We hosted alongsideย Elcano Royal Institute, with the support of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation and the Agence Franรงaise de Dรฉveloppement (AFD),ย a high-level 1.5-day event in Madrid focused on the future of international development finance. Following the landmark 4th International Conference on Financing for
How do we rebuild amidst ongoing volatility? This was the central question of our recent discussion, “Reconstruction in Larger Terms,” which brought together experts from across the ETTG network to explore the immense challenges of recovery in Ukraine and the MENA region. Moderated by ETTG Director Iliana Oliviรฉ, the panel
Ahead of the 7th African Union-European Union Summit in Luanda, we were honoured to co-convene “From Cairo to Luanda: A 25-Year Parliamentary Stocktake of AU-EU Relations” alongside the Pan-African Parliament, the EU Parliament, the Open Society Foundations (OSF), and the Centre for Human Rights. This dialogue took place on November
This week in Paris, the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) convened the 4th Annual Dialogue on the EU and Global Development. Against the backdrop of a global polycrisis and significant shifts in the multilateral system, the event provided a valuable forum for a closed-door, frank exchange under the Chatham House
Yesterday in Brussels, we convened a discussion on one of the most pressing challenges of our time: the ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐, ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. We were honoured to host two powerful keynote addresses at the Press Club Brussels Europe from: H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, former President of Ghana
On September 15-16, 2025, the ETTG, alongside the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), co-hosted a two-day workshop in Istanbul. The event, “New Directions in Development,” offered a comparative analysis of how Turkey, the European Union, and China engage with the Global South.