Africa’s future is urban. Implications for EU development policy and cooperation
Giulia Maci, Laure Criqui, Jean Bossuyt, Paola Lucci make the case for an European and African comprehensive urban strategy.
Tag: New Urban Agenda
Where cities can take Africa – “Frontiers in development policy meeting series”
The event is organized in collaboration with Cities Alliance and will explore how the EU external action towards urban development in Africa will evolve, after decades of “good governance” reforms that largely failed to address Africa’s urban challenges. It will map relevant urban trends in the continent, good local practices and current EU tools, facilitate exchange of ideas about co-produced policy, and imagine urban futures.
The role of cities in shaping Glocal food systems
Cities and agriculture? urban planning and sustainable food systems? Daniele Fattibene explores these almost forgotten linkages.
Mind the gap between EU development policies and local authorities
Waiting for the first local elections in Tunisia after the revolution, Dalil Djinnit and Giulia Maci reflects on the role of local authorities in sustainable development.
Steering the EU towards a sustainability transformation
Tancrède Voituriez, Elisabeth Hege, Giulia Maci and Christine Hackenesch suggest some practical ways of translating the EU’s overall support for the SDGs into concrete action.
Mediterranean cities as laboratories for sustainable development
Giulia Maci and Daniele Fattibene write about the role of local authorities in improving the liveability of Mediterranean urban areas, focusing on youth as a key driver for stability in the region.
Relations between the EU and the ACP States after 2020
Tancrède Voituriez, Julie Vaillé , Hélène Vanvolsem, Jean Bossuyt identify two areas of
strategic compromise for the development of a new partnership.
Beyond youth rhetoric: creating policies together with young people
This blog is a reflection by Giulia Maci on the seminar conversation and the challenge of youth participation in decision-making.
Europe? Sustainability? Time to think about 2019 now!
Christine Hackenesch , Adolf Kloke-Lesch and Janina Sturm look at how the EU can anchor the 2030 Agenda in its policy
Incremental urbanization: an alternative perspective on precarious neighborhoods
According to UN-Habitat, approximately one third of the urban population in the developing world resides in slum communities. This figure