Team von der Leyen: Time to speed up the delivery of the 2030 Agenda
On 24 and 25 September, heads of state and government will discuss progress on implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
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The controversial effects of villagization in Ethiopia and the role of the EU in Africa’s urbanization
Vittorio Capici stresses the importance of urbanization and the implications this process brings with itself. In this blog the author picks Ethiopia and the ‘Villagization program’ as a case study to further his analysis.
Philanthropy and Africa’s demographic growth: Finding allies to support the potential of young people
Emmanuel de Groof and Sanne Thijssen suggest that political leaders can find allies in philanthropists – and vice versa – to open the dialogue on family planning and to drive the potential of African youth. Population growth is in itself not a problem; however, it can become one when a country’s economy and infrastructure do not follow suit.
The ACP group and the African Union in the post-Cotonou negotiations: Survival of the fittest?
With a view to he upcoming AU Summit on 1-2 July in Nouakchott, Geert Laporte (ECDPM) examines the negotiating mandate of the ACP group.
Relations between the EU and the ACP States after 2020
Tancrède Voituriez, Julie Vaillé , Hélène Vanvolsem, Jean Bossuyt identify two areas of
strategic compromise for the development of a new partnership.