Guatemala

Joint Programming: State of play

The Joint European Strategy for Guatemala covered the period 2014-2020.

EU-Member States Strategy, 2014-2020 period

Eight strategic priorities:

• Reduce food insecurity focused on tackling chronic malnutrition and promote integrated rural development;
• Improve human security by strengthening the justice and security system and supporting violence prevention policies, with an emphasis on the upholding of human rights and on reducing impunity,
• Prevent, reduce and contribute to the peaceful resolution of violent social conflicts;
• Promote economic development and fiscal reform, improve the trade and competitiveness climate with an emphasis on pro poor growth and employment creation, and promote a fair, transparent and predictable environment for doing business ;
• Improve access to high quality social services for all, with a particular focus on health and education;
• Ensure protection of the natural environment and a sustainable, fair and enforced policy on the use of natural resources and adaption to climate change;
• Strengthen the State's institutional capacities in terms of policy setting, revenue raising and implementation, both at central and local level;
• Promote gender equality and reduce gender-based violence.

Main areas of intervention, EU-Member States cooperation

1. Food security
2. Justice, security and peace
3. Economic Development and Fiscal Reform
4. Education
5. Environment and adaptation to climate change