Giving a new boost to jobs, growth and investment – through the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI 2.0), revamped Trade Defence Instruments, the Banking Union, the Capital Markets Union, and the improvement of waste management in the circular economy; Addressing the social dimension of the European Union – through the Youth Employment Initiative, improved social security coordination, the European Accessibility Act and the European Solidarity Corps; Better protecting the security of our citizens – through the Entry-Exit System, Smart Borders and the European Travel Information Authorisation System (ETIAS), the control of fire ...[+++]arms, instruments to criminalise terrorism, money laundering and terrorist financing, and the European Criminal Records Information Systems (ECRIS); Reforming and developing our migration policy in a spirit of responsibility and solidarity – through the reform of the Common European Asylum System (including the Dublin mechanism), the Legal Migration package and the External Investment Plan to help to address the root causes of migration by enhancing investment and job creation in partner countries; Delivering on our commitment to implement a connected Digital Single market – through the EU telecoms and copyright reforms, the Union of the 700 MHz band, preventing unjustified geo-blocking, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and common data protection rules; Delivering on our objective of an ambitious Energy Union and a forward looking climate change policy - through the 2030 climate and energy framework, the Paris Agreement and the Clean Energy for all Europeans package.

The regional approach of this initiative will further contribute to regional economic integration and increased cross-border financial services in West Africa.

to provide quality controlled data and access to the data sets and data products to the research (climate and oceanography) and operational (e.g. Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)/Copernicus Marine Service) communities.

I know that CIDA has funded a climate change program with AGRHYMET, which is part of an interstate committee on drought and desertification in west Africa.

The project's objective is twofold: (a) to provide the Wallis Futuna Islands' public works department with a stock of new plant and equipment to enable it to carry out itself new road and drainage works and maintenance on both Wallis Futuna and (b) to carry out road improvement work over a stretch of 6.95 km (2.7 km on Futuna and 4.25 km on Wallis) ECOWAS and CEAO MEMBER COUNTRIES Automatic processing of 6th EDF ECU 5 000 000 trade statistics and GRANT customs data The aim is to foster regional integration and promote ...[+++] trade in West Africa by setting up a regional system for the automatic processing of trade statistics and customs data within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic Community (CEAO).

I am involved in a large project in West Africa looking at the coping mechanisms that have been used by communities to deal with extreme variations in climate over the past 30 years.