Present and Future of Italy’s Development Cooperation
In the newly published commentaire article entitled “Present and Future of Italy’s Development Cooperation”, European Think Tanks Group’s coordinator Daniele
Enhancing coordination between European donors, development agencies and DFIs/PDBs – Insights and recommendations
With the increasing reliance on development finance to mobilise resources and catalyse private sector initiatives and finance at scale for
The future of the EU as a global development actor
The report builds on the result of the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) and the Elcano Royal Institute cooperation, with the support of the Spanish State Secretariat for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.
IFAD Open Consultation Forum 2022
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) partnered with the Southern Voice and the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG), to organise a Public Consultation Forum with IFAD running candidates. The overall aim of the event was to bring transparency and accountability to the selection processes of IFAD leadership, by encouraging candidates’ dialogue with representatives of the civil society and major stakeholders from both the Global North and South.
Public sector expertise: A building block for a value-based Team Europe and international partnerships
UN Public Service Day has been observed on June 23 since 2002. On this day we celebrate the value of public service and the important contribution of efficient, accountable and effective public administration for achieving global development goals.
The EU’s global crisis response: from Eurocentrism to stronger international partnerships?
The present situation of protracted crises – climate, biodiversity, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine – and their repercussions
The first European Humanitarian Forum: talk shop or game changer?
This commentary provides an overview of key takeaways and the aspects to keep in mind for the way forward after the first European Humanitarian Forum which took place in March 2022.
Ready for a common Africa-Europe future? Our reflections beyond the 6th EU-AU summit
The 6th EU-AU summit, held in Brussels on 17-18 February 2022, marked an important milestone
in the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU). After almost a
year and a half of delay, the summit provided leaders of both European and African countries
an opportunity to negotiate on a series of key topics that will shape the future of their relations.
Additionally, the summit provided a further opening for the regional bodies and their member
states to move away from an asymmetrical top-down relationship to a more vertical partnership
in which both sides negotiate deals based on sound analysis, trust and mutual respect.
Putting Development at the Centre of G20 Policy Agenda: Lessons for the T20
Our ETTG Coordinator Daniele Fattibene has published an IAI paper on how the Think20 (T20) can support the G20 Development Working Group (DWG) to boost the G20 legitimacy on development cooperation worldwide. The paper, that benefited from the review of ETTG members like Geert Laporte and Niels Keijzer, addresses strengths and weaknesses of the G20 DWG, providing policy recommendations on how the DWG and T20 can feed better into each other’s policy agendas, increasing their chances to influence other G20 tracks on crucial development issues such as development finance, food security or the global climate agenda.
Lisbon Talk: AU – EU Summit: and now what?
Online panel discussion in the aftermath of the EU-AU summit.