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ECDPM is a leading think tank working on international cooperation and sustainable development, particularly Europe-Africa relations
🎥 'We have a vital interest to promote autonomy. Not our own autonomy only, but autonomy elsewhere… If we are all autonomous, then we can work together. If we are all subject to a superpower voice, then we cannot.' Watch the recording 👉 youtube.com/live/ljeg-pG...
#Energy - Financing the Mediterranean energy transition: Four priorities for #Europe, by Karim Karaki & @amedinil.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
Financing the Mediterranean energy transition: Four priorities for Europe - PubAffairs Bruxelles
European finance for the Mediterranean energy transition is still largely project-based, and in this brief, Karim Karaki and Alfonso Medinilla set out how the next EU budget and European financial ins...
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📸 We brought together over 40 officials from EU member states’ ministries of finance and foreign affairs for an informal closed-door roundtable on how the Global Europe Instrument might support an effective external investment strategy under the next MFF. Read the companion brief 👉 lnkd.in/e3Jx-74S
🇪🇺 The MFF negotiating box would cut Global Europe by around 17%, while agriculture and cohesion lose 3%. At the 13 October General Affairs Council, few member states spoke up for it. Alexei Jones, Andrew Sherriff and Philippe Van Damme ask who will.
Who will stand up for Global Europe?
The Irish Presidency’s negotiating box foresees a 17% cut for Global Europe. Our experts examine what that would mean for Europe’s external relations and its competitiveness, security, and defence, ar...
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[Policy Paper] #Trade: #EU–Mediterranean green industrialisation: Connecting finance, trade and industrial policy, by @amedinil.bsky.social, Mohammed El Maziani Haddouchi & @hannelknaepen.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
EU–Mediterranean green industrialisation: Connecting finance, trade and industrial policy - PubAffairs Bruxelles
Executive Summary Energy-security shocks, supply-chain concerns and industrial competition are strengthening the case for EU-Mediterranean green industrial cooperation. Yet the same pressures also dri...
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🏭 CBAM review co-legislators advise extending the controversial trade mechanism to 457 products with high steel or aluminium content Marika Moreschi and Alfonso Medinilla on what that means for developing countries, for whom support remains "an afterthought".
CBAM turns inward: What developing countries need to look out for
Marika Moreschi and Alfonso Medinilla look at the possible extension of CBAM – which is set to be discussed in trialogues by the end of the year – and its impact on developing countries.
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📅 27 October, Brussels: we co-organise the public launch of UNICRI's report 'Crime-proofing the future: Safeguarding sustainability transitions', on the openings for criminal exploitation that fast, large-scale sustainability transitions create.
Report Launch - Crime-proofing the future: Safeguarding sustainability transitions
On the 27th October 2026 from 11:00 to 13:00 CET, ECDPM and UNICRI will host the public launch of UNICRI report “Crime-proofing the future: Safeguarding sustainability transitions.” The event will in...
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🌿 In 2021, the EU Adaptation Strategy emphasised support to vulnerable countries. The proposed MFF puts more weight on competitiveness. What does that shift mean for Europe’s support to adaptation in partner countries?
A new European agenda for international climate adaptation
Hanne Knaepen examines how the EU’s growing focus on competitiveness, strategic resilience and preparedness is reshaping the way it approaches international climate adaptation. She proposes a ‘shared ...
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🤱 Tanzania cut maternal mortality from 556 to 104 deaths per 100,000 live births between 2016 and 2022. Philomena Apiko on how the EU can back the AU's own maternal, newborn and child health roadmap: primary health care, digital health and African-led accountability.
Africa’s maternal, newborn and child health agenda: Strategic for the AU–EU health partnership
Africa accounts for about 70% of maternal deaths, almost half of all child deaths and 40% of neonatal deaths globally. With many continental and national policies in place, the question for partners, ...
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#CBAM - #CBAM turns inward: What developing countries need to look out for, by Marika Moreschi & @amedinil.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
CBAM turns inward: What developing countries need to look out for - PubAffairs Bruxelles
Over the summer, the EU kicked off a much-anticipated review of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). European member states and the Parliament have set out their negotiating positions to rea...
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🏥 European development finance institutions are "well placed to mobilise additional capital for health", yet their portfolio allocations to health remain relatively modest.
Supporting financial institutions to scale up investments in health under the Global Gateway
What happens when health investment becomes a central part of Europe’s wider strategy for resilience and global partnerships? Karim Karaki and Laure Blanchard-Brunac examine how European development f...
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🤝 'Why would partner countries choose Europe?' EU development ministers meet in Dublin tomorrow, with the next EU budget and its Global Europe instrument still under negotiation. We argue the answer must go beyond funding. Read the note wit @oxfameu.bsky.social
How can mutual interests work for development?
Alexei Jones, Sophie Desmidt, San Bilal and Sara Tessema Manshlot argue that the language around ‘mutual interests’ and ‘mutually beneficial partnerships’ is appealing, but ask: What does it actually ...
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🧵 The AfCFTA targets 80% of the clothing, footwear and leather goods bought in Africa to be made there within two decades. Agisanang Magooa and Mohammed El Maziani Haddouchi on what is holding that back, and how the approach could work for other sectors.
Beyond the AfCFTA vision: Building an African cotton, textiles and apparel regional value chain
Africa exports much of its raw cotton and imports much of the fabric its garment makers use. In May 2026, the AfCFTA Advisory Council launched a vision for a competitive, vertically integrated cotton,...
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🇪🇺 The EU's new €710m aid package puts €380m into migrant return and reintegration in Sub-Saharan Africa, only €97m into humanitarian response. Philippe Van Damme's brief on the Global Europe instrument argues that drift trades long-term credibility for short-term control.
Global Europe: A geopolitical instrument in need of strong development safeguards
Philippe Van Damme examines the substantive challenge in regulating the Global Europe instrument: reconciling EU geopolitical ambitions with its commitments to a rules- and values-based international ...
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🤝 'Mutually beneficial partnerships' is now central to EU aid talk. What does it means in practice? In vaccine manufacturing, African countries set the ambition and European support followed. In Somalia, a sharp cut in support could undo years of gains. 👉 ecdpm.org/work/putting...
📸 We were honoured to celebrate 40 years of ECDPM in our birthplace, Maastricht, with such fantastic partners and speakers for two panels on reinventing European partnerships. Watch the recording 👉 youtube.com/live/ljeg-pG...
ETTGers gathered in Maastricht for our 3rd Annual Retreat, hosted by @ecdpm.org Sessions delved into: - Navigating multilateral trade reform and EU economic security - Maximising policy impact and adapting research to AI tools Read more: bit.ly/4ju3sSP
🌍 The Abidjan–Lagos Corridor will link the economic capitals of five countries with a 1,000 km, six-lane highway, through a region that accounts for about 75% of West Africa's trade. Its biggest obstacles are policy ones. Read the brief 👉 ecdpm.org/work/how-abi...
#EUPolitics: Addressing the #EU Global Gateway's dual objectives and inevitable trade-offs, by @sanbilal.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
Addressing the EU Global Gateway's dual objectives and inevitable trade-offs - PubAffairs Bruxelles
The EU’s Global Gateway strategy rests on the premise that development cooperation and the EU’s own geostrategic interests can be mutually reinforcing. Genuine synergies do exist: a renewable energy p...
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🇪🇺 Estonia's X-Road, Italy's PagoPA and Denmark's MitID are digital public infrastructure, but not funded as such. These systems stay national, leaving the shared layers above them to non-European providers. 👉 ecdpm.org/work/digital...
📸 A great discussion yesterday for the first event in our new Brussels office, as we launched Afrobarometer's flagship report, built from over 50,000 interviews with African citizens. Read the report 👉 www.afrobarometer.org/feature/afri... Watch the recording 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGtA...
[Report] #Tech: Digital public infrastructure in Europe: How the EU can build the capability to deliver on its digital sovereignty agenda, by Nicholas Gates, Chloe Teevan, Emrys Schoemaker, Krisstina Rao & Federico Plantera | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
Digital public infrastructure in Europe: How the EU can build the capability to deliver on its digital sovereignty agenda - PubAffairs Bruxelles
Europe’s push for digital sovereignty faces a fundamental challenge: building the capacity to deliver the infrastructure it wants to control. Nicholas Gates, Chloe Teevan, Emrys Schoemaker, Krisstina ...
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🇪🇺 With EU development funding hanging in the balance, it was fantastic to see such interest for our event with @oxfameu.bsky.social, as we brought together EU institutions, civil society, member states, partner countries and researchers to discuss the future of EU development cooperation.
🔴 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟵𝗮𝗺 | We are hosting a a high-level discussion on the future direction of EU development cooperation with Oxfam as an Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026. Livestream 👉 youtube.com/live/Zxc6arJ... @oxfameu.bsky.social
🇪🇺 In two weeks, EU development ministers meet to discuss the future of development cooperation. In the lead up, ECDPM and @oxfameu.bsky.social contribute with an Irish Presidency associated event on September 23. Livestream 👉 www.youtube.com/live/Zxc6arJ...
[Brief] #Trade: Operationalising the #EU-#India partnership, by Gautam Kamath, @chloeteevan.bsky.social & @amedinil.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
Operationalising the EU-India partnership - PubAffairs Bruxelles
The upcoming EU-India free trade agreement offers a transformative opportunity to build resilience in the face of US and Chinese tech dominance. Gautam Kamath, Chloe Teevan and Alfonso Medinilla argue...
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📅 Join us on September 28 in Brussels for the launch of Afrobarometer's flagship report Beyond borders: Citizen perspectives on a shifting global order. Registration and information 👉 ecdpm.org/events/launc...
🇪🇺 Whether European development cooperation should stay separate from geopolitical self-interest, or be completely swallowed by it, is a false choice. Read the discussion paper 👉 ecdpm.org/work/develop...
🔔 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 for our high-level discussion on the future of EU development cooperation, co-hosted by Oxfam EU office as an Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026 associated event, on September 23. Livestream 👉 www.youtube.com/live/Zxc6arJ...
🇪🇺 European companies are losing out on strategic infrastructure projects in emerging markets because many national export credit agencies face strict capital and lending limits - an issue not faced by its strongest competitors. Read the study 👉 ecdpm.org/work/capacit...
