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Emergency Trust Fund for Africa

The Gambia

Region and Country
  • Sahel & Lake Chad
Making land fertile again
The Gambia

4 programmes

Following the return to democracy and the inauguration of President Barrow in January 2017, the EU stepped up its support to the New Gambia. In complementarity with the other development instruments of the EU, the EU Emergency Trust Fund, has adopted a two-fold approach to migration, where prevention - through awareness-raising in order to better inform about the risks of irregular migration - is completed by migrant protection, including return and reintegration facilitation and institutional capacity building for migration management. In parallel, the Trust Fund is targeting the root causes of irregular migration through the development of employment opportunities for the youth.

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National programmes

The Gambia Youth Empowerment Scheme

General objective:To develop the economy by increasing training and employment opportunities for populations prone to migration or returnees to The Gambia.

Region and Country
  • Sahel & Lake Chad
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
Partner
  • ITC - International Trade Center
Building a future - Make it in The Gambia

The overall objective of the proposed action is to contribute to socio-economic development and to nurture positive prospects for local populations and returning migrants in the Gambia.

Region and Country
  • Sahel & Lake Chad
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
Partner
  • ITC - International Trade Center
  • ENABEL - Belgian Development Agency
  • Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr
  • GK Partners
  • GIZ

Regional programmes

Erasmus+ in West Africa

The Erasmus+ programme actively contributes to improving the quality and international dimension of academic institutions in the region and supports the availability of qualified high-level professional youth in West Africa.

Region and Country
  • Sahel & Lake Chad
  • Regional Sahel and Lake
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Appui à la protection des migrants les plus vulnérables en Afrique de l'Ouest

L’objectif global de l'action est d'assurer la protection des migrants les plus vulnérables et leur accès aux services de base pour contribuer à une meilleure gestion de la migration notamment au Sénégal, Gambie, Ghana, Guinée, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Tchad, Cameroun, Mali, Niger et...

Region and Country
  • Sahel & Lake Chad
  • Regional Sahel and Lake
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • Caritas Switzerland
  • Save the Children
  • RED CROSS SPAIN
Monitoring and Learning System for the EUTF Sahel and Lake Chad

The overall objective of the programme is to use an evidence-based approach for programming and implementing interventions in the Sahel and Lake Chad region, as well as to inform policy around the themes of the EUTF in the region.

Region and Country
  • Sahel & Lake Chad
  • Regional Sahel and Lake
Thematic
  • Other
Partner
  • Altai Consulting

Cross-window programmes

Research and Evidence Facility for the Sahel and Lake Chad Region and the North of Africa

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
Technical Cooperation Facility

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
Erasmus+ in West Africa and the Horn of Africa

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

Croix Rouge-Journée mondiale de l'Afrique _BF
  • News article
Journée mondiale de l’Afrique 2022 : «Assistance et protection des migrants les plus vulnérables en Afrique de l’Ouest», une contribution à une «Vie meilleure»

Que serait l’Afrique sans la richesse et la diversité des peuples qui l’habitent et se rencontrent en permanence parfois loin de leurs terres d’origines?Au Burkina Faso, riche de ses six frontières, cette réalité est particulièrement vraie; Maliens, Nigériens, Nigérians, Camerounais, Ivoiriens...

  • 1 min read
Region and Country
  • Guinée
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Burkina Faso
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • Save the Children
  • RED CROSS SPAIN
  • Caritas Switzerland
Histoire Aicha Keisse_Croix rouge BF
  • News article
L’histoire d’Aicha Kessie : une mineure non-accompagnée en transit à Banfora, Burkina Faso

La Croix-Rouge burkinabè avec le projet « Assistance et protection des migrants les plus vulnérables en Afrique de l’Ouest », financé par l’Union européenne et soutenu par la Croix-Rouge espagnole et la Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise, contribue aux bien-être des femmes migrantes les plus vulnérables au...

  • 1 min read
Region and Country
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • Save the Children
  • Caritas Switzerland
  • Croix Rouge Espagnole
ARCHIPELAGO_3e Atelier RAFPRO 2021
  • News article
Les modes alternatifs de financement de la formation professionnelle en Afrique face aux défis du futur

Le troisième atelier régional de partage du Réseau Africain des Institutions et Fonds de Formation Professionnelle (RAFPRO) s’est tenu à Saly-Portudal (Sénégal) du 16 au 18 novembre 2021 autour du thème: «Les modes alternatifs de financement de la formation professionnelle en Afriqueface aux défis...

  • 3 min read
Region and Country
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
Partner
  • Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones
  • SEQUA gGmbH Partner of German Business
  • The Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry
L’histoire d’Abou Talib Hountoria
  • News article
L’histoire d’Abou Talib Hountoria

«Ma situation avait commencé il y’a deux ans quand des hommes armés qui appartenaient au groupe Boko Haram avaient attaqué notre village au Nigéria.

  • 2 min read
Region and Country
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • Save the Children
  • Caritas Switzerland
  • Croix Rouge Espagnole
EU IOM JI Arzouma's story
  • News article
Arzouma’s successful return story

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
EU-IOM JI 5 years anniversary_Daouda story
  • News article
EU-IOM Joint Initiative marks five years of supporting migrants and their communities across Africa

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
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