The purpose of the EFSD is in line with the Union Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy, which embeds challenges such as migration and resilience in the overall foreign policy of the Union, ensuring that Union external policy is fully coherent with the objectives of development policy and ensuring synergies with the Union’s development policy and European Neighbourhood Policy.
Tá cuspóir CEFI i gcomhréir le Straitéis Dhomhanda an Aontais maidir leis an mBeartas Eachtrach agus Slándála, ar straitéis é a chorpraíonn dúshláin amhail an imirce agus an athléimneacht i mbeartas eachtrach foriomlán an Aontais, lena n-áirithítear go bhfuil beartas seachtrach an Aontais go hiomlán comhleanúnach le cuspóirí an bheartais forbartha agus lena n-áirithítear go mbíonn sineirgí ann le beartas forbartha an Aontais agus Beartas Comharsanachta na hEorpa de chuid an Aontais.