Legal Text: The EU Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument

Tery and Ghita have suffered years of orphanage abuse before they met each other and felt what it is to be loved and cared for

Publication Details

Author(s): European Union
Date: March 2021

The NDICI is the main funding instrument for external action for the period 2021-2027.

The communication establishing the €79.5 billion funding instrument calls for , in its annexes II – areas of cooperation for the geographic programmes, and III – areas of intervention for thematic programmes, the promotion of the transition from institutional to community-based care for children, as well as the promotion of new initiatives to build stronger child protection systems in third countries, (…) including by promoting the transition from institutional to community-based care for children.