
Discussions

#18. Intercultural Podcast "Cup of Tea": Jamila El Assaidi – You can’t force it (Part 2)
In the second part of this episode, Jamila continues to explain how her personal experiences have shaped her work, while changing political circumstances become an acute reality for our conversation with her. Jamila El Assaidi was...

#17. Intercultural Podcast "Cup of Tea": Jamila El Assaidi – You can’t force it (Part 1)
Enjoy listening this episode“ Cup of Tea”:Jamila El Assaidi was leading the Political, Press, and Information Section and is the Deputy Head of Delegation at the EU Delegation in Niger when we had this interview (2023). Coming...

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?

Fresh Water Stops Violence
How fresh water stops violence Improving the water supply in Niger’s western border region is a perilous task. Militants have been active in the area for years and violence is common along the frontier with Mali and Burkina Faso...

Regreening Africa: Prioritising gender inclusion and agency in land restoration
The EU has scaled up its contribution to reach Sustainable Development Goal 5 in all internal and external policy areas. Gender equality and empowering women and girls are among the top priorities of DG INTPA. This is also...

Agriculture, food and jobs in West Africa
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...

Save The Children impact study: better skills, new approach to migration
The Regional Support Project for Migrant Children and Youth Workers in Côte d’Ivoire (PRAEJEM in French), funded by the European Union and implemented by Save the Children, aimed to promote social cohesion and livelihood...

GOOD PRACTICE: Promoting civil registration in Niger
From a legal point of view, the concept of informality corresponds to the non-registration of an economic activity carried out by a person to the official registers. In many developing countries, especially those with dominant...

Story: Speaking up for the next generation of farmers in Niger
Published on the official EC website in 2016, the story Speaking up for the next generation of farmers in Niger is paired to the project overview of Improved global governance for hunger reduction. The story describes the context...

Sahel, Plan d’action pour un engagement renouvelé 2015-2020
Nouveau sur le blog du Club du Sahel et de l'Afrique de l'Ouest: Entretien avec M. Jean-Pierre Marcelli, Directeur du Département Afrique, Agence française de développement (AFD). M. Marcelli nous parle du Plan d’action pour un...