ENPI EAST/ EUROPEAID 2014 ANNUAL REPORT RELEASED

The European Commission has released the 2014 annual report on the European Union’s
 development and external assistance policies and their implementation outlining the actions of
 the EU’s campaign for poverty eradication and sustainable development worldwide in 2013.
 
 “Development is about people. It is about offering real hope and transformational change to
 those who are dragged down by poverty, conflict or oppression through no fault of their own. It
 is an affirmation of a Europe that is open and committed to the values of development, freedom
 and solidarity at home and abroad. Those values were as prevalent as ever in our people-centred
 development policy in 2013 and will continue to be in the years to come”, said EU Commissioner
 for Development Andris Piebalgs in the Report’s Forward.
 
 In 2013 the EU continued with its political and financial support for development worldwide. It
 committed the substantial sum of €14.86 billion to external development assistance. In line with the
 Agenda for Change - the Commission’s blueprint for a high-impact development policy focused on
 helping countries and people most in need – low-income and least developed countries are the
 principal beneficiaries of this assistance.
 
 “Through our Agenda for Change we continued providing relevant, high-impact development
 solutions and targeting our aid where it is most needed and can deliver long-lasting, catalytic change. Our development cooperation is making a real difference to real people on the ground”, said the Commissioner...(link)