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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 greater sustainable development impact, a parallel impetus has emerged to foster more coherence and synergy among development actors. The European Union (EU) is at the forefront of this endeavour. Collectively a major economic powerhouse, and the world’s largest provider of official development assistance (ODA), the EU is engaged in a process of combining its various tools and objectives towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A key means to realise this objective is greater coordination between donors, implementing agencies and financial institutions for development – i.e., development finance institutions (DFIs) and public development banks (PDBs).Building on the Team Europe and ‘Working Better Together’ approaches, the ‘policy-first’ principle, and European values and objectives, the EU is giving new impetus to coordination efforts – to take full advantage of its budgetary and policy frameworks, with a view to strengthening the European financial architecture for development (EFAD). Key elements of this architecture are ‘Global Europe’ – which is the EU’s Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – and the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+). An important question in this endeavour is how coordination between the roles and activities of European donors, implementing agencies and DFIs/PDBs can best be articulated and implemented in practice. This note draws insights from coordination experiences of a range of European actors, including the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. Specifically, it synthesises lessons from case studies carried out by members of the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) for the Practitioners’ Network for European Development Cooperation. Read the study here. Authors: San Bilal and Karim Karaki (ECDPM) with contributions by Elise Dufief (IDDRI), Niels Keijzer (IDOS), Iliana Olivié and María Santillán O’Shea (Elcano) Presentation of the study here. Photo by Shwetangi Gupta on Unsplash. The views are those of the authors and not necessarily those of ETTG.
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.
The European Green Deal and the war in Ukraine: Addressing crises in the short and long term

In this policy brief, we analyse the direct effects and implications of the war in Ukraine on energy security, industrial supply chains, food security and environmental protection in the EU and in developing countries.
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.
Green transformation in Africa-Europe relations: linking energy and adaptation with economic transformation

This report is the outcome of a partnership initiative launched in 2021 by the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) and the Africa-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Our initiative seeks to advance Africa-Europe relations in the run up to the 6th EU-AU summit in Brussels (17-18 February 2022) and contribute to effective follow-up and implementation of the decisions taken there. Key messages Energy is key in Africa’s economic diversification and industrialization, and therefore also for AU-EU relations: this is what a shared narrative should focus on. Social innovations should not be overlooked and underinvested in AU-EU collaboration; they are crucial for the energy transition. AU-EU cooperation can add value in managing transitions and building capacity for long-term strategies towards green economies. The question should be less about “gas or no gas” and more focused on context related visions and timelines in line with Africa’s need for industrialization and the Paris Agreement. Investing in these institutional capacities needs long term finance in institutions for which the EU could play an important role. Against this backdrop, the AU and EU should also start discussions on how climate neutrality strategies will impact trade and new value chains. So far, fossil fuels constitute a large share of exports from Africa to Europe. Climate adaptation is not only a local issue, but also a macroeconomic concern, joint efforts are needed linking economic transformation, employment and the vulnerability of countries as a whole. Both Africa and Europe should push to achieve the Global Adaptation Goal and push for ambitious outcomes from the work programme. Europe should ensure it acts as an adaptation ally for Africa, supporting efforts that concretely address African adaptation needs. Read the full paper here. Authors: Elisabeth Hege, Damien Barchiche and Sébastien Treyer (IDDRI). Acknowledgements: The authors wish to thank Aimee-Noel Mbiyozo (ISS Africa), Charles Nyandiga (UNDP), Geert Laporte (ETTG) and Daniele Fattibene (ETTG) for reviewing the report. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors. This report is part of a special series on Africa-EU relations in the run-up and follow-up of the 2022 AU-EU summit, produced by ETTG members in cooperation with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS Africa) and UNDP Africa. Photo by Thomas Richter on Unsplash. The views are those of the authors and not necessarily those of ETTG.
Beyond business as usual: Igniting the AU-EU partnership on peace, security and governance

This report is the outcome of a partnership initiative launched in 2021 by the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) and the Africa-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS), with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Our initiative seeks to advance Africa-Europe relations in the run up to the 6th EU-AU summit in Brussels (17-18 February 2022) and contribute to effective follow-up and implementation of the decisions taken there. Key messages Africa is working to reduce its dependence on donors and enhance its role in financing its own institutions, both generally and in particular in peace and security. There is an urgent need to speed up this process. Two thirds of the budget for peace support is still funded by external partners. This risks undermining African political leadership in peace support operations. More nuanced and frank political dialogue is critical. It is time to move beyond a reliance on political declarations without concrete supporting commitments and action. The AU should negotiate for an oversight role in the newly created European Peace Facility (EPF), which will contribute to the financing of military peace support operations in EU partner countries. Though the EPF is global in scope it is expected to focus on Africa. Moreover, it will replace the African Peace Facility (APF), bringing the risk of bypassing the AU Peace and Security Architecture. This would undermine AU ownership of conflict prevention, dialogue, negotiation and mediation efforts on the continent. Governance should be understood as more than just political governance and the pursuit of democratic ideals, to include factors affecting socio-economic well-being, such as effective management of public affairs and strengthening of the rule of law. Capable African institutions with peer pressure mechanisms in place and locally embedded civil society initiatives will be more effective in ensuring domestic accountability over externally driven donor accountability. Read the full paper here. Author: Bernardo Venturi (IAI) Acknowledgements: The author wishes to thank Ottilia Maunganidze (ISS), Jide Okeke (UNDP), Geert Laporte (ETTG), Daniele Fattibene (ETTG), Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw (ECDPM) and Ueli Staeger (University of Geneva) for their kind support in the revision of this report. This report is part of a special series on Africa-EU relations in the run-up and follow-up of the 2022 AU-EU summit, produced by ETTG members in cooperation with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS Africa) and with the support of UNDP Africa. Photo by Pawel Janiak on Unsplash. The views are those of the author and not necessarily those of ETTG.
Strengthening the AU-EU partnership on the economic development and trade agenda

This brief identifies some of the shared priorities between Africa and the European Union (EU) as well as challenges in their partnership as it currently stands. It also suggests concrete ways forward to strengthen the economic development and trade agenda of the AU-EU cooperation and gives policy recommendations towards a more effective partnership.
Fixing UN financing: a Pandora’s box the World Health Organization should open

In a context of existential transnational challenges and growing inter-state rivalries, we need well-financed, universal multilateralism that can set global rules and norms, drive forward action, and sidestep the tendency for money and military might to buy global influence. The WHO Executive Board now has an opportunity not only to reinvigorate its own organisation, but also to advance a discussion on how the entire UN system can be placed on a stronger, more financially sustainable footing. Passing up this moment out of fear of the implications for member state fiscal obligations to the wider UN system would be both unfortunate and short-sighted.
European Think Tanks Group “Collective action for greater impact”

We are pleased to release our new ETTG brochure that provides you with more information about the work of our network in the field of EU international cooperation and global sustainable development.