- Region and Country
- Sahel & Lake Chad
In the Sahel and Lake Chad region, challenges linked to extreme poverty, lack of stability, economic fragility and low resilience remain acute. This is exacerbated by climate change in a region where more than 80% of the population relies essentially on agriculture and pastoral activities. Irregular migration and related crimes such as trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants, corruption, illicit trafficking and transnational organised crime are thriving particularly where there is an insufficient presence of governmental authority and public administration. These security challenges have been increasingly linked to terrorist groups and illicit trafficking of all kinds.
The region also faces growing challenges related to demographic pressure, institutional weaknesses and governance, weak social and economic infrastructures, environmental stress and insufficient resilience to food and nutrition crises. All of these factors are root causes of forced displacement and make people flee conflict, seek protection from persecution or serious harm, or seek new economic opportunities to build a better life. As a consequence, migration pressure is mounting, with serious implication both for the countries in the region and the EU.
Given the proximity of the Sahel to the EU and its immediate neighbourhood, the EU is working closely with the countries of the Sahel and Lake Chad region to support their efforts to achieve peace, security and development.
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Regional programmes
Objectif général:Contribuer à renforcer la gouvernance, la stabilité et la sécurité des 5 pays membres du G5 Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger et Tchad), tout en respectant les meilleures pratiques internationales et les standards internationaux des droits de l’homme.
The overall objective of this Action is to harmonize and structure the national and regional management of police information in the broader West Africa region in order to increase and improve law enforcement capabilities from the concerned countries in their daily work.
Objectif général: Contribuer à la stabilité régionale et à une meilleure gestion des migrations, en s’attaquant aux causes profondes d’instabilité, de déplacements forcés de populations et de migration irrégulière, à travers de meilleures opportunités économiques, l’égalité des chances, la sécurité.
Contribuer au redressement économique et de la cohésion sociale des territoires du bassin du Lac Tchad les plus impactés par la crise liée à Boko Haram.
Contribute to poverty reduction and consequently to the settlement of populations and the reduction of irregular migrations (especially to Europe)
Soutenir les réfugiés et déplacés maliens et accompagner leur retour dans leur région d’origine.
The overall objective of the action is to contribute to strengthening the management and governance of migration and the sustainable reintegration of returning migrants in Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau and Ivory Coast.
Objectif général:Contribuer à la sécurité des populations et à la stabilisation tant des pays concernés qu’au niveau régional, y inclus dans les zones éloignées et transfrontalières, comme condition préalable pour leur développement socio-économique durable.
L'objectif général est d'encourager l'intégration socio-économique et politique des jeunes dans la société.
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.
Le programme vise à consolider la légitimité, le leadership et les capacités opérationnelles des instances interministérielles de lutte contre la traite des personnes et leurs déclinaisons sur le territoire par un appui structurel, organisationnel et la mise en œuvre d’actions préventives ciblées.
Contribuer à la stabilité régionale et à une meilleure gestion des migrations en accroissant les opportunités économiques et les conditions des populations locales, en particulier les populations vulnérables (femmes et jeunes).
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...
The overall objective of the action is to better match the offer of labour (skills available on the labour market) to the demand of labour (generated by the local private sector and productive economic growth).
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.
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.
L’objectif général du « Programme d’urgence pour la stabilisation des espaces frontaliers du G5 Sahel» est d’améliorer les conditions de vie, la résilience des populations vulnérables et la cohésion sociale à travers notamment l’amélioration de l’accès à l’eau dans les régions les plus fragiles des.
Les objectifs spécifiques sont de soutenir l’AS, à travers le financement de l’UCA, afin : OS1 : de renforcer la coordination entre bailleurs OS2 : d’augmenter l’appropriation des actions de l’aide au développement par le G5 et ses Etats membres OS3 : de promouvoir les actions des bailleurs de l...
L'objectif global de l’action est de de contribuer à renforcer la sécurité des cinq Etats membres du G5 Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger et Tchad), d’identifier les défis communs auxquels ils doivent faire face et les moyens d’y répondre dans une optique de coopération régionale.
Ce programme, financé à hauteur de EUR 20 million sur le Fonds fiduciaire pour l’Afrique de l’UE pour une durée de trois ans, a pour objectif de contribuer à la promotion de sociétés pacifiques et inclusives dans les cinq pays membres du G5 Sahel en améliorant la confiance entre les populations et..
The specific objectives are to (1) improve the safety and security of populations and control over lake-bordering territories as well as to (2) improve Human Rights respect by Security Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies in the areas of intervention.
Objectif principal :Favoriser le vivre ensemble et une vision constructive de l’avenir en offrant aux jeunes à la fois un sens d’appropriation de leur avenir, le reflet de leur réalité et un contenu authentique, crédible, fiable et inspirant.
L’objectif global est d’appuyer la définition et la mise en oeuvre de réponses efficaces et rapides aux phénomènes d’instabilité, d’insécurité, de déficit de développement et de migrations irrégulières dans l’espace sahélien.
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...
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...
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.
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.
News & Stories
We are pleased to share the EUTF Horn of Africa and Sahel Lake Chad 2020 2nd Semester and Annual Monitoring and Learning System Reports with annexes.
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