The EU as a Global Actor PDF

THE EU AS A GLOBAL ACTOR MISSION IN FIGURES The European Union and its Member States are engaged around the world to promote peace, security and prosperity and the interests of European citizens. To this end, the EU works to prevent and resolve conflicts, to foster resilient democracies, to promote...

THE EU AS A GLOBAL ACTOR MISSION IN FIGURES The European Union and its Member States are engaged around the world to promote peace, security and prosperity and the interests of European citizens. To this end, the EU works to prevent and resolve conflicts, to foster resilient democracies, to promote human rights and sustainable development, and to bolster a cooperative and rules-based global order. TRADE 14.6% STRATEGIC COMPASS The European Union accounts for 14.6% of world imports and exports. DEVELOPMENT AID €70.2 billion The EU is the world’s #1 provider of development assistance, together with its Member States investing more than the rest of the world combined, amounting to €70.2 billion in 2021. The Strategic Compass provides a shared assessment of EU’s strategic environment, brings greater coherence in the area of security and defence and sets out new ways and means to defend the security of EU citizens and our Union. EUROPEAN PEACE FACILITY The EPF supports partners, prevents conflicts, builds peace, and strengthens international security. With €7.9 billion the EPF enhances the EU’s geopolitical position as a global security and defence actor by: providing lethal and non-lethal equipment to partners financing peace support operations led by international and regional organisations providing equipment to complement EU training supporting African-led Peace Support Operations with €730 million (2021-2024) HUMAN RIGHTS 6600 In 2022, 6600 human rights defenders received EU support. HUMANITARIAN AID €1.7 billion CLIMATE CHANGE €23.4 billion The EU and its Member States are the world’s #1 donor of humanitarian aid, granting in 2023 €1.7 billion to provide millions of people with emergency food, shelter, education and healthcare in over 110 countries with the biggest share going to sub-Saharan Africa. In 2021, €23.4 billion were committed by the EU together with its Member States to support developing countries in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change. GLOBAL GATEWAY Up to €300 billion COVID-19 €40 billion Global Gateway is Europe’s strategy to better connect the world. It mobilises up to €300 billion in investments in global infrastructure between 2021 and 2027 and supports the green and digital transitions around the world. It has 5 investment priorities: Digital, Climate and Energy, Transport, Health, Education and Research. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, Team Europe has disbursed €40 billion in support to partner countries in addressing the pandemic. The EU has exported over 1.4 billion doses vaccines to more than 150 countries, and Team Europe has shared more than 407 million doses. OUR PRINCIPLES Unity Together we are stronger and can achieve more. Our shared interests can only be served by standing and acting together. Engagement In a globalised world, the only way to seize opportunities and address challenges is engagement with our partners, for better rules and shared solutions. Responsibility Engagement goes with responsibility to bring about positive change. We act globally to address the root causes of conflict and poverty and to champion human rights. Partnership Where others might seek conflict, we look for cooperation. In times of global disorder, building win-win solutions is difficult but necessary. THE EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE EU’s Diplomatic Service IN FIGURES The EEAS is the European Union’s diplomatic service. It carries out the Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy to promote peace, development, security, and the interests of European citizens around the world. It is led by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. 145 EU DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIONS AROUND THE WORLD EU delegation to Council of Europe Strasbourg EU delegation to to the OECD and the UNESCO in Paris Paris EU delegation to Switzerland and to Liechtenstein Bern EUAM Ukraine Ukraine EU delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo EU delegation to the Holy See, to the Order ofMalta and to the UN organisations in Rome Rome EU delegation to Algeria Algiers EU delegation to Morocco Rabat EU delegation to Moldova Chisinau EU delegation to the International Organisations in Vienna Vienna EUFOR ALTHEA Bosnia and Herzegovina EU delegation EU delegation to the Republic of to Algeria Algiers North Macedonia Skopje EU delegation to Morocco Rabat EU delegation to Tunisia EU delegation Tunis to Libya Tunis EUBAM Odesa (Moldva-Ukraine Border) EULEX Kosovo EU delegation Kosovo to Kosovo Pristina EUMM Georgia Georgia EU delegation to Georgia Tbilisi EU delegation to Syria Damascus EU delegation to the Palestinian territories East Jerusalem EUNAVFOR MED - SOPHIA EU delegation Central Southern EU delegation to Azerbaijan EU delegation Mediterranean/Libya to Lebanon Baku to Armenia Beirut Yerevan EUPOL RAFAH EUPOL COPPS Occupied Palestinian Occupied Palestinian EU delegation to Tunisia EU delegation EU delegation Tunis to Turkey to Libya Ankara Tunis Territories EU delegation to Egypt Cairo EUNAVFOR MED - SOPHIA Central Southern Mediterranean/Libya Territories EU delegation to Israel Tel Aviv EU Delegation to Uzbekistan Tashkent EUAM Iraq Iraq EU delegation to Jordan Amman EU delegation to Iraq Baghdad EU Delegation to Kyrgyzstan Bishkek EU Delegation to Tajikistan Dushanbe EU Delegation to Afghanistan Kabul EUBAM Libya Libya EU Delegation to Pakistan Islamabad EU delegation to Saudi Arabia Riyadh EU delegation to the United Arab emirates Abu Dhabi EU Delegation to India and to Bhutan New Delhi EUBAM Libya Libya EU delegation to Saudi Arabia EU delegation Riyadh to Sudan Khartoum EU delegation to Chad Ndjamena EU delegation to Mauritania Nouakchott EUCAP Sahel Mali EU delegation to Cabo Verde Praia EU delegation to Senegal Dakar EU delegation to The Gambia Banjul EU delegation to Guinea-Bissau Bissau EUCAP Sahel Niger EU delegation to Ivory Coast Abidjan EU delegation to Sierra-Leone Freetown EU delegation to Togo Lome EU delegation to Ghana Accra EU delegation to Ethiopia Addis Ababa EU delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS Abuja EU delegation to Benin Cotonou EU delegation to Cameroon Yaounde EUTM RCA EU delegation Central African Republic to Etitrea Asmara EU delegation to Central African Republic Bangui EU delegation EU delegation Cameroon totoSudan Yaounde Khartoum EU delegation to Chad Ndjamena EU delegation to Burkina Faso Ouagadougou EU delegation to Guinea Conakry EU delegation to Monrovia Freetown EU delegation to the African Union Addis Ababa AMERICA ASIA & PACIFIC EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA EU delegation to Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tomé-et-Principe and CEEAC Libreville EU delegation to Angola Luanda EU delegation to Rwanda Kigali EU delegation to Congo Brazzaville EU delegation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa EU delegation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa EU delegation to Burundi Bujumbura EU delegation to Kenya Nairobi EU delegation to Tanzania Dar Es Salaam EU delegation to Kenya Nairobi EU delegation to Namibia Windhoek EU delegation to Botswana and SADC Gaborone EU delegation to South Africa Pretoria EU delegation to the Republic of Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros Antananarivo EU delegation to Mozambique Maputo EU delegation to Swaziland Mbabane @eu_eeas www.facebook.com/EuropeanExternalActionService european-external-action-service © European Union, 2023 978-92-9463-097-1 @eudiplomacy  www.youtube.com/user/EUExternalAction +32 2 584 11 11 European External Action Service EEAS Building, 9A Rond Point Schuman 1046 Brussels Belgium KEY DATES EU delegation to Lesoto Maseru eeas.europa.eu 200 Election Observation Missions have been deployed in more than 75 countries to strengthen and support democracy. Since 2000 over EU delegation to Malawi Lilongwe EU delegation to Zimbabwe Harare MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 49% Mogadishu EU delegation to Tanzania Dar Es Salaam EUCAP Somalia Somalia EU delegation to Zambia Lusaka 9 EU Special Representatives promoting the EU’s policies and interests in specific regions and countries and playing an active role in efforts to consolidate peace, stability and the rule of law. of all staff are Women EU Delegation to Bangladesh Dhaka 21 The EU is a security provider, with 5000+ soldiers, police and special advisers deployed across 3 continents in 21 civilian and military missions and operations to prevent conflicts and build peace. EU Delegation to Sri Lanka and Maldives Colombo EU delegation to Burundi EUTM Somalia Bujumbura Somalia EU delegation to Somalia Mogadishu EU delegation to Yemen Sana'A EU delegation to Djibouti and IGAD Djibouti EUNAVFOR ATALANTA EUTM Somalia Horn of Africa and the Western Somalia Indian Ocean/Somalia EUCAP Somalia EU delegation Somalia to Somalia EU delegation to Rwanda Kigali EU delegation EUTM RCA to Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tomé-et-Principe and Central African Republic CEEAC EU delegation Libreville EU delegation to South Sudan to Congo Juba Brazzaville EU delegation to Central African Republic Bangui EU Delegation to Nepal Kathmandu EU delegation to the African Union Addis Ababa EU delegation to Yemen Sana'AEU delegation to South Sudan Juba EU delegation EU delegation to Djibouti and IGAD to Uganda Djibouti Kampala EU delegation to Ethiopia Addis Ababa EU delegation to Uganda Kampala AFRICA EU delegation EU delegationto Etitrea to the United Arab emiratesAsmara Abu Dhabi EU delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS Abuja EU delegation to Niger Niamey EUTM Mali Mali EU Delegation to Mali Bamako 400 nearly national diplomats are seconded from Member State ministries to the EEAS. EU Delegation to Kazahstan Astana Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organisation Geneva EU delegation to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva Geneva 6000+ Staff in EEAS headquarters + EU Diplomatic Representations Member States harmonise their foreign policies through European Political Cooperation 1970 1960 The Treaty of Amsterdam establishes the Office of High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy 1997 1992 First coordination The Treaty of meetings of European Maastricht establishes Economic Community the Common Foreign foreign ministers and Security Policy The External Action Service officially starts functioning 2011 2009 The Treaty of Lisbon creates the External Action Service and the post of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice President of the European Commission 2021 The European External Action Service turns 10 Josep Borrell WHO DOES WHAT MISSION is the High Representative of the EU for Foreign and Security Policy as well as Vice-President of the European Commission. As the EU’s chief diplomat, he chairs the monthly meetings of Foreign Ministers from the EU Member States and also heads the European Defence Agency. @JosepBorrellF Stefano Sannino is the Secretary General of the EEAS. He oversees and provides strategic direction to the work of the service, and ensures an effective coordination on foreign policy between headquarters and the EU diplomatic representations, with the EU institutions, with his Member States counterparts and with third countries. @SanninoEU