Press releases
Resumption of aid for Niger: Commission releases €25 million
19/07/2011
European Commission – Press Release Brussels 19 July 2011 – The European Commission has released €25 million in budgetary support for Niger, the first such payment since the investiture of the new president, Mahamadou Issoufou, in April 2011 and since ...
Aid for trade
18/07/2011
MEMO/11/519 Brussels, 18 July 2011 On 19th July, European Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, will represent the European Commission at the World Trade Organisation's Third Global Review of Aid for Trade in Geneva....
Commission's aid makes a difference to fight poverty, to promote democracy and human rights, to improve aid effectiveness, shows the annual report on development and external assistance
15/07/2011
MEMO/11/507 Brussels, 15 July 2011 In parallel to the meeting of the EU Development Ministers in Poland, the European Commission publishes the 2011 Report on development and external assistance. It confirms the Commission as one of the largest providers ...
Examples of EU Projects in Somaliland
06/07/2011
MEMO/11/486 Brussels, 6 July 2011 Development aid from the European Commission On-going, mostly multi-year EU-funded programmes in Somaliland currently amount to approximately €62 million. There are 63 projects ongoing: 27 projects in the governance sector ...
Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Address to House of Representatives of Somaliland Visit of Commissioner in Somaliland House of Representatives of Somaliland, 6 July 2011
06/07/2011
SPEECH/11/499 Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members of the House, Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction It is both a pleasure and an honour for me to be addressing you today. The fact that I am standing in front of an elected assembly here in Somaliland is in ...
Commissioner Piebalgs in Djibouti to encourage country on its way to good governance and development
05/07/2011
Joint statement of the European Commission and the CARIFORUM
04/07/2011
MEMO/11/479 Brussels, 4 July 2011 On the occasion of the Thirty-Second Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in Frigate Bay, St.Kitts, CARICOM Heads of Government met with Mr....