Actions with other partner countries has continued and will be further intensified in the coming months; The EU has stepped up its support through its missions under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), through its technical assistance and its financial tools, in particular the EU Trust Fund for Africa; A total of 24 projects funded by the Trust Fund for Africa, for over €425 million, will have been launched in the five priority countries by the end of 2016, In Niger, the EU is providing support through the new field office of EUCAP Sahel Niger in Agadez; The Commission has further adopted a decision to increase the EU Trust ...[+++] Fund for Africa by a further € 500 million from the European Development Fund to finance actions under the partnership framework. Over the next months, European Migration Liaison Officers will be posted in key third countries to serve as focal points in EU Delegations; Identification missions to the priority countries will be carried out jointly with Member States and EU agencies' involvement, in particular of European Border and Coast Guards and EUROPOL.

Trust Funds enable the EU, its Member States and contributing donors to respond to different dimensions of emergency situations by intervening jointly, flexibly and quickly, in response to changing needs.

joint management with international organisations, especially involving multi-donor trust funds

Where there is recourse to international organisations for the drawing-up and joint implementation of a common project financed exclusively from a Community contribution, the Commission's services sign a direct contract setting out the responsibilities and obligations entrusted to the international organisations concerned; the Community aid is paid through multidonor trust funds.

42. Insists that the Commission and OLAF take initiatives with a view to reinforcing operational links with the World Bank's Integrity Department, especially in the area of financing through MDTFs, and calls for particular attention to be paid to carrying out more joint investigations, possibly in coordination with the UN agencies;

In order to facilitate more effective support to the Pan-African governance architecture and policy coordination efforts , the EU will explore new avenues to pull Community and Member States funding through an EU fund or through Joint EU contributions to existing financial instruments and trust funds.