Mauritius gets EU €7.9m

European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, has announced a €7.9m contribution to support Mauritius' priority to address unemployment and build an innovative Mauritius.

Making the announcement, Mimica said, “The EU has a long-standing relationship with Mauritius, which we believe has made a difference in the country's development success story. We stand ready to further support Mauritius and this €7.9m programme shows our commitment. It will support employability, education and innovation, and will contribute to the Africa-Europe Alliance ultimate goal of creating sustainable jobs.”

The €7.9m programme aims to improve the relevance of post-secondary and vocational training education in Mauritius to allow more young people from vulnerable groups to study as well as enhance applied research and innovation capacity by enabling collaboration between the academia and industry.

In particular, the programme will support the development of nanotechnology research which should encourage further private investment and trigger the creation of high added value jobs.