7 December 2021
The overarching objective of the Dialogue was to strengthen the strategic cooperation between the EU and UNODC in support of Africa’s progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and the AU’s Agenda 2063. Participants from the EEAS, European Commission, EU Delegations, UNODC Headquarters, and Field Offices discussed priorities and challenges identified in respective strategies for the continent. They exchanged on sub-regional trends and priorities covering youth, health, gender, digitalization, protection of natural resources, livelihoods and employment, and gave particular attention to innovative ways to further cooperate on balanced drug control, human trafficking and migrant smuggling, illicit financial flows and corruption, terrorism, and maritime crime and piracy.