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“Financing for the Sustainable Development Goals” online event
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.
Next steps towards a comprehensive Africa-EU partnership
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
Towards a policy consensus: New partnership to focus on the future of Africa-Europe relations
3 September 2021, Addis Ababa/Brussels/Maastricht/Pretoria — The COVID-19 health crisis and its devastating socioeconomic impact calls for stronger multilateralism and increased efforts to deepen cooperation. More than ever, international action and solidarity are needed to address the human, health, economic and political repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Against this background, the
ETTG online discussion event “Beyond the Great Powers: The EU, partnerships and inclusive multilateralism”
Multilateralism has been in trouble for a while, particularly at the global level. Yet, the European Union (EU) and its member states have remained among its staunchest supporters. The recent EU Communication on Multilateralism, published in February 2021, seeks to lay out a European vision to uphold, extend and
Geert Laporte guest speaker on the 3rd Meeting of think tanks Africa-Spain with Elcano
The first Africa-Spain Think Tanks Meeting, held in 2015, created a space for the exchange of ideas and the strengthening of relations between different Spanish and African centers. In 2016, Casa África brings together experts from different think tanks in the meeting called “ Dialogue between Think Tanks on Sub-Saharan Africa ”, with the
DG INTPA InfoPoint Virtual Conference event on “COVID-19: How can the EU support its partner countries to avoid and resolve debt crises?”
Many developing countries will not find their way out of the COVID-19 crisis on their own, and in addition to the direct public health and economic implications face both immediate and medium-term fiscal challenges. As long-standing providers of concessional finance and direct investment to developing countries, the international community and
