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The Breaking the Barriers programme aims to increase rural women’s jobs and income in the sustainable energy sector, improve working and living conditions, promote gender equality, and strengthen women’s social status.

Since the hurricane, Dominica has set about rebuilding its housing, applying new and better standards. The “Build Back Better” principle underpins €20 million in budget support that the EU is providing to Dominica.

Budget support in Ethiopia helps industrialisation and employment while mitigating Covid-19 effects on vulnerable households

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a major health, social and economic impact on countries and communities around the globe. For Ethiopia,

The Mabang bridge connects Sierra Leone’s Northwestern and Southern regions. It is Sierra Leone’s longest bridge of this kind of structure built in recent times, and also the country’s second longest bridge after Aberdeen bridge in Freetown.

Discover how EU-supported training in Burao, Somaliland, empowers 300 displaced individuals with brick-making skills, helping them build durable homes, secure livelihoods, and foster resilience within their communities.

Women are crucial in getting fish from landing site to plate in Liberia. However, they have been largely excluded from participating in fisheries management. A project funded by the EU is seeking to change that, and create more sustainable, legal fisheries in the process.

SusBuild aims at offering environment-friendly and affordable building material to the construction sector market. Targeting manufacturers, the project develops business models to ensure the upscaling of green brick production.

The Better Migration Management (BMM) programme funded by the European Union and Germany supports national authorities and institutions to facilitate safe, orderly and regular migration, and to effectively address and reduce human trafficking in the Horn of Africa region.