{"id":31646,"date":"2024-01-29T17:19:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=31646"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:19:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:19:03","slug":"eu-fulfills-pledge-of-an-additional-euro100-million-grant-to-enhance-post-flood-resilience-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/31646","title":{"rendered":"EU fulfills pledge of an additional Euro100 million grant to enhance post-flood resilience in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Islamabad: European Union (EU) Ambassador to Pakistan, Ms. Riina Kionka, and secretary ministry of economics Dr. Kazim Niaz signed five new EU grant agreements.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These agreements, under Team Europe\u2019s response to the 2022 post-flood resilient recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction framework, signify a substantial commitment of nearly EUR 100 million (equivalent to over PKR 30 billion).<br \/>\nThe new EU support package aims to fortify Pakistan\u2019s resilience in the aftermath of the floods, bringing the total Team Europe response to the 2022 floods to over EUR 930 million.<\/p>\n<p>The specific focus areas include revitalising the rural economy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and restoring the disrupted livestock value chains in flood-affected Balochistan.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, these activities align with the expansive EU Global Gateway initiative, the largest EU investment program designed to propel the global green transition.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the package extends its impact by fortifying Pakistan\u2019s long-term resilience through targeted investments in human rights, gender equality, and civil society.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary Dr. Kazim Niaz thanked the EU for their support and further emphasised that there are unmet needs in the flood affected areas that require assistance of development partners.<\/p>\n<p>EU Ambassador, Dr. Riina Kionka, stated; \u201cPakistan is not alone in overcoming its challenging phase of economic crisis and flood recovery. The EU and Team Europe partners are committed to building back better, sustainably improving lives in the most affected communities in KP and Balochistan.<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s commitment to Pakistan encompasses a vision of a stable, democratic, and pluralistic country that respects human rights and maximizes its economic potential.<\/p>\n<p>The EU annually provides approximately EUR 90 million in grants for development and cooperation, supporting Pakistan\u2019s initiatives to combat poverty, enhance education, promote good governance, human rights, rule of law, and ensure sustainable natural resource management. The EU\u2019s cooperation spans across all of Pakistan, with a special focus on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, Balochistan, and Sindh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: European Union (EU) Ambassador to Pakistan, Ms. Riina Kionka, and secretary ministry of economics Dr. Kazim Niaz signed five new EU grant agreements. These agreements, under Team Europe\u2019s response to the 2022 post-flood resilient recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction framework, signify a substantial commitment of nearly EUR 100 million (equivalent to over PKR 30 billion). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366,31,32,1378,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-news","category-pakistan","category-us","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31647,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31646\/revisions\/31647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}