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Strengthening the digital partnership between Africa and Europe

Digitalisation is the use of digital technologies and digitised data in enterprises and organisations, with far-reaching implications for how work gets done and how customers engage and interact with operations. There can be no doubt that digitalisation is transforming business models, revolutionising societies and creating new revenue streams around the globe. Now, more than ever, we need to understand and harness the power of digitalisation, to further the global common good.
Advancing EU-Africa cooperation in light of the African Continental Free Trade Area

The current policy brief lays out the obstacles to both AfCFTA implementation and realisation of its full economic potential. It also explores how the EU can engage in providing targeted support and how to strengthen AfCFTA-related cooperation between Africa and the EU. The analysis and recommendations draw on a review of the literature and policy documents by the German Development Institute (DIE), the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), as well as two online expert seminars on 17 and 24 June 2020.
European fear of ‘missing out’ and narratives on China in Africa

The ETTG note debunks some of the dominant myths surrounding Chinese engagement in Africa and unpacks the evolving relationship between China and the African continent. It starts by looking closer at common European perceptions about China-Africa relations. It then provides a brief sketch of the historical underpinnings of China’s engagement in Africa. Afterwards, it looks at how the notion of competition with rising global powers like China has influenced the EU’s relations with African partners.
EU humanitarian aid: Caught between nexus and independence

This brief analyses current issues in the EU’s humanitarian aid and makes recommendations for responding to the challenges ahead. Specifically, it addresses the tensions between the Commission’s ambition to be a geopolitical actor and to better respond to multidimensional crises through a ‘nexus approach’ and the strong needs-based humanitarian assistance the EU provides. The analysis is based on a structured review of academic and policy sources, complemented by interviews with Brussels-based humanitarian aid policymakers.
How can the European Union help developing countries address the socioeconomic impacts of the coronavirus crisis?

With the global economy going into a steep recession, developing countries are facing considerable financing shortfalls. Confronted with its most severe crisis since WWII, Europe needs to adopt a global perspective, as it cannot successfully address it in isolation. There is a moral imperative to help vulnerable people in distress and foster global solidarity to prevent catastrophic outcomes.
Harnessing EU external cooperation to boost ambitious and coherent climate action

In this paper, researchers from the European Think Tanks Group propose a set of actions the EU should consider to raise its climate ambition and exert credible climate leadership in a challenging global context.
An Agenda for Europe in the World

In this ‘Agenda for Europe in the World’, we share concrete proposals for the new EU leadership, focusing on nine key domains where the EU can make a difference.
Financing human development and the ending of extreme poverty in Africa

This briefing note from Marcus Manuel (ODI) and Stephanie Manea (ODI) draws on previous ODI research to examine how the EU could play a more effective role in ending extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by better targeting support for human development in the poorest countries.
The EU Budget for the future: views from Italy

After the recent European elections in Italy, a populist leadership is set to be the driver of the Italian European agenda for the next months. These populist forces are destined to play a marginal role in the negotiations over the new Commission as well as the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2017. The growing role of Lega within the Government is expected to have a deep impact on the MFF, with agriculture, cohesion funds, migration and border management likely to become the real priorities for Italy at the expense of the development cooperation and humanitarian assistance. Key messages • During the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027, the Italian anti-establishment and populist parties will prioritise funding for agriculture, social cohesion, migration, and border management at the expense of genuine development cooperation and humanitarian assistance.• The Italian government has a weak, trivial and isolated position in Europe. The recent elections to the European Parliament have produced a more fragmented political spectrum with the Lega becoming the leading party in the country. This will have an important impact, not only internally, but also at the European level. It seems likely that Lega will propose the new Commissioner from Italy, with a smaller role to be played by the Five Stars Movement. However, the two leading parties appear already isolated in the next European Parliament.• The proposal of the new MFF significantly increases the resources allocated for migration and border management. Italy vocally supports this view and advocates for an even stronger commitment, by doubling the budget for long-term focus on ‘root causes’ within the neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) component of Heading VI.• Italy would like to see Africa getting a greater proportion of NDICI funds. This is due not only to historical relations with the Mediterranean region and North Africa, but also as a result of the assumption than more development aid to Africa will reduce the migration fluxes, despite the literature showing otherwise.• The Italian and European NGO community criticise the so called “Junckerizarion of MFF”, or using the MFF as the catalyst to attract private investments. The community says it risks subsidising international companies that do not comply with clear and binding accountability and transparency rules. Read the full paper here. Authors: Daniele Fattibene (IAI) and Bernardo Venturi (IAI).Photo courtesy of Lukasz Radziejewski via Flickr.
Feeding Cities. Putting food on the urban planning agenda

Daniele Fattibene (IAI), Giulia Maci (ECDPM) and Guido Santini (FAO) identify innovative approaches to better integrate food into urban planning.