania. In the interview below he shares examples of the importance of intercultural understanding in development...