Sustainable Development Goals

Nutrition for Development (N4D) seeks to strengthen collaboration and partnerships between the EC, member states, and partner countries, with the wider aim to reduce maternal and child malnutrition.

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 European Commission's Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme, DEAR, supports projects that engage Europeans in worldwide issues of social, economic and environmental development. The DEAR Programme works with civil society organisations and local authorities to promote global justice, human rights, sustainable development and democratic participation.

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

The ADELANTE Programme, first phase (2016-2020), supported 8 Triangular Cooperation projects in various thematic areas, in several countries, with all types of actors (more than 50 organisations from 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, in addition to several European institutions), with diverse forms of collaboration between them and with different intervention strategies. These projects have contributed significantly to the Region's sustainable development and have generated interesting and useful sectoral and cross-cutting learning and experience exchanges.

The EVALÚA project, co-financed by the European Union through the ADELANTE Programme, aimed to institutionalize public policy evaluation in Latin America and the Caribbean. By promoting informed and effective decision-making, the project contributed to building more equitable and sustainable societies. Through collaborative efforts among various governmental institutions, EVALÚA enhanced the capacities of public administrations to assess and improve policy interventions, ensuring they meet the needs of their populations.

The "Strengthening Restorative Justice" project, co-financed by the European Union through the ADELANTE Programme, aimed to promote alternative solutions to incarceration, fostering a more humane and equitable justice system that provides opportunities to vulnerable populations. By enhancing the application of restorative justice in criminal and juvenile systems across Costa Rica, Colombia, and Mexico, the initiative sought to reduce recidivism, facilitate social reintegration, and address the root causes of criminal behaviour. Through collaborative efforts among judicial institutions, the project emphasized knowledge exchange, capacity building, and the development of comprehensive public policies supporting restorative practices.