• Geographical programmes are aimed at supporting bilateral and regional cooperation in areas such as human rights, democracy, good governance, inclusive and sustainable growth for human development, migration and asylum, conflict prevention, and disaster risk reduction. They support cooperation with 47 countries in the following regions: Latin America (with an indicative geographic programme allocation of €2 500 million for 2014-2020); South Asia (€3 813 million); North and South East Asia (€2 870 million); Central Asia (€1 072 million); the Middle East (€545 million); and ‘other countries’ (€251 million). The geographic programmes fund projects related to security, climate change and sustainable growth. At least 15 % of the geographic programme funds must be spent on human rights, democracy and good governance; while at least 45 % must go to ‘inclusive and sustainable growth for human development’.
• Thematic programmes complement the geographical programmes. Within this pillar of the DCI, there are two categories: Global Public Goods and Challenges (GPGC), for which the indicative 2014-2020 allocation is €5 101 million; and Civil Society Organisations and Local Authorities (CSO-LA), for which it is €1 907 million. GPGC addresses issues such as the environment, climate change, sustainable energy, human development, food security, migration and asylum, while ensuring coherence with poverty reduction goals. CSO-LA measures encourage civil society (i.e. non-state actors, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and citizens’ organisations) and local authorities to play a greater role in development strategies. For example, GPGC is financing a project aimed at strengthening the ability of non-state actors in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana to carry out forest law enforcement, governance and trade and reduce deforestation and degradation (DCI contribution: €3 million).
• The Pan-African programme supports the strategic partnership between Africa and the EU. This programme complements other financing instruments that are used in Africa, such as the EDF and the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI). Activities under the programme are carried out at trans-regional, continental or global level. For 2016, the Commission has identified two objectives under the programme: first, increase the availability of high-level professional manpower in Africa by supporting the intra-African mobility of students and staff and improving the quality of higher education; second, support the transformation of the African livestock sector with a view to environmentally sustainable, climate-resilient socio-economic development, and equitable growth. The 2017 action document includes an initiative to improve broadband access in Africa, co-financed by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) (DCI contribution: €7.5 million).
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