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In preparation for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26), the EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) met in an OACPS High-level Dialogue with Partners on 15 September 2021 to discuss common priorities.

Join LIVE our #KAPTalks with Johan Rockström of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research who will discuss climate change challenges before COP26. The event will be hybrid, physical and online. Join us on 6th October at 18:00 CET / 16:00 GMT.

Thousands of Zambian smallholders to benefit from EUR 30 Million (635m ZK) agriculture investment initiative launched by Zanaco and Team Europe.

The European Commission today announced the three winners of the 2021 ‘Lorenzo Natali' Media prize: Pari Saikia, Maria Altimira and Srishti Jaswal. For nearly three decades, the prize has recognised courageous journalism.

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the EU is pledging €140 million to support research in sustainable food systems, and a further €25 million for Education Cannot Wait, a global fund for education.

Budget support is essential in times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the newly launched report called Budget Support – Trends and results 2021, shows.

Following the 2021 International Democracy Week, the European Union has announced five actions worth €119.5 million to boost the strong European support to democracy and human rights around the world in 2021.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, the EU, EU Member States and European financial institutions, as Team Europe, have disbursed €34 billion in support to partner countries in addressing the pandemic and its consequences.

Join LIVE our #KAPTalks with Kristalina Georgieva, head of IMF who will discuss with Jeffrey Sachs interconnected challenges of recovery, climate change and inequality. The event will be hybrid, physical and online. Join us on 21st September at 14:30

Join live our #KAPTalks with Anthony Bebbington of the Ford Foundation who will discuss the extraction of natural resources as a social justice question, particularly in light of COVID-19 pandemic. Join us on 10th September at 14:00 CET / 12:00 GMT.

This regular newsletter covers all important news and analysis on the topics of employment, labour rights and vocational education and training with this edition packed full of interviews, articles, stories, events and much more!

The Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) approved in July eight financial top-ups to ongoing programmes which the Fund finances in the Horn of Africa.