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The Sahel Alliance, which unites the main development supporters of the Sahel region, today reached agreement at its General Assembly meeting in Berlin that new initiatives should be launched to enable millions of children in the Sahel countries to go to school. At present, 40 per cent of the region's children of primary school age are not in school.

The Sahel Alliance, an international cooperation platform to support development in the Sahel region, gathers today and tomorrow in Berlin for its fifth General Assembly. Development Minister Svenja Schulze, President of the Alliance, has invited representatives of the Alliance’s 27 members and observers and the Sahel countries, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad. For the first time, non-governmental organisations from the Sahel will also be included in the event.

Co-Chairs’ Statement by the Governments of Ukraine and the Federal Republic of Germany

Today, Germany and Ukraine, together with 12 other countries, and 17 development institutions and international organisations, jointly launched the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) Resilience Alliance for Ukraine.

Millions of Ukrainians are either on the front line, displaced within the country or have fled abroad, and are therefore unable to contribute to the reconstruction of Ukraine. The initiative “Skills Alliance for Ukraine” aims to address this shortage by qualifying and supporting over 180,000 skilled workers over the next three years.

On 11 and 12 June, Germany and Ukraine are jointly hosting this year’s Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin. More than 2,000 participants from over 60 countries will discuss how to provide even better support for Ukraine’s recovery.