Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council. 2015 annual report on the European Union’s development and external assistance policies and their implementation in 2014

In 2014, the European Union (EU) and its Member States remained the world's largest development aid donor and promoted European core values of peace, security, sustainable development, poverty reduction and human rights worldwide. The EU continued to support priority areas of the 'Agenda for Change', notably human rights, democracy and other key elements of good governance and inclusive and sustainable growth.

During 2014, the EU developed comprehensive responses to address major crises such as the conflict in Ukraine, the crises in the Central African Republic and South Sudan, the terror spread by Dae’sh in the Middle East and beyond, and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

The Commission Communication 'A Decent Life for all: from vision to collective action' of June 2014, sets out the EU position in international negotiations on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as the follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), describing key principles and proposing priority areas and potential targets for the post-2015 development agenda and the SDGs.

EUR-Lex: SWD(2015)248: Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2015:248:FIN

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