News, events & resources

17 June 2021

Covid-19 and vaccination in Africa

While emergency vaccination assistance is now a priority for Europe’s development cooperation agencies, it already comes with first steps towards future vaccine and health self-sufficiency. Belgium intends to be part in this international effort.

10 June 2021

Switching to light: Electricity access in Rwanda

Rwanda has a target of reaching 100% electricity access by 2024. The 20 stories in this booklet show how access to affordable and reliable electricity transforms the lives of people who had previously no access to electricity.

08 June 2021

Stone arch bridges in Tanzania

In rural Tanzania, it is very expensive to use industrial materials, while labour is cheap. The stone arch technology capitalises on this fact by using local materials in a labour intensive process, reducing the cost with 80%.

02 June 2021

Conceptualisation of inequality and the ex-ante equality impact assessment tool

Tackling inequalities within and between countries is an important global challenge. Enabel describes how it defines and understands inequality. We do not only focus on inequality of opportunities and outcomes, but we also give attention to inequality of process (unfair treatment and power privileges). Read the concept note.

02 April 2021

Brochure on Private Sector Development and Engagement

Sustainable development is only possible when actions taken by the public sector, the private sector and civil society are mutually reinforcing. Enabel, the Belgian development agency, supports the development of the private sector in partner countries of the Belgian governmental cooperation.

01 March 2021

Body & Rights – E-tutorial on sexual and reproductive health and rights

Introduction to various topics such as safe motherhood, HIV, STIs, family planning, abortion, sexual violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation, and the rights of adolescents and sexual minorities.

30 January 2021

Interview with Eder Gninou, drones in the pineapple sector

Enabel is involved in a project using drones to develop the pineapple sector in Benin. It  aims to provide the sector with a sustainable tool to assure further growth. Interview with Eder Gninou, expert digitalisation in Benin.

03 November 2020

Análise do SIG na Gestão Sustentável dos Recursos Energéticos e Minerais em Moçambique

The report provides a road map for the introduction of Geographical Information System (GIS) and spatial data usage in the energy sector in Mozambique.

01 November 2020

Ending FGM in Burkina Faso

It is estimated that globally 200 million girls and women have undergone FGM. In Burkina Faso the majority of women have been cut. Together with communities and the government of Burkina Faso, Enabel works to put an end to this practice.

06 July 2020

Interview with Sandra Galbusera

Interview with Sandra Galbusera on feminism and equal opportunities

02 July 2020

Brochure on governmental cooperation programme between Rwanda and Belgium

The current Belgo-Rwanda cooperation programme focusses mainly on agriculture,health, urbanisation and public finance management sectors.

22 November 2019

Enabel’s Gender Strategy 2019-2023

The empowerment of women concerns women gaining power and control over their own lives. With our gender strategy (2019-2023) we try to reinforce this. Read more.