COVID-19 and the Global Vaccine Race
If 2020 was the year of “mask diplomacy”, as countries raced to tackle the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and
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Collective investment in trade and digital infrastructure: A new pathway to silencing the guns in Africa
In this guest contribution for ECDPM, Dr Jide Martyns Okeke argues that collective African leadership and deliberate investments in boosting intra-African trade and digital transformation could accelerate the quest for silencing the guns on the continent.
Advancing the 2030 Agenda Post-Corona: What Role for the G20 Italian Presidency?
Italy holds the G20 presidency at a crucial moment when the world is confronted with the worst global pandemic in the past century. The economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 crisis has had major impact on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda.
Building a Post-Pandemic G20 Agenda for Migration
The UN Convention on the Status of Refugees was adopted on 20 June 1951 in the wake of the displacement
COVID-19 vaccines: The challenges of protecting Africa’s fragile regions
This briefing note looks at the challenges ahead for large-scale vaccination, as part of our series of looking at the longer term effects of COVID-19 on conflict and fragility in Africa. We ask some of the hard questions about the potential repercussions for highly fragile situations in Africa and what it might mean for the European Union’s role in the global response to the pandemic.
A year on, migrants’ vital contributions to the Covid-19 response must drive lasting reforms
One year ago, as the UK and much of Europe went into lockdown, we committed to monitoring the situation of
Implications of COVID-19 on East Africa–EU Partnership on Migration and Forced Displacement
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the current state and prospects of partnership between the East African countries and the European Union on migration and forced displacement. The pandemic has exacerbated the root causes of migration and forced displacement. Read here about the implications and the steps should taken to move forward.
How European financial institutions can work better together for sustainable and green (co-)investment in times of COVID-19
The unprecedented scale of the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic calls for greater empowerment of international, European and regional financial institutions for development, development finance institutions (DFIs) and public development banks. They all need to step up their efforts, to ‘build back better’, in a greener, more inclusive and gender-sensitive manner. This paper suggests ways to do that, adjusting the current business model of financial institutions for development to align and coordinate European investments for development.
Programming the NDICI in times of COVID-19: Five takeaways from a recent webinar
The Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) represents a fundamental reform for the European Union (EU)’s development policy, its neighbourhood policy and its external action more broadly. The new instrument will be implemented in a rapidly changing geopolitical context and will have to respond to unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Building resilience to COVID-19: Next steps for the EU-AU digital partnership
It is vital for the EU-AU partnership to improve digital infrastructure development in Africa, particularly expanding fixed broadband coverage and access, as well as to improve African firms and consumers’ access to e-commerce platforms and provide targeted support for digital transformation in key sectors such as agriculture.