Uranium Legacy in Central Asia: Significant progress, but funding gap remains ebrd.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ebrd.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published June 30, 2021, 12:38 PM
The European Space Agency and the Philippine Space Agency (PSA) will soon implement the € 10 million (P580 million) National Copernicus Capacity Support Action Program for the Philippines (CopPhil) to help strengthen the country’s resilience to natural disasters and climate change.
This was announced by European Union (EU) Delegation to the Philippines Ambassador Luc Véron during the recent webinar, “Beyond the Stars, Reach out to the Skies,” held on June 25.
European Union Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Véron (EU Delegation to the Philippines)
Jointly developed by the EU and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), CopPhil is a pioneering initiative – the first and only one in the ASEAN region – that will be deployed in the third quarter of 2021.
The EU and the Philippines have started discussion on the new program cycle 2021-2027 development cooperation with immediate priority support for the latter’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
The parties issued this joint statement after holding the first meeting of the Sub-Committee
Published April 29, 2021, 6:04 PM
The Philippines and the European Union (EU) had just concluded the first meeting of the Sub-Committee on Development Cooperation under the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) eyeing to prioritize support for the country’s recovery from the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) crisis.
“It was agreed that one immediate priority will be to support the Philippines’ socio-economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis,” the EU and the Philippines said in a joint statement released a week after the conclusion of the April 19 meeting held virtually due to the current pandemic.
During the meeting, the two sides reviewed ongoing cooperation and discussed strategic areas of cooperation over the next seven years, with a focus on promoting a green resilient economy, justice, and a peaceful society.