Bissau, capital city of Guinea-Bissau
The European Union (EU) has allocated 7 million euros to 16 projects in Guinea-Bissau within the framework of “European aid” to support cooperation and development, the EU delegation in the country said in Bissau.
The statement said the financed activities cover areas such as health, infrastructure, education, employment, gender equality and resource management, among others, in different regions.
The average duration of each project is 34 months and the European Union responsible for average co-financing of eligible costs in the order of 80 percent.
The biggest agreement was signed with AIDA, a Spanish non-governmental organization (http://www.ong-aida.org) that will receive 700,000 euros for the project for “Improvement of access to health services for vulnerable groups in the autonomous sector of Bissau.”
Most of the support was granted as part of a call for proposals published in May 2014, with three projects that received 1.5 million euros without meeting requirements.
The “European Aid” initiative is part of the European Commission’s foreign relations and its development policies. MDT/Macauhub
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