Glossary of summaries

NEIGHBOURHOOD, DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INSTRUMENT — GLOBAL EUROPE (NDICI-GLOBAL EUROPE)

This instrument seeks to:

uphold and promote the European Union’s (EU) values, principles and fundamental interests worldwide in order to pursue the objectives and principles of the EU’s external action;
give the EU the flexibility to respond more quickly and efficiently to new crises and challenges; and
increase the effectiveness and visibility of the EU’s external policies and strengthen their coordination with internal policies.

It concerns the EU’s relations with non-EU countries and regions. Geographically, the scope of the instrument is the European Neighbourhood (the EU’s closest neighbours to the east and to the south), in sub-Saharan Africa, in Asia and the Pacific, and in the Americas and the Caribbean.

NDICI-Global Europe’s main objectives are:

to contribute to reducing and, ultimately, eradicating poverty;
to consolidate, support and promote democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights;
to promote sustainable development and the fight against climate change;
to address irregular migration and forced displacement, including their root causes;
to contribute to promoting multilateralism and to achieving the international commitments and objectives that the EU has agreed to, in particular, the UN’s sustainable development goals, the 2030 agenda and the Paris Agreement;
to promote stronger partnerships with non-EU countries, including with the European Neighbourhood, based on mutual interests and ownership so as to foster stabilisation, good governance and resilience.

NDICI-Global Europe has a budget of €79.462 billion over the 2021-2027 period.