Koen Doens
@koendoens
Director General @EU_Commission International Partnerships INTPA @EU_Partnerships. Classicist. Diplomat. Retweet no endorsement.
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https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/home_en 05-07-2009 09:53:20
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A great pleasure to welcome Ulisses Correia e Silva at the Global Gateway Forum. By 2030, Cabo Verde aims to produce 50% of its energy from clean sources. Europe is proud to work together with you towards this goal. Glad to announce over €200 million in new Global Gateway
This afternoon in Brussels, President Kagame held bilateral talks with President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission. They exchanged on Rwanda–EU cooperation, including the EU’s support for the BioNTech mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing Facility in Kigali. The two leaders were
🇪🇺🇻🇳 With EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺 & #TeamEurope, we’re backing Vietnam’s energy transition with a joint package of €430m for the Bac Ai Pumped Storage Hydropower Project. This is the largest #JETP investment to date & will drive 🇻🇳 decarbonisation goals. go.eib.org/EIBGGFVietnam #GGF
In my interview with Financial Times, I made clear that: 🔹 Global Gateway is a strategic investment into sustainable development. 🔹 We 🇪🇺 want to build local value, not create dependency. 🔹 Strong EU means stronger, more resilient partners. Read more here 👉 lnkd.in/e7zCpw8D
It was a pleasure to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels. We reaffirmed our shared commitment to meaningful engagement with our African partners and will continue working in alignment on Libya, Sudan, and Morocco, including Western Sahara. We also
🇪🇺 At #GGF, Presidents Ursula von der Leyen, Nadia Calviño & Paul Kagame signed a €95m agreement (EU grant+EIB loan) with BioNTech SE to expand a vaccine facility in Rwanda. We're pleased to boost🇷🇼's ambition to become a regional hub for health innovation. go.eib.org/EIBGGFHealthAf…
Ministers Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe and Juvenal Marizamunda, Rwanda Defence Force welcomed Amb. Johan Borgstam Johan Borgstam, EU Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region, as he began his four-day visit to Rwanda. Their discussions focused on recent developments in the region, including
Always amazed to see how a single EU programme can bring together so many experts from all over Asia to discuss about future opportunities and cooperation for sustainable development and circularity. That's the power of committed people! EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺 #GlobalGateway Koen Doens