Americas & the Caribbean

Relevant information for EU and Argentine stakeholders about the EU regulation on deforestation-free supply chains.

El Programa Amazonia+, financiado por la Unión Europea y lanzado en julio de 2023 en Leticia, Colombia, abarca los ocho países amazónicos: Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Perú, Surinam y Venezuela. Los socios estratégicos a nivel regional incluyen la Organización del Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica (OTCA) y la Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA). El programa tiene como objetivo fortalecer las capacidades de los gobiernos y comunidades amazónicos para reducir y prevenir la deforestación mediante una cooperación regional reforzada. El programa es implementado por las agencias de cooperación italiana (AICS), francesa (Expertise France) y española (FIAP), así como por el Centro Común de Investigación de la Unión Europea.

ADELANTE 2 is the EU's LAC regional programme that aims at supporting the achievement the Agenda 2030 goals through triangular cooperation.

EL PACCTO 2.0 is the EU’s flagship programme underpinning EU-LAC cooperation aims to fight organised transnational crime using an integrated approach to reinforce the rule of law, citizen security and stability, both in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Europe.

WYDE aims to promote political pluralism and the inclusiveness of democratic processes by significantly enhancing the participation of youth and women in all aspects of public life. The many legal, cultural and economic barriers to women's and youth political participation are being identified, measured and mapped. The program enables women and youth themselves to carry out the awareness and advocacy actions needed to overcome or remove these barriers. The program’s name stands for Women and Youth in Democracy initiative. It was decided by INTPA’s youth sounding board based on a series of options set by EPD’s junior officers. The Youth Action Plan has WYDE as one of its main flagships. It represents a total effort of EUR 43 million invested from EU’s Human Rights and Democracy thematic program. WYDE also aims at addressing the increasing distrust of young people in institutions and political systems. Therefore, WYDE contributes to better inform, network and empower young people so that they can actively, safely and legally participate in democracy support, civic activism and political office. Learning by doing, empowering through subgrants accompanied with coaching, is at the core-heart of the methodology. The WYDE Civic engagement chapter has already distributed 50 small grants accompanied with expertise. WYDE invests in all forms of participation claimed by youth: Political and partisan participation: working with young people and (young) women from political parties and parliaments so that they can play an ever-meaningful role. Citizen participation, often non-partisan: working with youth and women who have chosen to participate as citizens in grassroots organizations that engage in institutional oversight, anti-corruption, citizen election observation, democratic reform advocacy and civic education. Democracy activism: working with bloggers, influencers, researchers and grassroots movements that promote the universal values of human rights and democracy. The many beneficiaries of the program are encouraged to network within the Youth Democracy Cohort co-lead by EPD and the European Commission. The WYDE initiative is multilevel (global, regional, country and local scopes) andmultifaceted (involving Parliaments, political parties, academia (young African researchers), democracy support organisations, youth and youth-led organisations, and grass-roots CSOs).

Euroclima, as part of the Global Gateway strategy, builds partnerships between the European Union (EU) and the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) regions to drive a green and just transition. Through bilateral dialogues and regional collaboration, the programme engages with 33 partner countries and key regional organisations to identify priorities and translate them into concrete actions, fostering long-term environmental and climate resilience. By creating the right conditions and supporting key initiatives in priority sectors, Euroclima helps establish a solid foundation for a sustainable transition. The programme also facilitates the mobilisation of climate and green financing, addressing urgent environmental challenges.

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy is the largest global alliance for city and local climate leadership, built upon the commitment of over 13,000 cities and local governments. These cities hail from 6 continents and 144 countries. In total, they represent more than 1.2 billion people. With Regional and National Covenants of Mayors, cities can commit locally to act to climate change through the GCoM. Each Regional and National Covenant is a member of the GCoM and may profit from contributing to the world’s largest existing initiative supported by the European Commission and Bloomberg Philanthropies and acknowledge by the United Nations Framework Conference for Climate Change rather than to a standalone or new effort.

Cyber Resilience for Development (Cyber4Dev) is an EU funded project of a duration of 42 months in a number of countries across Asia, Africa and South America.

Welcome to the Urban Knowledge Hub - the digital, international network for sustainable urban development on the Capacity4dev platform.

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.