● The EU provides support to Algeria mainly through the European Neighbourhood Instrument with €241.3 million in the period 2014-2020.

● Projects under the North of Africa window of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF Africa) in Algeria amount to €8.9 million.

● Algeria also benefits from other instruments and initiatives, such as the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights and the Civil Society Organisations-Local Authorities funded under the Development Cooperation Instrument, totaling around €8 million for 2014-2020.

EU funding

SEPTEMBER 2005

The EU-Algeria Association Agreement entered into force

JULY 2013

The EU and Algeria signed a memorandum on Strategic Partnership on energy with regular ministerial meetings and technical dialogues.

MARCH 2017

The EU-Algeria Association Council adopted new Partnership Priorities

ALGERIA

The Commission mobilised over €79 million through its different instruments to support immediate, health-related and socio-economic needs in the country. Out of this, Algeria benefits from the EUTF Africa €10 million regional emergency response programme to coronavirus in North Africa. Targeted assistance will be provided to vulnerable migrants and refugees, including by supporting Algerian institutions and civil society organisations.

Coronavirus response

Key milestones

Southern Neighbourhood

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Trade & investment

EU-Algeria Partnership priorities

Economic governance and support to diversification of the economy

Territorial development and participatory democracy

Energy/environment and climate actions

2,877 Algerian students, professors and university staff travelled to Europe and 1,208 European counterparts travelled to Algeria between 2015 and 2020.

Mobility

Source: EU Data

● The EU is Algeria’s main trading partner. In 2019, EU share in Algeria’s total imports was 57%, while the share of Algeria’s exports towards the EU was 41%. The EU-Algeria two-way trade in goods amounted to €33.2 billion.

● In 2018, trade in services between EU and Algeria amounted to €4 billion.

● In 2018, EU Foreign Direct Investments stocks in Algeria amounted to €14.4 billion and Algerian FDI stocks in the EU to €1.3 billion. EU FDI flows to Algeria were €1.6 billion and Algerian FDI flows to the EU totalled €100 million.

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