European Union Delegation to Guinea Bissau

The Delegation was opened in 1976 and its mission is to:

• Represent the Union with the authorities of Guinea-Bissau and contribute to the smooth development of relations between this country and Europe;
  
• Ensure, within this framework, the monitoring of bilateral relations in the fields of political, economic, trade and cooperation relations;
  
• Implement the different technical and financial instruments of cooperation and ensure coordination with other donors;
  
• Explain the rationale, objectives and evolution of European policies and ensure the monitoring of these policies in all sectors;
  
• Promote the image of the European Union and defend its values and interests;
  
• Support regional integration processes and ensure the monitoring of economic, political and cooperation relations, in particular with ECOWAS, UEMOA, CPLP, etc .;
  
• To ensure relations with the representations of the Member States of the European Union, more particularly in the context of the Common Foreign Security Policy;
  
• Promote press and information actions in relation to the above;
  
• Provide the necessary logistical support to the missions of the Commission and other European Institutions.
  
• With regard to the extent of non-reimbursable development aid for almost 30 years, the EC is certainly by far the most significant partner in Guinea-Bissau. The importance of this cooperation makes the Union a considered, privileged and unavoidable interlocutor.