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Progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been insufficient, not least because of shocks such as the COVID 19 pandemic and recent wars. The cost of this lack of progress is borne by 'least developed countries' – low-income countries with low indicators of socio-economic development, as defined by the UN. This study reviews the European Union's role in policies that affect poverty in these contexts. It identifies 12 challenges that could be addressed to some extent by further ...

The new EU global health strategy, adopted by the European Commission on 30 November 2022, has been positioned as a crucial element of EU external policy, geopolitical influence and strategic autonomy. However, maintaining the long term commitment necessary for achieving global health ambitions in turbulent times remains challenging. Against this backdrop, in 2023 the Policy Foresight Unit of the European Parliamentary Research Service conducted a foresight exercise involving external experts to ...

On 15 November 2023, the European Union (EU) and its Member States signed a new partnership agreement (referred to as the 'Samoa Agreement') with member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). The multiple negotiation levels, the coronavirus crisis and difficulties in reaching agreement on sensitive issues, such as migration management and sexual and reproductive health and rights, prevented the new agreement from being finalised by the initial expiry date set ...

With a budget of almost €79.5 billion in 2021 prices, the Global Europe Instrument is the EU's main financing instrument for external action for 2021 to 2027. The European Commission adopted most of the programming documents under the instrument in December 2021, setting out the priorities and budget allocations for EU cooperation with its partner countries and regions. After two years of operations and before the instrument's mid-term evaluation, the Parliament is set to vote in December on a report ...

Attīstības politika ir viens no galvenajiem Eiropas Savienības ārpolitikas virzieniem. Tās mērķis ir samazināt un galu galā izskaust nabadzību, un šī politika ir būtisks elements ES atbildes reakcijā uz ANO Ilgtspējīgas attīstības programmu 2030. gadam (Programma 2030. gadam). Attīstības politikas mērķi ir sekmēt ilgtspējīgu izaugsmi, aizstāvēt cilvēktiesības un demokrātiju, panākt dzimumu līdztiesību, veicināt mieru un iekļaujošu sabiedrību un risināt problēmas vides un klimata jomā. ES darbojas ...

ES sadarbība ar Āfrikas valstīm un Āfrikas Savienību (ĀS) balstās uz divām atšķirīgām sistēmām: proti, a) partnerības nolīgumi ar Āfrikas, Karību jūras reģiona un Klusā okeāna (ĀKK) valstīm un b) Āfrikas un ES kopējā stratēģija. Partnerattiecību nolīgums, ko 2000. gadā Kotonū (Beninā) parakstīja ES un ĀKK valstis un kas jau vairāk nekā 20 gadus kalpo par partnerattiecību politisko, ekonomisko un attīstības aspektu juridisko pamatu, patlaban tiek aizstāts ar pilnīgi jaunu nolīgumu, kas tika parakstīts ...

Africa is the continent most affected by energy poverty, with more than 40 % of its population lacking access to electricity. This is in spite of an extremely high potential for renewable energy generation and an increasing number of fossil fuel developments on the continent. Through its development cooperation programmes, the EU has committed significant funds to reduce energy poverty in its partner countries in Africa. These programmes aim to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 7, which ...

A commitment under the EU Treaties, policy coherence for development requires the EU and its Member States to take into account the objectives of development cooperation in all their external and internal policies that are likely to affect developing countries. Managing competing objectives is a challenge. Better awareness among EU policy-makers and a streamlined action plan could help mitigate trade-offs and improve synergies.

The Commissioner-designate, Wopke Hoekstra, appeared before the European Parliament on 2 October 2023 to answer questions put by MEPs from the Committees on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), Foreign Affairs (AFET), Development (DEVE) and Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). During the hearing, he made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These commitments refer to his portfolio, as described in the mission letter sent to him by Ursula von der Leyen ...