Africa’s future is urban. Implications for EU development policy and cooperation
Giulia Maci, Laure Criqui, Jean Bossuyt, Paola Lucci make the case for an European and African comprehensive urban strategy.
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Steering the EU towards a sustainability transformation
Tancrède Voituriez, Elisabeth Hege, Giulia Maci and Christine Hackenesch suggest some practical ways of translating the EU’s overall support for the SDGs into concrete action.
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.
The European Union’s next Multiannual Financial Framework: Prospects and Challenges for EU Development Cooperation
Clare Castillejo and Mikaela Gavas (ODI), Mariella Di Ciommo (ECDPM),Meritxell Sayós Monràs (ECDPM), and Niels Keijzer (DIE) present a series of recommendations for a well-resourced and redesigned Heading 4, with a focus on development.
A rapier not a blunderbuss: Why the EU must do better in supporting African job creation
T. Altenburg, S. Bilal, G. Maci and D.W. te Velde unpack the challenge of employment in Africa, and suggest priority actions forward for the AU-EU partnership.
Charting the course to 2020: Fundamental choices for the negotiation of a future ACP-EU partnership
Negotiations for the future of ACP-EU relations are due to start later this year. Policymakers will have to make important
Hybridization of Domestic Order-Making in the Contemporary MENA Region
The domestic political orders in the MENA countries are going through a period of crisis and restructuring. Since mass protests
The dynamics of EU budget negotiations for external action – Towards a ‘single’ instrument?
In 2018, at a time when the world and Europe are changing more than in decades, the EU will make
Incremental urbanization: an alternative perspective on precarious neighborhoods
According to UN-Habitat, approximately one third of the urban population in the developing world resides in slum communities. This figure
Can the EU prioritise both the African Union and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific group?
The ETTG argues that leaving discussions on the future of ACP-EU relations out of the Summit agenda could be a missed opportunity.