• 15 February 2018

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    Category : Reportage

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    Causes and consequences of urban air pollution

    Cities are becoming key hubs from which to fight climate change. In Latin America, Euroclima+ supports mitigation policies to reduce emissions

    "Sustainable cities" are one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

    When pollution levels increase, public transport in Paris is free. And only “clean” vehicles can enter the city. In Brussels and Copenhagen, priority is given to bicycles. Or the speed limit is reduced, as in Madrid. While London, Oslo and Stockholm use tolls to restrict traffic.   Ot...

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  • 08 February 2018

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    Category : Interview

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    FIIAPP Expatriates: Manuel Marión

    "There is a lot to see in Kiev, many attractions. It is the unknown city of Europe"

    Manuel Marión on one of his trips to Tanzania

    We discover Kiev (Ukraine) with Manuel Marión, deputy director of the UE-ACT project seconded to the city. He tells us some anecdotes and about ...

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  • 01 February 2018

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    Category : Opinion

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    Peru: successful cooperation

    The project against organised crime and drug trafficking trains the institutions involved in the country

    Training as part of the project

    A few weeks ago, the director for Latin America and the Caribbean at EuropeAid, Jolita Butkeviciene, tweeted that "the European Union does not impose programmes, it backs national policies; this is our way of looking at cooperation".   These s...

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  • 25 January 2018

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    Category : Interview

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    “The project involved a change in the way the Tunisian health system works, which has been achieved”

    Carlos Armendariz has been speaking to us about his experience in the twinning project on hospital management in the country

    Carlos Armendariz during the interview in Tunisia

    The main aim of this European Commission-funded project to strengthen the management of the Tunisian health system is to implement a medical-financial information system in Tunisian hospitals. The project is being managed by FIIAPP. In other words, to improve the or...

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