EU Ambassador to ASEAN announces three new EU-ASEAN cooperation programmes

The European Union (EU) Ambassador to ASEAN, Igor Driesmans
The European Union (EU) Ambassador to ASEAN, Igor Driesmans (KalderaNews/JS de Britto)
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JAKARTA, KalderaNews.com – The European Union (EU) Ambassador to ASEAN, Igor Driesmans announced three new development cooperation projects with ASEAN for a total amount of EUR 13 million on Thursday, August 13, 2020.

The announcement of the new projects was made during the opening of the 3rd ASEAN-EU Cooperation and Scholarships Day, a virtual event highlighting connectivity in higher education as a key thematic area of EU-ASEAN cooperation.

These projects will support smart and sustainable urbanisation, sustainable forest management, and ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions.

BACA JUGA:

The EU is ASEANs most significant partner in development cooperation, supporting the region with EUR 250 million for regional integration programmes between 2014-2020, in addition to EUR 2 billion in bilateral support to ASEAN Member States.

Important priority areas of cooperation are green growth, climate change and the environment.

The new projects starting in 2020 will: support sustainable urbanisation, focusing on smart solutions enabled by digitalisation and the use of technologies (Smart Green ASEAN cities, EUR 5 million), support forest governance and sustainable timber licencing and trade across the region (FLEGT, EUR 5 million) and strengthen regional capacity and raise awareness and implementation of international standards of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI, EUR 3 million).




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