Environment and ecosystem management are key to ensuring urban and rural development and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.

Two wooden gears with green tree in countryside, concept of green economy.

    These videos cover the following aspects of Biodiversity in EU Cooperation: Biodiversity in EU external action development policy: 2020 and beyond; Protection, sustainable use and restoration of high biodiversity-value areas (Integrated Landscape and Seascape Management); and Global programmes.

    Duration: 48 min

      These videos cover some of the challenges and good practices that exist in the field of Biodiversity and Forestry, such as the interlink between the loss of biodiversity, climate change and pandemics, existent mitigation methods to protect key biodiversity areas affected by industries, and strategies to regenerate forest ecosystems. 

      Duration: 20 min
        Blending is an instrument for achieving European Union (EU) external policy objectives, complementary to other aid modalities and pursuing the relevant regional, national and overarching policy priorities. It is the combination of EU grants with loans, risk capital or guarantees from public and private financiers. The idea behind the instrument is that the EU grant element can be used strategically to attract additional financing for important investments for development in EU partner countries.

        Tools and Methods Series, Reference Document No 21
        Version November, 2015


          Case studies on Environment and Climate change Mainstreaming from EU's international cooperation for development in 7 countries: Belize, Ethiopia, Haiti, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania. 

            This e-course on Circular Economy (CE) aims to strengthen your understanding of circularity, and of policy measures that accelerate the CE transition. Divided in five sections, the e-course explains what a circular economy transition entails, makes the link with related policy developments, as well as with global challenges and trends, illustrates practical cases from the field, including EU funded projects, and provides information and guidance on monitoring and evaluation.

            Duration: 1 hour

              This document focuses attention on the use of codes of conduct and partnership principles as instruments of coordination and not as tools for common pool funding or delegated cooperation or agreements on division of labour.

              Tools and Methods Series, Reference Document No 11
              Version October, 2010

                This course offers a specific focus on LAC ahead of the EU-LAC Summit on 17-18 July.

                Duration: 2 h

                  This session aims at presenting the fundamentals of the Green Deal paying particular attention to current pre-programming exercise and allowing for a discussion in this respect between colleagues in Delegations and the members of the G Group on Green Deal.

                  Duration: 2 h

                  This webinar is destined to EU staff in HQ and delegations in Latin America and Caribbean.

                    This e-learning package gathers learning resources from 9 different learn4dev organizations around the topic of Green Recovery. 

                    ADA, AECID, AFD, European Commission - DG INTPA, Enabel, GIZ, LuxDev, Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Sida have joined forces to create this e-learning package on a Green Recovery, in the framework of the Team Europe initiative and the Learn4dev network.

                    You  can access resources on 9 different topics, 3 different languages, and different formats such as webinars, e-learning courses and videos.

                    Duration: 2h


                      This introductory training presents the rationale for the integration of environment and climate change in EU development cooperation, taking into account the policy basis, the latest facts and figures on the climate and environmental crisis and their impacts on social and economic development, as well as the opportunities that mainstreaming offers to achieve development objectives. In particular, it explains the implications of the European Green Deal and international commitments for EU development cooperation and the specific opportunities and challenges under the new programming cycle (2021-2017).

                      Duration: 46 min

                        This introductory training presents the rationale for the integration of environment and climate change in EU development cooperation, taking into account the policy basis, the latest facts and figures on the climate and environmental crisis and their impacts on social and economic development, as well as the opportunities that mainstreaming offers to achieve development objectives. In particular, it explains the implications of the European Green Deal and international commitments for EU development cooperation and the specific opportunities and challenges under the new programming cycle (2021-2017).

                        Duration: 1 h


                          This webinar aims at providing the participants with an understanding of the opportunities brought about by a transition to a circular economy, and of their potential to promote and support partner countries’ engagement in this process, with multiple benefits in terms of growth, jobs, and environmental (notably climate) objectives. It provides the audience with essential information, tools and case studies to support EU’s international cooperation on the circular economy. The session takes into account EU’s updated policy framework, recent developments in partner countries, and builds on EU and development partners’ experience. As such, it provides concrete recommendations supporting programming, dialogue, and programme implementation.

                          Duration: 50 min