of costs – capped at SGD 10,000 (USD 7,647) per awardee – for training

The Australian state of Queensland has awarded AUD 76.4m (USD 60.6m) translation and interpretation framework contract to meet the growing language needs of the immigrant community. The government tender announced in July 2017 sought proposals for language services, includingon the ground, such as for example in Syria.

Inclusion of the youth is another precondition for achieving sustaining results in peace processes. EU High Representative Mogherini has identified creating open spaces for young people and promoting funding for youth work at all levels as important steps in order to harness the positive potential of youth-led peace initiatives, while also reaching out to the marginalised young people.

Together with the UN, EU is soon organizing a retreat of mediation structures in regional and international organisations to further improve our engagements. Working together has practical benefits. In CAR, we supported a capacity-building and a strategy retreat of the African Initiative Panel involving not only the CAR government, AU, UN, ECCAS, ICGLR, and countries of the region, but also NGOs, such as