Erasmus+: EU boosts participation of African students and staff in 2019

The results of the 2019 Erasmus+ call bring the total number of exchanges between Africa and Europe to 26,247 since the beginning of the programme in 2014

The EU has invested an additional €17.6 million to support over 8,500 newly selected African students and staff to participate in Erasmus+ in 2019. This increase in Erasmus+ funding is one more step towards the commitment announced by President Jean-Claude Juncker in his State of the Union speech in September 2018 to have supported…

New Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) - EU Partnership: EU and Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific Leaders intensify the regional talks in Samoa

The negotiators focused on the specific needs and priorities to address together in the decades to come

In the context of the ongoing negotiations to modernize relations between the EU and 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP), chief negotiators met with Pacific leaders today. The talks' aim was to lay the ground for the creation of a EU-Pacific pillar, within the future agreement. The negotiators focused on the…

Launch of public consultation on the future of the EU's partnership with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries

The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission have launched today a public consultation on the future of the partnership between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries after 2020. Today, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini…