Sustainable Development Goals

The European Commission's Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme, DEAR, supports projects that engage Europeans in worldwide issues of social, economic and environmental development. The DEAR Programme works with civil society organisations and local authorities to promote global justice, human rights, sustainable development and democratic participation.

SOCIEUX+ EU Expertise on Social Protection, Labour and Employment is a facility for technical cooperation between public and social partner peers established and co-funded by the European Union (EU). The general objective is to expand and improve access to better employment opportunities and inclusive social protection systems. Based on the peer exchange model, SOCIEUX+ shares knowledge and experiences through short-term missions and activities that enhance the capacity to design, manage, and monitor inclusive, effective, and sustainable employment strategies and social protection systems. SOCIEUX+ mobilises European public expertise for short-term technical cooperation activities with their peers outside the EU, and is available in more than 160 eligible countries and territories worldwide.

The ADELANTE Programme, first phase (2016-2020), supported 8 Triangular Cooperation projects in various thematic areas, in several countries, with all types of actors (more than 50 organisations from 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, in addition to several European institutions), with diverse forms of collaboration between them and with different intervention strategies. These projects have contributed significantly to the Region's sustainable development and have generated interesting and useful sectoral and cross-cutting learning and experience exchanges.

The Triangular Cooperation Project "Contributing to Food Security for the Population of Cuba", co-financed by the European Union through the ADELANTE Programme, aimed to enhance the availability of safe animal-derived food and improve animal health standards in Cuba. By focusing on strengthening diagnostic capacities and upgrading laboratory infrastructures, the initiative addressed critical aspects of food security and public health. Through collaborative efforts between Chilean and Cuban institutions, the project fostered knowledge exchange and capacity building to support sustainable agricultural development.

The "Mirada Ciudadana" project, co-financed by the European Union through the ADELANTE Programme, aimed to enhance governance and implement quality public policies to reduce inequalities in Mercosur municipalities. By strengthening institutional capacities of local governments and civil society, the project promoted transparency, accountability, and citizen participation in public service definition and provision.