- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
An outbreak of violence in South Sudan in July 2016 re-inflamed conflict throughout the country, aggravating a dire humanitarian situation, and provoking a massive displacement of people. We aim to strengthen the resilience of the most vulnerable people in South Sudan affected by conflict, many of whom also find themselves suffering the effects of climate change, the combination of which has resulted in an alarming food security crisis. In particular, we are finding ways to improve the livelihoods of pastoralists, women and young people, and helping them to increase their food security and improve their access to education and health services.
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National programmes
The Specific Objectives are: 1) to strengthen local institutions in the areas of public financial and human resources management, 2) to foster a culture of accountability by lower levels of government (states and counties) and 3) to support the implementation of specific measures on economic and...
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved governance and conflict prevention
- Strengthening resilience of communities
The Specific Objectives are: 1) to increase access to quality health services in particular by children, pregnant women and other vulnerable groups; 2) to strengthen health system institutional functioning including governance, effectiveness, efficiency and equity and 3) to increase ownership...
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- Department for International Development UK
The Specific Objectives are: (1) increase teachers' attendance, and (2) the establishment of a teacher human resource information system.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- Euroconsult Mott MacDonald
(1) Improve access to quality learning opportunities for 75,000 children (6-18 year olds) in safe and protective environments in the four states;(2) Improve the nutrition status of primary learners in the four targeted areas with daily school meals throughout the academic year.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- UNICEF
- World Food Programme
The specific objectives of the programme are to improve food security of rural smallholders in Greater Bahr el Ghazal and to empower them to cope with environmental volatility and insecurity.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- World Vision Australia
- International Rescue Committee
- Food and Agriculture Organization
The overall objective of the programme is to contribute to an efficient and effective use of the development funds the EU implements in South Sudan, focusing also on the transition and/or complementarity between the humanitarian response and the medium-long term development response.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to building sustainable peace and reconciliation in South Sudan.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved governance and conflict prevention
- Partner
- Swisspeace
- Norwegian Church Aid
- Business & Strategies Europe
- Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission Secretariat
The overall objective of this action is to contribute to improved health and well-being of the population of South Sudan.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- World Food Programme
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
- Department for International Development UK
The overall objective is to contribute to improving equal access for girls and boys to quality primary and secondary education in safe learning environments in South Sudan.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
This project aims to complement the efforts of the EU and its Member States present in South Sudan to implement the Gender Action Plan II (2016-2020).
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities
- Improved governance and conflict prevention
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- Cordaid
- ZOA International
- Dorcas Aid International
- Concern Worldwide
- Legal Action Worldwide
The overall objective of the action is to contribute to improved stabilisation and livelihood resilience of rural vulnerable communities in Greater Bahr El Ghazal and Greater Upper Nile Regions (South Sudan).
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- World Food Programme
- The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
The overall objective of this action is to improve the livelihoods of the targeted populations (with a special focus on youth and women) through jobs creation, better employment opportunities and income.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities
- Partner
- ITC - International Trade Center
Regional programmes
The specific objectives of the project are: (I) to strengthen IGAD’s capacity for coordinating and facilitating the implementation of IDDRSI to build resilience, as a means of addressing the root causes of vulnerability, forced displacement and irregular migration; and (II) to promote reform in IGAD
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved governance and conflict prevention
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development
- GIZ
The overall objective is to improve migration management in the region, and in particular to curb the trafficking of human beings and the smuggling of migrants within and from the Horn of Africa.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- GIZ
The specific objectives will be to collate, synthesize and disseminate the outcomes of existing and new research and evidence related to instability, irregular migration and forced displacement in the Horn of Africa; to communicate the outcomes of existing and new research and evidence to, and share
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Other
- Partner
- International Migration Institute, University of Oxford
- Sahan Research
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
The specific objectives of the project are:(I) to support the process of adoption, ratification and domestication of the IGAD Protocols on Free Movement of Persons and on Transhumance by IGAD Member States upon their adoption by IGAD Council of Ministers, along with complementary measures to...
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities
- Improved migration management
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development
- OIT - ILO - Organisation Internationale du Travail - International Labour Organization
The overall objective of the project is the following: to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and rights-based migration through the facilitation of dignified voluntary return and the implementation of development-focused and sustainable reintegration policies and processes.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration
Specific Objective 1: to establish and implement a Monitoring and Learning System which monitors and reports on the overall progress of the EUTF Horn of Africa window against EUTF strategic objectives, Horn of Africa policy priorities and EUTF principles of interventions.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities
- Improved governance and conflict prevention
- Improved migration management
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- Altai Consulting
The intervention logic of the project is that in the context of the Horn of Africa, the sharing of information on irregular migration and associated criminal networks amongst the countries of the Khartoum Process is a conditional requirement to address transnational crime.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- Interpol
- Civipol
The specific objective is to enhance the food security, income and resilience of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities, and particularly in selected cross-border areas of South Sudan.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved governance and conflict prevention
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- Food and Agriculture Organization
The following three thematic objectives and one implementation effectiveness objective are identified to achieve the broader goal of peace and stability in the region:I.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved governance and conflict prevention
- Partner
- Austrian Development Agency
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development
The specific objective is to better equip relevant country agencies to disrupt the traffickers and smugglers of human beings operating in the Greater Horn of Africa through efficient use of financial investigations and anti-money laundering approaches, including on tracing and seizing assets and...
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved governance and conflict prevention
- Partner
- Civipol
The second phase of the Better Migration Management programme aims to improve the management of safe, orderly and regular migration in the region and support national authorities in addressing the smuggling of migrants and the trafficking in human beings within and from the Horn of Africa.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
The project's overall objective is to strengthen and implement the IGAD GCR process, thereby providing increased safety and well-being to displaced populations and host communities.
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- Regional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development
Cross-window programmes
The specific objective is to conduct, synthesize, disseminate and make use of new and existing research on the drivers and dynamics of the root causes of instability, insecurity, irregular migration and forced displacement in West and North Africa and migration routes, and the most successful policy...
- Region and Country
- Cross-window
- Thematic
- Other
- Partner
- ICMPD
- The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
The overall objective is to increase the efficiency of the Trust Fund, through gender-and-rights-responsive technical assistance for the identification, formulation, evaluation, monitoring of and communication on trust fund interventions, including audits, evaluations/communication actions for this...
- Region and Country
- Cross-window
- Thematic
- Other
The overall objective of the Action is to contribute to strengthen the governance of migration in the region and provide protection and sustainable solutions for migrants and refugees along the Central Mediterranean route.
- Region and Country
- Cross-window
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The overall objective of the action is to promote sustainable development and ultimately contribute to poverty reduction by increasing the availability of trained and qualified high-level professional manpower in West Africa and the Horn of Africa.
- Region and Country
- Cross-window
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- Directorate General for Education and Culture
News & Stories

- News article
On World Youth Skill Day, Catherin, a young entrepreneur, shared how the project “Jobs Creation and Trade Development Project”, financed by the EU Trust Fund for Africa, helped her to develop her business activity.
- 2 min read
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- South Sudan
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- ITC - International Trade Center
- News article
Martine’s journey illustrates how the South Sudan Jobs Creation and Trade Development project financed by the EU Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), has significantly improved agricultural cultivation in his region.
- 2 min read
- Region and Country
- Horn of Africa
- South Sudan
- Thematic
- Greater economic and employment opportunities
- Partner
- ITC - International Trade Center

- News article
Arzouma returned from Algeria four years ago.
- 1 min read
- Region and Country
- Uganda
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Djibouti
- Kenya
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Libya
- Guinée
- Ghana
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Senegal
- Tchad
- The Gambia
- Mali
- Mauritanie
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroun
- Nigeria
- Niger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

- News article
15 December 2021— Daouda is one of the 166 Nigerien migrants who returned from Tripoli to Niamey on a charter flight organised by the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in February 2020.
- 3 min read
- Region and Country
- Uganda
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Djibouti
- Kenya
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Libya
- Guinée
- Ghana
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Senegal
- Tchad
- The Gambia
- Mali
- Mauritanie
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroun
- Nigeria
- Niger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration

- News article
Habi thought that she could easily earn money working as a maid in Libya and come back to Nigeria to take care of her children with some savings.
- 1 min read
- Region and Country
- Uganda
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Djibouti
- Kenya
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Guinée
- Ghana
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Senegal
- Tchad
- The Gambia
- Mali
- Mauritanie
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroun
- Nigeria
- Niger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

- News article
Faustina decided to leave Ghana for Libya to look for greener pastures.
- 1 min read
- Region and Country
- Uganda
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Djibouti
- Kenya
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Libya
- Guinée
- Ghana
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Senegal
- Tchad
- The Gambia
- Mali
- Mauritanie
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroun
- Nigeria
- Niger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

- News article
On 2 July 2021, in Jamestown, Accra, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Delegation of the European Union to Ghana, theSports for Education and Economic Development (SEED) Projectand DUNK Grassroots, together with some 200 youth, inaugurated...
- 2 min read
- Region and Country
- Uganda
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Djibouti
- Kenya
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Libya
- Guinée
- Ghana
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Senegal
- Tchad
- The Gambia
- Mali
- Mauritanie
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroun
- Nigeria
- Niger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration

- News article
Zouberou a 34 ans et il est parti du Cameroun en 2014 en laissant sa femme et ses deux filles en quête d’une vie meilleure.
- 4 min read
- Region and Country
- Uganda
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Djibouti
- Kenya
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- South Sudan
- Libya
- Guinée
- Ghana
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Senegal
- Tchad
- The Gambia
- Mali
- Mauritanie
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroun
- Nigeria
- Niger
- Thematic
- Improved migration management
- Partner
- International Organization for Migration