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Understanding Africa-EU Relations from a Decolonial Perspective
On 11-12 September 2025, ETTG, alongside German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and Nelson Mandela University, convened a high-level workshop in Pretoria to critically assess the Africa-EU partnership from a decolonial perspective. As the ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐จ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ, this dialogue brought together policymakers, academics,

ETTG Board of Directors | June 2025
ETTG’s board met in Brussels yesterday to plan our network’s response to the critical issues on the global development agenda. A very productive day focusing on our future analysis and activities. We reviewed theย progress made in the first half of 2025โwith ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.

The EUโs Development Policy at crossroads
On June 24th, 2025, ETTG had the pleasure to convene a high level dialogue at the European Parliament, co-hosted with MEP Barry Andrews with moderation by Shirin Wheeler and Daniele Fattibene. The ETTG dialogue, opened by Iliana Oliviรฉ, European Parliament Vice President Pina Picierno and DEVE Committee Chair Barry Andrews

Digital Transformation in Africa: Gaps, Goals and Opportunities for Cooperation with Europe
We were happy to attend the 2025ย Mo Ibrahim Foundationย Governance Weekend in Marrakech. The event and its frank discussions focused onย โLeveraging Africaโs Resources to Close the Finance Gapโย and explored how to unlock domestic resources and attract private capital as Africa shifts away from dependency on external financing. We had the pleasure

(Dis-)integrating peace: How can the EU better engage in conflict-affected states?
ETTG was pleased to co-host the event “(Dis-)integrating peace: How can the EU better engage in conflict-affected states?” in collaboration with Search for Common Ground. Held in Brussels, it brought together experts and practitioners to examine the evolving European Union foreign policy and its impact on peacebuilding initiatives. Over the

Directions of EU Development Policy under von der Leyen II
We had the pleasure to co-host, alongside the EADI Working Group on the EU as a Development Actor and the College of Europe, an academic/practitioner seminar titled “Directions of EU Development Policy under von der Leyen II” in Natolin, Poland, on October 7th. This seminar, organised in collaboration with Sebastian