DeSIRA
The objective of the DeSIRA initiative (in short DeSIRA) is to contribute to climate-relevant, productive and sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems in low and middle-incomes countries
The objective of the DeSIRA initiative (in short DeSIRA) is to contribute to climate-relevant, productive and sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems in low and middle-incomes countries
Overall Project Objective: Advance the development and the objectives of the Eastern Partnership countries in various areas in view of a closer cooperation of these countries with the EU and among the countries themselves. Project
The iimpact of this action is to support the bi-regional association between the EU and Central America in accordance with the principles and objectives of the EU-CA Association Agreement, as well as with the EU-Panama bilateral cooperation and agenda. Focusing on common political priorities, including green and blue recovery, digitization, gender equality and the fight against inequalities. Implement the Secretariat of the Five Great Forests of Mesoamerica Program to ensure coherence and adequate coordination between the components and with other interventions.
The EU Mobile Labs Project has provided one of the first labs against the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. A mobile unit was deployed to Guinea in March 2014, at the outbreak's onset. It has provided diagnosis for a large fraction of the samples collected - 3000 during the first 6 months, identifying over 1000 positive cases. Up to 70 samples per day have been processed, with diagnosis available within 4 hours. Two additional mobile labs have been deployed to Nigeria and Liberia.