On 15 July 2016, the ETTG Directors met with the European Commission’s Development Commissioner, Neven Mimica, in Brussels regarding the forthcoming new European Consensus on Development. The ETTG urged the Commission to use the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to frame the debate in terms of current European Union (EU) and global crises, but to not limit their use in a technocratic way: the goals should be used to inject a sense of urgency and excitement into the Consensus. The EU should be selective in choosing its priorities, and the SDGs can be used to help identify the EU’s assets in line with global objectives. Simon Maxwell (ETTG Chair), Ed Hedger (ODI), Dirk Messner (DIE), Teresa Ribera (IDDRI) and Ewald Wermuth (ECDPM) participated in the meeting on behalf of ETTG. The Development Commissioner was joined by Stefano Manservisi, Director General of the Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO), and by five other representatives from the Cabinet and the DEVCO policy group.
Donors, implementing agencies and DFI/PDB cooperation. EBRD and donors comprehensive coordination
14 October 2022
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has longstanding experience in coordinating and working with donors. The EBRD relationship with donors takes different forms, such as co-financing (e.g., grant support, concessional finance and guarantees), technical assistance and policy dialogues. The focus ranges from strategic considerations to more concrete actions. The relationship can be materialised through donor facilities, such as the Green Climate Fund, or through EBRD-established multi-donor funds, agreements with bilateral donor countries, such as the United States, Switzerland and Japan, or collaborations with the European Union (EU), for example, involving the European Commission and several EU member states.
