Meridia Partners & ADEPT event: Migration & mobility: where next?

While the 2015 migratory crisis has impacted the relations between Africa and Europe until now, the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated how reliant European Union’s economies are on migrant workers. The pandemic has also highlighted the existing skills shortage in Africa resulting from labour migration. It is therefore urgent to open a frank discussion among stakeholders on migration and mobility in order to ensure a true win-win cooperation on these issues.

The events are meant to increase the share of voice for African private sector, civil society and diaspora organisations in the framework of the upcoming Summit. They are designed to discuss the ability to align Africa and European priorities, provide a set of recommendations and deliver on the narrative of a renewed Africa-Europe relationship, which focuses on moving away from dependency towards partnership. As European institutions have engaged negotiations with African partners in view of jointly endorsing a new comprehensive EU strategy with Africa at the Summit, the events will cover five themes of relevance for a true and fair partnership between Africa and Europe: debt, migration, trade & investment, climate, and youth.

See the whole webinar series program below:

• 10th September : Africa’s debt: to write off or not to write off?
• 17th September : Migration & mobility: where next?
• 24th September : Youth entrepreneurship in Africa: The silver bullet? (in partnership with ADYFE)
• 1st October : Climate change cooperation: Can we shift the paradigm?
• 8th October : Trade & Investment: Can the EU keep the competition at bay?

ETTG is supporting these external events and some of our members will be present.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!