ANNOUNCEMENTS

Greece offered on 26.2.2022 medical equipment and personal protection material to Ukraine, following the country’s request to the European Civil Protection Mechanism, for the support of the population suffering the consequences of the military invasion. The equipment and material was offered by the Ministry of Health and were transferred to the humanitarian coordination point in […]

The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and neighboring countries, at a time when more than 1.5 million people have already left the country to flee the war, is a cause for concern and full solidarity on the part of the European Development Ministers with the civilian populations affected by the Russian military offensive.

On 23 February 2022, Greece has donated 35,000 vaccines to Armenia to help address the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccines delivered, serve as an example of our solidarity to the people of Armenia and Greece’s commitment to share resources to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 7 February 2022, Νigeria received 2,000,000 Covid-19 vaccines, through COVAX mechanism, to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Greece participated in this donation by providing 907,200 vaccines as an example of our solidarity to the people of Nigeria and Greece’s commitment to share resources to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 2 February 2022, Ethiopia received 13,096,800 Covid-19 vaccines, through COVAX mechanism, to help address the COVID19 pandemic. Greece participated in this donation by providing 1,346,400 vaccines as an example of our solidarity to the people of Ethiopia and Greece’s commitment to share resources to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Membership of the DAC obliges members to undergo a peer review every five to six years, and to serve as reviewers of other DAC members. Through a combination of accountability and learning, DAC peer reviews seek to promote individual and collective behaviour change of DAC members in order to achieve improvement in their development co-operation

The Senior-Level Meeting (SLM) of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) took place, via video conference, on 18-19 January 2022. The discussions of the Meeting concerned 4 sessions (2 per day): (a) Covid Recovery and Access to Vaccines, (b) Working with Others, including Emerging Donors and CSOs, (c) Delivering the DAC Declaration on Climate, Environment

Following a request from Ukraine for assistance in-kind, through the European Civil Protection Mechanism in order to tackle the refugee crisis, Greece donated the following items: 30 winter type tents (multipurpose tents MPT II, surface area 40 m2, equipped with floors, heater systems and light equipment)800 sleeping bags1,000 pairs of rubber boots5 water tanks (10m3

On 12 January 2022, Greece has donated 193,020 vaccines to Iran to help address the COVID19 pandemic. The vaccines delivered, serve as an example of our solidarity to the people of Iran and Greece’s commitment to share resources to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.