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EU announces three new cooperation programme with ASEAN

The EU Ambassador to ASEAN Igor Driesmans on August 13 announced three new development cooperation projects with ASEAN worth a total amount of 13 million EUR (over 15 million USD).
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Jakarta (VNA) - The EU Ambassador to ASEAN Igor Driesmans on August13 announced three new development cooperation projects with ASEAN worth atotal amount of 13 million EUR (over 15 million USD).

Theannouncement of the new projects was made during the virtual opening of the thirdASEAN-EU Cooperation and Scholarships Day.

Specifically, 5million EUR will be provided for a project supporting smart and sustainableurbanisation, another 5 million UER for a scheme on sustainable forestmanagement, and three million EUR for the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions.

The EUAmbassador stressed that the announcement of the three projects demonstratesthe strong commitment of the EU and ASEAN to enhancing their partnership andcooperation despite the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic uncertainty.  

TheEU is ASEAN’s most significant partner in development cooperation, supportingthe region with 250 million EUR for regional integration programmes between2014-2020, in addition to 2 billion EUR in bilateral support to ASEAN member states./.

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