Co-funded by the European Union under the European Commission’s new Thematic Framework Partnership Agreement for Human Rights and Democracy, AGILE supports independent media in countries where media freedom is under acute attack.
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) presents significant investment opportunities across multiple sectors. However, matching these opportunities with the employment aspirations of a fast-growing youth population remains a challenge. Many young people struggle to find decent jobs, while investors face a shortage of relevant skills in the labour force. To help close this gap, the Team Europe Initiative on Opportunity-driven Skills and Vocational Education and Training in Africa (TEI OP-VET) was launched in April 2024 under the Global Gateway strategy. The initiative aims to strengthen vocational education and training systems in SSA by aligning them with concrete employment opportunities emerging from public and private investments, making skills development a core enabler of sustainable growth and job creation.
Brave Media, a three-year global initiative co-funded by the European Commission, to strengthen independent, public interest media in more than 20 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.
The MAPS Project is a three-year initiative aiming at strengthening policy-making and programming on migration and forced displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa. With a €10 million budget funded primarily by the European Commission, MAPS brings together a multidisciplinary network of African and European partners—including Sapienza University of Rome, five Italian universities with UNESCO Chairs, and universities in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, and Spain. It is supported by advisory bodies such as the IOM Regional Data Hub and the University of the Witwatersrand.
The Climate Change Sector Reform Performance Contract project aims to transform Ethiopia towards a climate resilient and green economy. It specifically improves the capacity of stakeholders of the Climate Resilience Green Economy (CRGE) strategy. The project also facilitates policy dialogue on forestry, industrial energy efficiency, national Measuring - Reporting - Verification (MRV) system for emissions and climate change funds management.
Project Description This EU funded Institutional Capacity Building project to the Ethiopian Roads Authority, was implemented by NTU International A/S in the period October 2018 to October 2020. The overall/high-level objective of
The overall objective of the TradeCom II Programme is to contribute to sustainable economic development and poverty reduction in ACP countries through closer regional integration and increased participation in the global economy
This project aims to promote and safeguard the culture of the Konso community located on the Sagan River in southwestern Ethiopia. About Konso is the first place in Ethiopia to be recognized as a ‘cultural landscape,’ in UNESCO
The Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) in Ethiopia is aimed at enabling the rural poor facing chronic food insecurity to resist shocks, create assets and become food self-sufficient. About Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net