Private sector development and the facilitation of trade, often through better regional integration and agreements, help to build a stronger global marketplace and fuel development across borders. 

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    EIB Global brings all the resources of the European Investment Bank to bear on its operations outside the European Union with a structure designed to foster strong, focused partnership with Team Europe. This course aims at facilitating the understanding of the EIB Global from DG INTPA perspective, focusing on the 3-stage approval process: Policy First and upstream coordination under NDICI Global Europe.

    Duration: 2 hours

      This webinar introduces the topics of financial inclusion and digital financial services (DFS). It will examine the performance of financial inclusion over time, identifying the barriers to financial inclusion and how DFS has emerged to address those barriers.

      Duration: 1h 30m

        We will present in this session the Facilities and Tools of Unit E2 to support EU Delegations/HQs and other stakeholders like government agencies and business associations. How can colleagues request for assistance? What does each Facility cover and how does it work? How much time it takes to ask and receive support? What kind of support can colleagues ask from each Facility?

        Duration: 2 h

          With the worldwide objective to scale up the offer on TVET programs responding to the needs of the labour market, based on quality and equity, the national governments, mobilizing multiple sources and alternative financing (including national or sectoral training levies) one is seeking for close alliances of collaboration with the private sector, on macro and micro level, where possible.

          Duration: 1h 30m

            With the worldwide objective to scale up the offer on TVET programs responding to the needs of the labour market, based on quality and equity, the national governments, mobilizing multiple sources and alternative financing (including national or sectoral training levies) one is seeking for close alliances of collaboration with the private sector, on macro and micro level, where possible.

            Duration: 1h 30m

              This training session will introduce colleagues to the definition and general framework of Regional and Global Value Chains.

              Duration: 1h 30m

                This training session will introduce colleagues to these legislative initiatives and their implications for developing countries, and discusses how DG INTPA can accompany their implementation with support to partner countries and local producers to ensure the new EU legislations have a positive impact on the ground.

                Duration: 1h 30m

                  The session on Decent Work and Social Dialogue aims at increasing the awareness of the EU staff involved in development cooperation programmes on how to understand and implement in their projects the concept of decent work and how to use social dialogue in order to improve the efficiency, transparency and ownership of the EU support to partner countries.

                  Duration: 2 h

                    This training session will introduce colleagues to  the EU Regulation 2017/821 on the responsible sourcing of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3TGs, or the so-called “conflict minerals”) and the associated OECD Guidelines on due diligence, to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and all other initiatives currently available to support partner countries aligning their extractive sector regulation and mining practices, particularly in the area of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining.

                    Duration: 2 h

                      These guidelines have been produced by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships — Private Sector and Trade unit. The improvement of the investment climate and business environment reforms (BER) have therefore become important and recurrent elements of EU actions in development cooperation, along with the numerous existing interventions in support of private sector and trade development at micro, meso and macro levels.

                      Tools and Methods Series, Guidelines No 9

                      Version, February 2020

                        These guidelines have been produced by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) Unit E2 (Micro-economic Analysis, Investment Climate, Private Sector, Trade and Employment). 

                        Women’s economic empowerment (WEE) is an essential part of sustainable economic development and growth, and an integral part of enhancing gender equality and human rights across the world.

                        Version, July 2021

                          This course aims to strengthen your understanding of financial inclusion and provide you with an approach to make financial services markets more inclusive. It is designed for funders’ staff. It is also appropriate for facilitators and implementers (staff and governance).


                          Duration: 3 hours