News, events & resources

21 November 2022

Digital for Development’ (D4D): Strategic note for the Belgian development cooperation

This note lays out the strategic policy on ‘Digital for Development’ (D4D) for the Belgian development cooperation.

21 November 2022

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.

21 November 2022

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.

21 November 2022

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.

16 November 2022

Enabel and AFD Group sign a Memorandum of Understanding for increased European development agency cooperation

On 14 November, the Belgian development agency, Enabel, and the AFD Group, which includes the French development agency and Expertise France, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) defining the framework for deeper European cooperation and a strengthened partnership to address the main global challenges that people face in Africa and the Middle East.

15 November 2022

COP27: Sahel youth want to participate in setting the Climate Agenda

Eight young people from Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali and Senegal, four Sahel region countries, took part in the Climate Summit in Egypt. On 16 November, they testified on what climate change means to them during a debate organised by Enabel.

15 November 2022

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.

7 November 2022

Climate financing: Brussels and Walloon regions allocate 6 million for Enabel projects

The Brussels-Capital Region and the Walloon Region signed complementary financing agreements for several climate projects of the Belgian governmental cooperation, implemented by the Belgian development agency, Enabel. This announcement comes on the sidelines of COP-27, the global climate conference taking place in Egypt from 6 to 18 November. 

4 November 2022

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.

3 November 2022

Moving Mozambique’s just energy transition

At COP27, the government of Mozambique supported by NDC Partnership, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and Enabel will host a panel discussion to highlight the significant role the country’s unique renewable energy assets can play in the domestic, regional and global energy transition.

28 October 2022

Interview with Sacha, Junior Expert for Autre Terre in Burkina Faso

Sacha, Junior Expert in Synergies, Monitoring and Evaluation, was the very first Junior Expert to work for our new partner in Ouagadougou. Read his interview.

27 October 2022

Interview with Héloïse, Junior Experte at an electrification project in Rwanda

Héloïse Dubois is a civil engineer by training. She was recruited by the Junior Programme to go and work in Rwanda.