# Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation for the period 2014-2020, Division I: Latin America

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) Encouraging social cohesion, in particular social inclusion, decent work and equity, gender equality and women empowerment;
(b) addressing governance issues and supporting policy reforms, in particular in the areas of social policies, public finance management and taxation, security (including drugs, criminality and corruption), reinforcement of good governance, public institutions at local, national and regional levels (including through innovative mechanisms for the provision of technical cooperation, e.g. Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) and twinning), protection of human rights, including those of minorities, indigenous peoples and afro-descendants, respect for the core labour standards of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), environment, the fight against discrimination, the fight against sexual, gender-based and child violence and the fight against the production, consumption and trafficking of drugs;
(c) supporting an active, organised and independent civil society and strengthening social dialogue through support for social partners;
(d) strengthening social cohesion in particular with the setting-up and strengthening of sustainable social protection systems, including social insurance, and fiscal reform, strengthening the capacity of tax systems and the fight against fraud and tax evasion which contributes to enhancing equality and wealth distribution;
(e) assisting Latin American States to fulfil their obligation of due diligence in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, sanction and reparation of and attention to feminicide;
(f) supporting various processes of regional integration and interconnection of network infrastructures, while ensuring complementarity with activities supported by the EIB and other institutions;
(g) addressing the security-development nexus;
(h) strengthening the capacity to provide universal access to basic social services of quality, particularly in the health and education sectors;
(i) supporting policies in the area of education and the development of a common Latin American higher education area;
(j) addressing economic vulnerability and contributing to structural transformation by establishing strong partnerships around open and fair trade relations, productive investments for more and better jobs in the green and inclusive economy, knowledge transfer and cooperation in research, innovation and technology, and promoting sustainable and inclusive growth in all its dimensions, with particular attention to the challenges of migratory flows, food security (including sustainable agriculture and fisheries), climate change, sustainable energies and the protection and enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem services, including water, soil and forests; supporting the development of microenterprises and SMEs as the main source of inclusive growth, development and jobs; promoting development aid for trade to ensure that Latin American microenterprises and SMEs can benefit from international trading opportunities, taking into account changes in the generalised scheme of preferences;
(k) mitigating the adverse effects that exclusion from the generalised scheme of preferences will have on the economies of many of the countries in the region;
(l) ensuring an appropriate follow-up to short-term emergency measures addressing post-disaster or post-crisis recovery implemented through other financing instruments.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/233/annex/I/division/B/division/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-233/annex-I/division-B/division-I
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