#CBAM - #CBAM turns inward: What developing countries need to look out for, by Marika Moreschi & @amedinil.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org
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@pubaffairsbruxelles.euReposted by @ecdpm.org@ecdpm.org๐ฅ European development finance institutions are "well placed to mobilise additional capital for health", yet their portfolio allocations to health remain relatively modest.
@ecdpm.org๐ค 'Why would partner countries choose Europe?' EU development ministers meet in Dublin tomorrow, with the next EU budget and its Global Europe instrument still under negotiation. We argue the answer must go beyond funding.
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@ecdpm.org๐งต The AfCFTA targets 80% of the clothing, footwear and leather goods bought in Africa to be made there within two decades. Agisanang Magooa and Mohammed El Maziani Haddouchi on what is holding that back, and how the approach could work for other sectors.
@ecdpm.org๐ช๐บ The EU's new โฌ710m aid package puts โฌ380m into migrant return and reintegration in Sub-Saharan Africa, only โฌ97m into humanitarian response. Philippe Van Damme's brief on the Global Europe instrument argues that drift trades long-term credibility for short-term control.
@ecdpm.org๐ค 'Mutually beneficial partnerships' is now central to EU aid talk. What does it means in practice?
In vaccine manufacturing, African countries set the ambition and European support followed. In Somalia, a sharp cut in support could undo years of gains.
@ecdpm.org๐ธ We were honoured to celebrate 40 years of ECDPM in our birthplace, Maastricht, with such fantastic partners and speakers for two panels on reinventing European partnerships.
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@ettg.bsky.socialReposted by @ecdpm.orgETTGers gathered in Maastricht for our 3rd Annual Retreat, hosted by @ecdpm.org
Sessions delved into:
- Navigating multilateral trade reform and EU economic security
- Maximising policy impact and adapting research to AI tools
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@ecdpm.org๐ The AbidjanโLagos Corridor will link the economic capitals of five countries with a 1,000 km, six-lane highway, through a region that accounts for about 75% of West Africa's trade. Its biggest obstacles are policy ones.
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@pubaffairsbruxelles.euReposted by @ecdpm.org#EUPolitics: Addressing the #EU Global Gateway's dual objectives and inevitable trade-offs, by @sanbilal.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org
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@ecdpm.org๐ช๐บ Estonia's X-Road, Italy's PagoPA and Denmark's MitID are digital public infrastructure, but not funded as such.
These systems stay national, leaving the shared layers above them to non-European providers.
@ecdpm.org๐ธ A great discussion yesterday for the first event in our new Brussels office, as we launched Afrobarometer's flagship report, built from over 50,000 interviews with African citizens.
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@pubaffairsbruxelles.euReposted by @ecdpm.org[Report] #Tech: Digital public infrastructure in Europe: How the EU can build the capability to deliver on its digital sovereignty agenda, by Nicholas Gates, Chloe Teevan, Emrys Schoemaker, Krisstina Rao & Federico Plantera | @ecdpm.org
@ecdpm.org๐ช๐บ With EU development funding hanging in the balance, it was fantastic to see such interest for our event with @oxfameu.bsky.social, as we brought together EU institutions, civil society, member states, partner countries and researchers to discuss the future of EU development cooperation.
@ecdpm.org๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ | We are hosting a a high-level discussion on the future direction of EU development cooperation with Oxfam as an Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026.
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@ecdpm.org๐ช๐บ In two weeks, EU development ministers meet to discuss the future of development cooperation.
In the lead up, ECDPM and @oxfameu.bsky.social contribute with an Irish Presidency associated event on September 23.
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@pubaffairsbruxelles.euReposted by @ecdpm.org[Brief] #Trade: Operationalising the #EU-#India partnership, by Gautam Kamath, @chloeteevan.bsky.social & @amedinil.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org
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@ecdpm.org๐ Join us on September 28 in Brussels for the launch of Afrobarometer's flagship report Beyond borders: Citizen perspectives on a shifting global order.
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@ecdpm.org๐ช๐บ Whether European development cooperation should stay separate from geopolitical self-interest, or be completely swallowed by it, is a false choice.
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@ecdpm.org๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ for our high-level discussion on the future of EU development cooperation, co-hosted by Oxfam EU office as an Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026 associated event, on September 23.
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