For the second consecutive year, Turkey, the Palestinian territories and Afghanistan are the top three countries that received the highest levels of EU assistance.
This is according to the latest annual report from the European Commission to the European Parliament, which details the European Union’s foreign aid policies and implementation in 2012. During that year, the European Union disbursed 9.54 billion euros ($12.57 billion) in official development assistance, up 3.5 percent from 2011.
Turkey, a pre-accession country, remains the top recipient of EU aid: Development assistance jumped 33.8 percent from 313.07 million euros in 2011 to 418.88 million euros in 2012. EU support for Turkey is focused on improving environmental protection programs to pave the way for future EU membership.
Aid to the Palestinian territories, meanwhile, is programmed to support the Palestinian Authority’s ability to provide social services and keep its administration running. This includes ensuring all employees, pensioners and the most vulnerable citizens receive timely payments.
EU assistance to the Palestinian territories is also allocated to support health, education and social protection activities of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and donor projects that aim to promote rule of law, private sector development, water and infrastructure, and advance the peace process.
Official development assistance to the Palestinian territories dropped 14.1 percent, however, from 287.52 million euros in 2011 to 247.09 million euros in 2012.
Read more: Top 10 recipients of EU aid - In Numbers | Devex
This is according to the latest annual report from the European Commission to the European Parliament, which details the European Union’s foreign aid policies and implementation in 2012. During that year, the European Union disbursed 9.54 billion euros ($12.57 billion) in official development assistance, up 3.5 percent from 2011.
Turkey, a pre-accession country, remains the top recipient of EU aid: Development assistance jumped 33.8 percent from 313.07 million euros in 2011 to 418.88 million euros in 2012. EU support for Turkey is focused on improving environmental protection programs to pave the way for future EU membership.
Aid to the Palestinian territories, meanwhile, is programmed to support the Palestinian Authority’s ability to provide social services and keep its administration running. This includes ensuring all employees, pensioners and the most vulnerable citizens receive timely payments.
EU assistance to the Palestinian territories is also allocated to support health, education and social protection activities of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and donor projects that aim to promote rule of law, private sector development, water and infrastructure, and advance the peace process.
Official development assistance to the Palestinian territories dropped 14.1 percent, however, from 287.52 million euros in 2011 to 247.09 million euros in 2012.
Read more: Top 10 recipients of EU aid - In Numbers | Devex
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