On 16 February 2022 from 13:00-15:00 pm CET, Bruce Byiers (ECDPM) will represent the ETTG Network as participant in the panel event ‘Borderlands as a frontier for prosperity, including through the AfCFTA’ by building on the ETTG report “Strengthening the AU-EU partnership on the economic development and trade agenda” as
Mardi 15 février 2022 à 18h30 Le sixième Sommet des dirigeants de l’Union européenne et de l’Union africaines se tient les 17 et 18 février 2022, à Bruxelles, dans le cadre de la présidence française du Conseil de l’UE. Les objectifs annoncés sont de « jeter les bases d’un partenariat renouvelé et approfondi entre l’UA
Date: 15 Feb 2022 Time: 12:00 to 14:00 (GMT+1) Venue: Online via Zoom, registration required Attend event via webcast Several issues on the agenda of the 17-18 February European Union (EU)–African Union (AU) summit in Brussels could re-shape the continental partnership. These are the introduction of the European Peace Facility, Africa’s recent wave
On 11 February 2022 from 14:00-15:30 pm, ETTG Geert Laporte will be a speaker at the conference ‘Towards a new partnership between the African Union and the European Union?’ organised by the Federal Council for Sustainable Development, Belgium (FRDO-CFDD). https://vimeo.com/676737416 On 17 and 18 February, the EU-AU Summit 2022
Background note Ensuring adequate access to sustainable development finance was already a fundamental challenge prior to the pandemic and will be an even more pressing imperative in the future, as the most vulnerable economies scramble to recover from the COVID-19 shock and cope with the escalating impacts of climate change.
In March 2020 the EU published a proposal for a comprehensive strategy with Africa, ahead of their regular summit with the African Union scheduled for October that year. Both were soon overtaken by the dramatic events of the global Covid-19 pandemic. One and a half years onwards, discussions are now