Description and credits: View of São Paulo Estaiada Bridge in Brazil, by Cifotart, via iStock We are proud to announce the latest policy brief authored by our Director Iliana Olivié and María Santillán O’Shea (Elcano Royal Institute) titled “The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development”. This comprehensive analysis offers critical
At the recent UNDESA, United Nations Academic Day in New York, ETTG brought critical perspectives to the Financing for Development (FfD4) negotiations, illuminating pathways through global complexity. In a world marked by diverging recovery paths and a widening SDGs financing gap, our panel confronted the most pressing global development challenges
We were honoured to host a high-level dialogue on Climate Finance in the EU-North Africa Partnership, with Policy Center for the New South and ECDPM in Rabat. It featured North-African and European policy makers, researchers, CSO and private sector representatives. Some of the key takeaways include: The critical need for
This policy brief analyses policy convergence and divergence between Europe and Africa in the field of climate and energy and identifies areas for further policy debate beyond COP27. Specifically, it examines cooperation efforts and challenges in two areas: hydrogen and JETPs.
British International Investment (BII) is the United Kingdom’s development finance institution (DFI). It is entirely owned by the UK government and its single shareholder is the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), represented by the Secretary of State for FCDO. The relationship between FCDO and BII has evolved over time and continues to evolve. Over the last few years, there has been a growing appreciation within the UK government of the value of BII as an important channel to achieve not only UK development objectives but also to contribute to geopolitical objectives such as promoting Global Britain. The result has been a rising profile of BII towards achieving broader UK government policy objectives.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has longstanding experience in coordinating and working with donors. The EBRD relationship with donors takes different forms, such as co-financing (e.g., grant support, concessional finance and guarantees), technical assistance and policy dialogues. The focus ranges from strategic considerations to more concrete actions. The relationship can be materialised through donor facilities, such as the Green Climate Fund, or through EBRD-established multi-donor funds, agreements with bilateral donor countries, such as the United States, Switzerland and Japan, or collaborations with the European Union (EU), for example, involving the European Commission and several EU member states.
