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📝 In the global race for green transition, how do the EU and China stack up on skills development in Africa?

Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/48ustYk
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
📸 How can cities in the Greater Horn of Africa manage rising urban pressures and unprecedented displacement?

Many thanks to our panelists for fantastic discussions this morning on how we can work together on this critical challenge.
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📢 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 | We're looking for a passionate Communications Intern to join our Outreach and Impact team in Brussels or Maastricht.

Apply 👉 bit.ly/4aBUkXU
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
📝 Is it possible for Europe and China to complement each other in Africa’s green transition?

China is often pitted against the EU in a zero-sum game, but our latest research suggests a different reality on the ground.

Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4pRE3Te
December 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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🌍 A new @ecdpm.org brief, authored by Sara Gianesello and @sophiedesmidt.bsky.social explores how the EU’s Global Gateway can invest effectively in fragile and conflict-affected settings.

📄 Read more: www.planetarysecurityinitiative.org/news/global-...

#GlobalGateway #ClimateSecurity
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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🙌 Join the event “Stronger Cities, Stronger Futures” on inclusive urban growth & displacement responses, organised by @ecdpm.org, @migrationpolicy.bsky.social and Cities Alliance with support from 🇪🇺DG INTPA.

🗓️ 11 Dec, 8:30–11:00 CET
📍Brussels

Learn more and register👉 link.europa.eu/4GFyQn
December 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📆 Join us on 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 for a high-level seminar on EU-China connectedness through Africa’s green transition, and lessons for future engagement.

Register here 👉 bit.ly/3MlziD0
December 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📆 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸! Join us on Thursday 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 for a packed panel on the challenges of rapid urbanisation and unprecedented displacement across the Greater Horn of Africa.

Register here 👉 bit.ly/3MgnzFA
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📣 Beyond 'scaling up' and flagship projects, for the Global Gateway to achieve impact on the ground, it must work with local and regional authorities. But with engagement remaining uneven, serious political attention is necessary.

Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/48tYyzq
December 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
📢 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 | Do you want to use your communications skills to help shape international cooperation?

ECDPM is looking for a passionate Communications Intern to join our Outreach and Impact team in Brussels or Maastricht.

Apply 👉 bit.ly/4aBUkXU
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🎙️ As development aid transforms into strategic investment, is talk of 'solidarity' just old-fashioned idealism? Or is it a survival skill?

Watch 👉 lnkd.in/eiPksC6z
Listen 👉 bit.ly/4pMVhAW
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📆 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱! Join us on 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 for a packed panel on how rapid urbanisation and unprecedented displacement are reshaping mobility and development across the Greater Horn of Africa.

Register here 👉 bit.ly/3MgnzFA
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📝 The Global Gateway's aim to be a geopolitical game-changer is severely constrained by public budgets. Brussels cannot go it alone, and there is a critically under-leveraged asset: Multilateral and Regional Development Banks.

Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/48oFD7K

✍️ @sanbilal.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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[Brief] #GlobalEurope: Beyond the ‘Brussels effect’. The EU must work with partners like #India, #Brazil and #Japan to co-create open protocols and standards, by Gautam Kamath and @chloeteevan.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org

www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
Beyond the ‘Brussels effect’ - PubAffairs Bruxelles
Gautam Kamath and Chloe Teevan argue that to remain relevant, the EU must work with partners like India, Brazil and Japan to co-create open protocols and standards, transforming the ‘Brussels effect’ ...
www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
📝 The 'Brussels Effect' is losing its power - what now?

For years, the EU has relied on its market size to set global digital rules. But unilateral regulation is no longer enough in a world of fierce tech competition between the US and China.

Read the policy brief 👉 bit.ly/4rsOq1g
Beyond the ‘Brussels effect’
Gautam Kamath and Chloe Teevan argue that to remain relevant, the EU must work with partners like India, Brazil and Japan to co-create open protocols and standards, transforming the ‘Brussels effect’ ...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📆 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 to discuss how rapid urbanisation, rising urban pressures and unprecedented displacement are reshaping mobility and development across the Greater Horn of Africa.

Register 👉 bit.ly/3MgnzFA
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
📣 How can we ensure that investments in critical raw materials and green energy don't reinforce grievances or destabilise communities, but instead become a force for peace?

Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/3M4jF2u
The Global Gateway's missing ingredient: Adding peace to the mix
Inge Brees from Search for Common Ground argues that without embedding peacebuilding into investment strategies, the EU’s Global Gateway initiative could not just see its ambitious goals undermined, b...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🎙️ While the EU faces strategic competition, Africa is diversifying partnerships. What core shared interest binds the two continents today?

Our latest podcast explores our common dependence on multilateralism and how to move forward together.

Listen 👉 bit.ly/3X8CgwJ
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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⏱️ 𝗔𝗨-𝗘𝗨 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 | Can the partnership move beyond 'lukewarm interest' and tackle the global crises that have exposed its fractures?

From 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗨-𝗘𝗨 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 👉 bit.ly/4pr6Uh3
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📝 The fall of El Fasher highlights the world's failure to protect the people of Sudan. Words alone do not suffice.

Read the full brief 👉 bit.ly/4pgAhCn
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
⏱️ 𝗔𝗨-𝗘𝗨 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 | Today's summit must treat migration as an economic and strategic dimension of the partnership, not a crisis.

From 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗨-𝗘𝗨 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 👉 bit.ly/4pr6Uh3
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
⏱️ 𝗔𝗨-𝗘𝗨 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 | A quiet crisis surrounds the #AUEU25 summit. As Africa increasingly pursues multi-alignment, the summit risks symbolizing the EU's growing perceived irrelevance.

Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4pkY58i
The AU-EU summit’s quiet crisis of relevance
As Africa is increasingly diversifying its partnerships, Ueli Staeger argues that the Luanda summit – like the ones before it – cannot be expected to resolve the underlying political problems of the r...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🌍 The 7th AU-EU summit kicks off today #AUEU25

Marking 25 years of partnership, the atmosphere is... lukewarm.

Expectations are low and the focus is elsewhere. How did we get here? And how best to go forward?

Our compendium for the summit 👉 bit.ly/4pr6Uh3
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM