Since 1990, Commission funding for ACP countries has risen steadily each year in real terms – and now it is spending more than ever before on aid for trade. Since 2001, more than €850 million of Commission funds have been used to help ACP regions to boost trade and integrate into the world economy.
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Building incomes while preserving forest in Tanzania
The project will improve forest condition in the targetted communities (10 villages in Manyara region) through participatory forest management systems and to fight poverty through forest based livelihood activities.
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Somalia Urban Development Programme (SUDP)
The Somalia Urban Development Project contributes to the social and economic recovery of Somalia by supporting urban governance, management and service delivery in various towns. Training of local councillors on leadership is central to the project.
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Strengthening the adaptive capacity of rural poor to water scarcity in drylands, Kenya
The purpose of the pilot action was to strengthen the capacity of dryland communities to cope with the impacts of climate change, improve food production and ultimately livelihoods.
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Keeping poultry alive in Angola
This project develops local capacities to control avian flu in Angola. Main activities are: information and vaccination campaigns, technical assistance and veterinary scouts training, national production of vaccine support
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Promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights
Affordable HIV/AIDS care and support is provided to towns and villages in the four Indian states mostly affected by the disease. The project tackles stigma at a local level and helps to sustain a non-discriminatory schooling environment for children.
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What's On
The European Commission announces a new programme to strengthen institutions in charge of trans-boundary water management in Africa to mark World Water Day
The European Commission has announced €3 million to help strengthen regional cooperation at the political, economic and stakeholder level in the water management sector. The new programme will favour sustainable management of water resources which are shared by more than one country, by using African expertise, and therefore enhance peace and security as well as help alleviate poverty in the region.
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EU support to African veterinary services brings an end to Rinderpest, a devastating livestock disease
Almost 50 years of continued collaboration between the EU and the African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) to eradicate Rinderpest is about to achieve its ultimate goal, with the official declaration of global freedom from Rinderpest foreseen for 2011. Building on such successful work, the Commission granted today EUR 30 million to further strengthen African Veterinary Services.
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European Commission and civil society agree on priorities for the NGOs' role in Haiti's reconstruction
The European Commission organised a one-day conference for European and Haitian NGOs on the reconstruction of Haiti, on the 23 March in Brussels. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange views on the role that NGOs and civil society could play in addressing the priority reconstruction and development challenges currently facing Haiti. The outcomes of this event will be presented at the International Conference on the reconstruction of Haiti on 31 March 2010 in New York. Read the final report here.
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EU funds water and sanitation projects in ACP countries to support progress towards the MDGs
9th February 2010. The European Commission presented the the second ACP-EU Water Facility, replenished with € 200 million under the 10th European Development Fund for the period 2009-2013.
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