Strengthen sustainable livelihoods in Myanmar

About this project

This action aims to support social and economic resilience of Myanmar's population with a focus on the transition to more sustainable livelihoods, sustainable management of natural resources, and responsible businesses.The Overall Objective of this action is to strengthen socio-economic sustainable resilience in the environment affected by COVID-19 and the recent coup d¿état. The Specific Objectives of this action are: (i) Improve livelihoods, food and nutrition security of the most vulnerable, with a focus on women, children and people with disabilities, whilst protecting natural resources and increasing resilience to climate change; and (ii) Strengthen and protect responsible business practices in urban settings focusing on social, environmental, human rights standards and gender equality.SDGs are indivisible and an action targeting mainly poverty reduction (SDG2) must encompass other dimensions to be truly sustainable. Focusing on basic needs means addressing nutrition (SDG3), gender equality (SDG5) and climate change (SDG13). About half of the SDGs are directly focused on the environment or address the sustainability of natural resources. Supporting responsible business translates into protecting decent jobs (SDG8), so that the clean businesses that emerged in the last decade remain anchored in Myanmar and keep Myanmar connected to the world. It also means supporting sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12), because clean businesses in terms of human rights and la…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Myanmar (Burma)

Sectors

Rural developmentResponsible business conduct

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesDisaster risk reduction · Also contributesNutrition · Also contributes

Places

MM - Myanmar

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2021-ACT-60403.

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