The mid-term review of the 10th European Fund for Development (FED) took place on Monday in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, as part efforts to strengthen bilateral cooperation.

The meeting offered the opportunity to review the multi-million dollar programs of launched by the European Union and Burkina Faso under the framework of 10th FED, which was negotiated in 2007 and covers the period of 2008 to 2013.

Burkina Faso has experienced financial and food crises, as well as natural catastrophes. The aid from the EU is estimated at about 300 billion FCFA (644 million U. S. dollars) destined for infrastructure, transport, hydraulics, justice and decentralization.