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European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF for Africa)

Definition(s)

Fund aiming to foster stability in a wide range of countries across Africa that encompass the major migration routes to Europe and to contribute to better migration management by addressing the root causes of destabilisation, forced displacement and irregular migration and by promoting economic and equal opportunities, security and development and a tighter Africa-EU cooperation on issues of migration control, return and readmission .

Source(s)

Website of the EUTF for Africa.

Factsheet on the EUTF for Africa.

Translations

  • BG: Европейски доверителен фонд за спешна помощ за Африка
  • CS: Svěřenecký fond Evropské unie pro Afriku
  • DE: Nothilfe-Treuhandfonds der Europäischen Union für Afrika
  • EL: Ευρωπαϊκό καταπιστευματικό Ταμείο εκτάκτου ανάγκης για την Αφρική / Ταμείο Αρωγής εκτάκτου ανάγκης για τη σταθερότητα και την αντιμετώπιση των βαθύτερων αιτίων της παράνομης μετανάστευσης στην Αφρική 
  • EN: European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF for Africa)
  • ES: Fondo fiduciario de emergencia de la Unión Europea para África
  • ET: Euroopa Liidu Aafrika hädaolukorra usaldusfond
  • FI: Euroopan Unionin Afrikka-hätärahasto
  • FR: Fonds fiduciaire d'urgence de l'Union européenne pour l'Afrique
  • GA: Ciste Iontaobhais Éigeandála an Aontais Eorpaigh don Afraic
  • HR: Krizni uzajamni fond EU-a za Afriku
  • HU: Uniós Szükséghelyzeti Alap Afrikáért
  • IT: Fondo fiduciario d’emergenza dell’Unione Europea per l’Africa
  • LT: Europos Sąjungos skubiosios pagalbos Afrikai patikos fondas
  • LV: Eiropas Savienības Ārkārtas trasta fonds Āfrikai
  • MT: Fond Fiduċjarju ta’ Emerġenza tal-Unjoni Ewropea għall-Afrika
  • NL: EU Noodfonds voor Afrika
  • PT: Fundo Fiduciário de Emergência da UE para África
  • RO: Fondul fiduciar de urgență al Uniunii Europene pentru Africa (EUTF pentru Africa)
  • SK: Núdzový trustový fond Európskej únie pre Afriku / Núdzový zverenecký fond Európskej únie pre Afriku / Núdzový trustový fond EÚ pre stabilitu a riešenie základných príčin neregulárnej migrácie a vysídľovania osôb v Afrike
  • SL: Nujni skrbniški sklad EU za Afriko
  • SV: Europeiska unionens förvaltningsfond för nödåtgärder i Afrika
  • NO: European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (no usual translation)
  • KA: ევროკავშირის საგანგებო სიტუაციების სატრასტო ფონდი აფრიკისთვის (EUTF აფრიკისთვის)
  • UK: Надзвичайний цільовий фонд Європейського Союзу для Африки (НЦФ ЄС для Африки)
  • HY: Եվրոպական Միության Արտակարգ իրավիճակների օգնության հիմնադրամ Աֆրիկայի համար

Synonym(s)

  • EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa
  • European Union Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa
  • EUTF for Africa

Note(s)

1. The EUTF for Africa was formally adopted at the Valletta Summit on 12 November 2015 by EU Member States, CH, NO and 23 African countries (the Sahel region and Lake Chad, the Horn of Africa and the North of Africa).
2. It focuses on the following areas:
a) economic programs with particular attention to employment creation;
b) resilience projects geared to improving food security and to providing services for local communities and refugees;
c) migration management, including fight against irregular migration and smuggling of migrants, return, readmission and reintegration, international protection and asylum, legal migration and mobility;
d) governance and security, including interventions in the fields of rule of law, security and development, border management and conflict-prevention systems.