The European Union (EU), composed of the Member States and the European Commission, is the world’s biggest aid donor. The European Commission's EuropeAid co-operation office manages a yearly budget of about 10 billion euro with programmes and projects reaching around 140 developing countries. EuropeAid implements the EU external aid instruments and ensures that development assistance is delivered worldwide.
EuropeAid helps the development efforts of countries in the EU neighbourhood, Russia, the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions, Latin America and Asia. To ensure coherence, complementarity and coordination in implementing external assistance programmes worldwide, EuropeAid works in close collaboration with its various partners.
The focus is on maximising the value and impact of aid funding by making sure support is provided in a speedy and accountable fashion. The ‘Who's who’ section will tell you how EuropeAid is organised. When implementing projects, EuropeAid takes account of EU strategies and long-term programmes for the delivery of aid. It is responsible for all the steps of an aid delivery project: after identifying needs, it carries out feasibility studies and prepares all the necessary financial decisions and control.
The EU fights against hunger on three dimensions: availability of food at regional and national levels, access to food by households and food use and nutritional adequacy at individual level. The € 1 billion EU Food Facility has provided a fast and efficient response in tackling food insecurity worldwide, reaching more than 50 million people all over the world.
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm
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