EU to support Africa integration with €415m

The EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, said in a statement that “The major innovation of this programme is that it allows the EU to link up the cooperation it has with Northern Africa, South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. It will also help us to achieve better policy coherence for development by building synergies between […]

The EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, said in a statement that “The major innovation of this programme is that it allows the EU to link up the cooperation it has with Northern Africa, South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. It will also help us to achieve better policy coherence for development by building synergies between development cooperation and other EU policies.”
The ‘Pan-African Programme’ will contribute, amongst others, to increased mobility on the African continent, better trade relations across regions and also better equip both continents for addressing trans-national and global challenges.