In 2024, Italy is set to assume the rotating Presidency of the G7. In the face of a complex geopolitical landscape and persistent crises that show no signs of abating, the question arises: How will the seven largest democracies come together to devise effective strategies? Furthermore, how will Italy navigate
Geert Laporte, ETTG Director, was invited as a speaker during theĀ Brussels launch of the Human Development Report 2021/22 “Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our future in a transforming world”.Ā
The European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) with the support of the Regional Bureau Africa (RBA) of UNDP undertook practical analyses on the combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine on Africa and on the Africa-Europe partnership. These analyses served as an input in a major event organised in Brussels on November 30 and on December 1, 2022.
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) partnered with the Southern Voice and the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG), to organise a Public Consultation Forum with IFAD running candidates. The overall aim of the event was to bring transparency and accountability to the selection processes of IFAD leadership, by encouraging candidates’ dialogue with representatives of the civil society and major stakeholders from both the Global North and South.
On the 17th and 18th of February, the African Union and the European Union convened a Summit in Brussels and approved an āAfrica-Europe Investment Package of EUR 150 billion to help build more diversified, inclusive, sustainable and resilient economiesā. Is this Summit a turning point in the reciprocal relationship or is it a mere improvement of the usual kind of relations? To what extent is it an answer to strategic and concrete moves from other powers, namely China?