Joint Programming 2021-2023 and Joint Vision 2021-2027 of the European Union and its Member States in Ecuador

A new Joint Programming Document has been agreed in Ecuador by the EU, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary and Spain.
Team Europe selected the following 3 strategic objectives (2027), in alignment with the 2030 Agenda:
1- Promote sustainable economic partnerships (2030 Agenda: Prosperity)
On the one hand, this objective reflects a shared interest between Ecuador and European countries to promote, within the framework of the new trade agreement between the EU and Ecuador, a balanced, bilateral economic partnership. On the other, this objective is also about promoting and supporting Ecuador´s regional integration, as well as other types of South-South partnerships.
2- Strengthen Alliances for the fight against Climate Change and the protection of the Environment (2030 Agenda: Planet).
This is a key priority, shared by all European countries and the Ecuadorian government. To facilitate ownership at the level of Ecuador´s population, a rights-based and people-centred approach will be adopted to ensure that social and economic needs are systematically taken into account.
3- Strengthen Social, Political, Institutional and Democratic Stability (2030 Agenda: Peace and People). It is understood that this objective incorporates, under the aspect of “social stability”, the social sectors as well as employment.
The discussions about the more operational, cooperation-specific objectives culminated in the indicative selection of 3 specific objectives and 18 sub-objectives. The consensus in the group was that these objectives could be subject to further rounds of review, so as to rationalise subobjectives and to allow for input from Heads of Mission as well as European donors without country presence. In addition, a number of priority groups and cross-cutting issues were selected.