Inspiring meeting with Minister Hind Kabawat on Syria’s recovery and the vital role of the Ministry of Social Affairs & Labor. The 🇪🇺 remains engaged through its €175M support and looking forward to exchanging with CSOs during the #DayofDialogue in November.

#Together4Med in action✔️ 🔗Improving connectivity in Syria is an important step for recovery - digital infrastructure benefits people & institutions. #Medusa

Great discussion with young diplomats & civil servants from 🇯🇴 on their study trip at the College of Europe.

Global peace is in decline: 59 conflicts, 2B people in affected countries. Annual dialogue brings together #EU & United Nations partners to reflect on joint work in crisis-affected settings, exploring how peace, devt. & recovery efforts can better respond to today’s interconnected crises.

Attending the 🇪🇺 🇺🇳 Partnership Roundtable 🎯 Working 🤝, avoiding fragmentation on crisis-response, recovery & peacebuilding considering challenges in the #MiddleEast. Early recovery is essential to help communities rebuild, restore services, & lay foundations for stability.

Substantial discussion with Natalie Boucly & her team at the 8th 🇪🇺-UNRWA Strategic Dialogue. We exchanged on the evolving situation on the ground, UNRWA’s role & necessary reform efforts. Our partnership empowers children to go to school & patients to access healthcare.

سعيدون بلقاء السيدة هند قبوات، معالي وزيرة الشؤون الاجتماعية وزارة الشؤون الاجتماعية والعمل السورية، بعد زيارتها الناجحة إلى بروكسل، وخلال مشاركتها في يوم الحوار مع المجتمع المدني السوري الذي يعقد الآن في #دمشق. تبادلنا الآراء حول أولويات الوزارة، ولا سيّما تمكين المرأة وتعزيز بناء القدرات المؤسسية.🇪🇺🤝🇸🇾

A year ago I wouldn’t have expected to be in Damascus today for the #DayofDialogue. The transition in 🇸🇾 is a process & today is a day to celebrate inclusive, constructive dialogue on the issues that matter most to people, the very people who will rebuild their country.

After 14 years, the EU Commission's DG for MENA and the Gulf visits Damascus. Levant24 interviews Acting Director Henrike Trautmann on how dialogue is taking shape in Syria.

✨Old Souks of #Homs are buzzing again UN Development honoured to welcome🇪🇺H.E. Michael Ohnmacht & Director Henrike Trautmann from DG MENA to see firsthand how heritage restoration is creating jobs, empowering communities, boosting livelihoods & advancing #Syria’s recovery 🙏 #PartnerAtCore

In #Homs #Syria today - we walked through the rehabilitated market with UNDP Syria. The city’s beating heart and a concrete contribution to social cohesion & economic development.

The 🇪🇺 & other partners are supporting the 🇵🇸 #reform efforts & are encouraging their continuation. We also focused on #Gaza recovery & future #reconstruction, ahead of the planned international conference organised by 🇪🇬.

Today is an important day for the future of the Palestinian people. With 60 delegations and international partners, we launched the Palestine Donor Group in Brussels. It will support the path toward a fully reformed, functional, and accountable Palestinian Authority. We

Great to meet you in Barcelona, Min. Ayman Safadi. Our 🇪🇺–🇯🇴 Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership is advancing at full speed, with major projects and investments on track for next year - unlocking opportunities, supporting reforms, and positioning Jordan as a regional

Our common Mediterranean future is written today in Barcelona ✨🌊 We have launched the Pact for the Mediterranean with 🇪🇺 Member States and partner countries. Now our work continues to adopt the Action Plan in 2026. #OneSeaOnePactOneFuture

At the 🇪🇺–OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Strategic Dialogue today I highlighted EU for Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf work on: ➡️ #womeneconomicempowerment ➡️investment climate ➡️institutional reform 📃Results-based policies are essential & this is where our EU–OECD partnership can truly move the needle.

Today we gathered for the final Boards of the Madad Trust Fund, marking the end of an extraordinary journey and a renewed commitment: As the recent Day of Dialogue with Syrian civil society in Damascus showed, #EU support is here to stay! #EUTFSyria

Productive meeting with fellow #MENA Directors in Copenhagen today. 📑 We exchanged on: - EU support to the US Peace plan, in line with our principles - ⁠main lines for the Middle East strategy - ⁠developments in North Africa. Tak Denmark MFA 🇩🇰 Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2025 🙏🏽