EUROsociAL+ is a European Union-funded programme that seeks to contribute to improving social cohesion in Latin American countries, in addition to institutional strengthening, through support for public policy design, reform and implementation processes, focussing its action on the areas of gender, governance, and social policy. In 2016 it entered its third phase, which was awarded by the Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation (DG Devco / EuropeAid) to a consortium led by FIIAPP, with Expertise France, IILA and SISCA as coordinating partners.

Through an elusive and multidimensional understanding of social cohesion centred around the concept of welfare based on equal opportunity, a sense of belonging and solidarity, EUROsociAL, in its two first phases (EUROsociAL I (2005-2010) and EUROsociAL II (2011-2015)), has contributed to the formulation and enhancement of public policies, institutional capacity building, and the establishment of important international commitments.

In this third phase, EUROsociAL+ intends to provide continuity to its policy mandate through follow-up of the processes started and the results obtained in previous years, identifying and supporting new demands in the beneficiary countries and, in particular, promoting the integration of the gender perspective in all its actions. 

EUROsociAL+ focusses on the implications and effects that the design, formulation and implementation of public policies have on men and women, emphasizing the need for policies and programmes in all areas to address this focus in order to gradually contribute to reducing inequality and generate a positive impact on social cohesion.