The Indian Ocean (IO), the world’s third largest ocean, carries around 70% of all oil shipments. Despite a decrease in piracy in the region, continued efforts are needed strictly to contain piracy whilst addressing other forms of transnational organized crimes in the maritime domain. Overcoming cross-border issues at sea requires regional cooperation and interagency coordination. … Continued
This project brings together the three largest multilateral actors – the EU, the UN, and the World Bank – to work with crisis-affected countries. In 2008, a Joint Declaration was signed based on a core principle that early collaborative engagement under the leadership of the host government during the assessment and planning stages of crisis … Continued
Transculture aims to build bridges across the peoples and cultures in the region and with the European Union. In particular, targeting youth from all the linguistic areas of the Caribbean region, the programme will improve skills and expand opportunities of cultural professionals through people-to-people exchanges and knowledge transfer between Cuba, the region and the EU. … Continued
The EUMINT project strengthens institutional cross-border cooperation between Italy and Austria in the territories of Südtirol-Alto Adige, Tirol, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Kärnten, Veneto and Trentino in order to tackle the social, economic, political and cultural challenges connected to migration. The project focuses on three dimensions of the integration of asylum seekers and refugees: Cross-border integration, … Continued
To promote youth inclusion in the labor market in Jordan, EBRD supported the creation of a Sector Skills Council to design occupational skills standards in the property and tourism sectors. At the training center of the Abdali Mall in Amman, the project helped train more than 500 young people, including 140 Syrian refugees.
Digital Peace Now is a global policy campaign urging world leaders to create a safer cyberspace. The increase in nation-state cyber-attacks is a major global governance challenge of our time. This serves as an important reminder for why digital peace is needed in every corner of the world. Citizens must be a part of this … Continued
In each slum of intervention, Eau et Vie creates a local social business working as a multi-service proximity operator (connection of the households to the water network, rehabilitation/construction of latrines, solid waste management) and implements activities making the dwellers actors of their own life improvement: hygiene-awareness sessions, fire-fighting trainings, community-building actions. Eau et Vie works … Continued
Through globalization, supply chains have become more complex and consumers are increasingly interested in the origin of products. XtraPay aims to make value chains more transparent, reduce social inequality and make mobile money – and thus financial inclusion – accessible to farm workers in the Global South. Specifically, XtraPay is a voluntary bonus payment system … Continued
The Trianon Dialogue stand presents a project called ‘Campus des cultures, arts et métiers’. This project would be incorporated into the cultural landscape of the Villette area. With the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, the Philharmonie de Paris and the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie close by, all conditions … Continued
The Western Balkans are part of Europe, surrounded by EU member states. Organized crime has a strong foothold within this strategic entry point to Europe. The ‘Countering Serious Crime in the Western Balkans’ project, funded by the EU and Germany, follows crime across borders by immediately responding to investigations and leading them to prosecution. This … Continued
