EU emergency trust fund for Africa
Funding
The EU emergency trust fund (EUTF) for Africa pledged over €5 billion. So far, €4.9 billion have been approved for 251 programmes.
Who benefits
26 partner countries in 3 regions of Africa:
- Sahel region and Lake Chad: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal (€2.21 billion)
- Horn of Africa: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda (€1.81 billion)
- North of Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt (€907 million)
Objectives
- greater economic and employment opportunities
- strengthening resilience of communities
- improved migration management
- improved governance and conflict prevention
Results
- 127 800 jobs created
- 668 500 people assisted in developing income-generating activities
- 9.5 million people receiving basic social services
- 4.4 million people receiving nutrition assistance
- 509 000 migrants in transit and forcibly displaced people protected
- 2 million people reached out by information campaign on risks linked to migration
- 2 100 victims of trafficking assisted
- 1.9 million people participating in conflict prevention and peace building activities
Source: European Commission (figures up to January 2022)
The emergency trust fund for Africa was launched by EU and African partners at the Valletta Summit on migration in November 2015.