European Commission: Joint Research Centre, Bongiardo, D., Chiaramello, D., Dara, A., Cortinovis, R. et al., Atlas of migration 2024, Bongiardo, D.(editor), Dara, A.(editor), Crespi, I.(editor) and Sofos, I.(editor), Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

The Atlas of Migration is more than just a publication—it is a testament to the power of data and rigorous analysis in illuminating the multifaceted nature of migratory movements. The 2024 edition of the Atlas continues to serve as a vital tool for policymakers, researchers and the public at large, offering a wealth of data to cut through the confusion and misinformation that often surrounds the discourse on migration. The Atlas provides the latest harmonised and validated data on migration for the 27 EU Member States and for 171 countries and territories around the world. It brings together data from many reliable sources, such as Eurostat, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, the World Bank and many others. This year’s thematic chapter of the Atlas delves into the nuanced motivations behind migration, moving beyond simplified narratives in favour of a more comprehensive view that acknowledges the diverse and often overlapping reasons that propel individuals to move.

In order to address the diversity of country and territory codes and names used in the EU institutions, the European Commission has developed a corporate code list of countries and territories that covers the different use cases its services have.

European Asylum Support Office. Publications Office, 2020.

The purpose of the report is to provide information on access to healthcare in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This information is relevant to the enforcement of EU+ countries’ immigration legislation and to the international protection status determination (refugee status and subsidiary protection).

V. Mus, European University Institute, 2023

With the highest extreme poverty rate (54%) on the continent, biodiversity degradation is being aggravated in Central Africa. This is mainly due to a growing population lacking job opportunities outside the forest. The lack of jobs leads communities near protected areas to organise poaching and trafficking of wildlife. With weak and non-diversified economies, central African countries are experiencing financial difficulties in sustaining conservation in the Congo Basin Forest. Ecotourism has become an important economic activity. It generates jobs for local communities and funds conservation of biodiversity in developing countries. Kenya, Uganda, Botswana and recently Rwanda are great examples of what ecotourism can do for conservation and economic development.

European Investment Bank, 2022.

Banks in Africa are weathering the COVID-19 pandemic well and showing a lot of creativity to overcome the crisis’s problems. But the war in Ukraine is causing new concerns. With interest rates rising in many countries and bond funding becoming more expensive, a significant number of banks are worried about rising financing costs.

European Commission, Africa Intellectual Property SME Helpdesk, 2023.

Intellectual Property Helpdesk publications provide IP profiles that assist businesses in understanding the IP landscape in Africa.

European Commission, Directorate-General for International Partnerships. Publications Office of the European Union, 2022.

NaturAfrica is an initiative promoted by the EU and EU Member States to cooperate with actors in sub-Saharan Africa to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. The initiative represents a concrete response to address the increasing pressure on African ecosystems from population growth, climate change, conflict over access to natural resources and illegal exploitation of wildlife and forest products. Through an integrated landscape approach, NaturAfrica aims to protect and restore nature through a network of protected areas and other high value ecosystems, promoting improved governance of natural resources at multiple levels and stimulating economic and social opportunities for local populations in the landscapes.

European Commission, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, M. Grohol, C. Veeh. Publications Office of the European Union, 2023.

The EU assessment of Critical raw materials (CRMs) has been launched as the first action of the EU Raw Materials Initiative (RMI) of 2008. This EU policy pursues a diversification strategy for securing non-energy raw materials for EU industrial value chains and societal well-being. Diversification of supply concerns reducing dependencies in all dimensions – by sourcing of primary raw materials from the EU and third countries, increasing secondary raw materials supply through resource efficiency and circularity, and finding alternatives to scarce raw materials.

European Parliament, Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union, C. Bellora, C. Mitaritonna, A. Maurer. European Parliament, 2022.

Africa-EU trade relations have a longstanding tradition. The EU remains the biggest trading and investment partner for most African countries, especially for those implementing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) with the EU. These papers provide a data-based discussion of the impact of current EPAs on economic regional development (and recent trends on intraregional economic integration in Africa) as well as an overview of EU's sustainable investment facilitation agreements negotiated with African countries. They also discuss the strategic economic and trade interests that the EU has in Africa, while looking into the challenges for the EU in these regions