Press Release: Further EU support for southern Neighbourhood to boost socio-economic development

The European Union (EU) announced on 20 January 2014 that it recently adopted an assistance package worth €45 million to support development and cooperation with a number of southern Neighbourhood partner countries.

The main aim of this new financing is to address socio economic priorities expressed by the people through concrete bilateral actions in Jordan, Libya and Tunisia which will directly benefit citizens in these countries and will bring tangible results in the fields of agriculture, environment, migration and education. In Jordan, this support will also aim to mitigate the consequences of the Syria refugee crisis in the country.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: Memo, MEMO/14/28: L'Union européenne soutient un développement agricole et rural plus efficace et inclusif en Tunisie http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-28_fr.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: Memo, MEMO/14/25: L'Union européenne en faveur d'une meilleure gouvernance environnementale en Tunisie http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-25_fr.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: Memo, MEMO/14/27: Additional €20 million to support Jordan in Syria refugee crisis http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-27_en.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: Memo, MEMO/14/26: Supporting human rights-based migration management and asylum system in Libya http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-26_en.pdf

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