Setting the limits for Global Europe
20 February 2018
James Mackie, ECDPM, discusses the EC Communication on the MFF, in view of the upcoming Informal Summit on 23 February 2018
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ETTG offers analysis and evidence-based discussions on all aspects of development cooperation. Outputs range from blogs, policy briefs and collective reports to informal takeaways from network events.
European independent think tanks
The six institutes that compose ETTG cover all aspects of international development and cooperation policy.. They share a strong commitment to higher global welfare, and a strong belief in the importance of better collective action to achieve global goals. As think-tanks, and as policy-focused research institutes, they also share a commitment to effective outreach and engagement with policy-makers and policy processes.
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Greening the EU budget
16 February 2018
In its Communication on “A new, modern Multiannual Financial Framework for a European Union that delivers efficiently on its priorities post-2020”, the European Commission superficially touches upon environmental, climate change and sustainable development issues. This is sobering news at a time when the EU claims to be Climate and SDG
The security-development-migration nexus: avoiding the traps of a holistic policy
1 February 2018
The Sustainable Development Goals, the EU Global Strategy and the Consensus on Development present an unprecedented opportunity for a holistic understanding of what development means and how the EU can foster it. As part of this approach, the nexus linking migration, development and security is as important as bedevilled with
Negotiating a new agreement with the ACP post-2020: What is at stake in the coming months
22 January 2018
On 12 December 2017, the European Commission presented its recommendation to the Council for opening negotiations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states (ACP). In the first semester of 2018, EU member states will need to chew over this proposal and agree on a suitable mandate for the EU
Looking ahead: challenges and ambitions for EU development policy in 2018
1 January 2018
Simon Maxwell scans the horizons of EU development policy in 2018.
Europe? Sustainability? Time to think about 2019 now!
22 December 2017
Christine Hackenesch , Adolf Kloke-Lesch and Janina Sturm look at how the EU can anchor the 2030 Agenda in its policy
