Cross-cutting themes

The United Nations recognises gender equality as a fundamental human right (SDG No. 5). 
Over the period 2022-2024, more than half of the projects supported by Monegasque Cooperation contributed to the achievement of SDG No. 5.
For the period 2025-2030, Monegasque Cooperation will continue, using a rights-based approach, to support women's economic empowerment (employment and entrepreneurship), girls' education, access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and adequate food and nutrition.

Among the continents affected by climate change, Africa is paying a heavy price despite its very low contribution to global GHG emissions. Helping vulnerable populations adapt to climate change is therefore the greatest challenge ahead and will be a priority for the current plan.

Projects involving activities related to climate issues will be highlighted, encouraged and taken into account. For projects with a strong involvement in a global objective and/or a significant objective corresponding to one of the four ‘Rio markers’ from the ‘Rio Conventions’, the OECD's DAC codification may apply, enabling the Principality to promote the efforts made in this area.

In line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by Monaco in 2017, Monaco's Cooperation reaffirms its commitment to promoting the inclusion and full social and economic participation of persons with disabilities.
Integrated across its four areas of intervention, this approach is in line with the spirit of the 2030 Agenda to eliminate inequalities and ‘leave no one behind’ in a world where one in six people has a disability. The projects will be carried out using a participatory, multi-stakeholder approach.

In recent years, conflicts and natural disasters have multiplied and intensified, forcing an ever-increasing number of families, women and children to flee. The UNHCR estimates that by 2025, the number of forcibly displaced persons and stateless persons will reach 139 million, doubling in ten years between 2016 and 2025. 
In concrete terms, Monegasque Cooperation intends to:
•    Support interventions that place displaced persons or refugees at the centre of the projects and processes that concern them;
•    Ensure the effective inclusion of women, girls and persons with disabilities, whose vulnerabilities are exacerbated by the experience of exile;
•    Strengthen partnerships with local actors and, where necessary, raise their awareness and develop their capacities;
•    Work with partners to advocate for the integration of refugees and displaced persons into public policies;
•    Develop exchanges between DCI intervention areas and between partners.
Finally, Monaco's Cooperation will continue its advocacy and awareness-raising activities on the rights of refugees and displaced persons among its population and young people.