European Think Tanks Group

Researchers

Berger, Axel
Bergmann, Julian
Brandi, Clara
Erforth, Benedikt
Friesen, Ina
Furness, Mark
Götze, Jacqueline
Grimm, Sven
Hackenesch Christine
Keijzer, Niels
Koch, Svea

Publications

The European Union's new Ukraine facility: an important though insufficient step?
Bergmann, Julian (2024)
published on ettg.eu, 02.04.2024

EU-LAC cooperation on climate change and energy transitions
Riaño, Maria Alejandra / Damien Barchiche / Alexia Faus Onbargi / Niels Keijzer (2024)
in: ETTG Collective Report 2/2024, A common future for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Brussels: European Think Tanks Group, Brussels, European Think Tanks Group (ETTG), 15-26

Africa–Europe cooperation and digital transformation
Daniels, Chux / Benedikt Erforth / Chloe Teevan (Eds.) (2022)
London: Routledge

Achieving the SDGs: Europe’s compass in a multipolar world - Europe Sustainable Development Report 2022
Lafortune, Guillaume / Grayson Fuller / Leslie Bermont Diaz / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Phoebe Koundouri / Angelo Riccaboni (2022)
Paris: Sustainable Development Solutions Network/SDSN Europe (2022)

The European Green Deal and the war in Ukraine: Addressing crises in the short and long term
Bolduc, Nathalie / Adis Dzebo / Alexia Faus Onbargi / Gabriela Ileana Iacobuţă / Niels Keijzer / Daniele Malerba (2022)
ETTG-Paper, July 2022

Advancing EU-Africa cooperation in light of the African Continental Free Trade Area
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Frederik Stender / Edward K. Brown / Philomena Apiko / Sean Woolfrey (2020)
ETTG-Paper, September 2020

European fear of ‘missing out’ and narratives on China in Africa
Karkare, Poorva / Linda Calabrese / Sven Grimm / Alfonso Medinilla (2020)
ETTG-Paper, July 2020

Harnessing EU external cooperation to boost ambitious and coherent climate action
Iacobuta, Gabriela / Di Ciommo, Mariella / Keijzer, Niels / Knaepen, Hanne / Valllej, Lolao / Bauer, Steffen (2019)
Brussels: European Think Tanks Group, Online

An Agenda for Europe in the World
Hackenesch, Christine / Leininger, Julia et. al. 2019
ETTG-Paper, 9 of september 2019

The Peer Review of EU aid: a challenge from the OECD
Keijzer, Niels / Simon Maxwell (2019)
ETTG-Blog, 18 January 2019

How Brexit affects Least Developed Countries
Olekseyuk, Zoryana / Israel Osorio Rodarte (2019)
Briefing Paper 2/2019 

EU migration policy: (how) can the next European Commission do better?
Keijzer, Niels / Irene Schöfberger (2018)
ETTG-Blog, 10 December 2018

Financing EU external action: Understanding member state priorities
Castillejo, Clare / Niels Keijzer / Oscar Chmiel / Mariella Di Ciommo / Juha Jokela / Erik Lundsgaarde / Iliana Olivié / Aitor Perez / Sanne Thijssen / Julie Vaille / Zsuzsanna Vegh / Bernardo Venturi (2018)
ETTG-Blog, 3 December 2018

The EU to the rescue: priorities for a positive multilateralism
Chabason, Lucien / James Mackie / Simon Maxwell / Imme Scholz / Alex Thier / Nathalie Tocci (2018)
European Think Tanks Group, 15 October 2018

EU engagement with Africa on migration: a change of approach required
Castillejo, Clare (2018)
Briefing Paper 9/2018

Eight myths on the migration–development nexus that European and African policymakers need to reconsider
Schöfberger, Irene / Bernardo Venturi (2018)
ETTG Blog, 10 July 2018

Cities of arrival. Integrated urban and private sector responses to migrants and refugees
Dick, Eva / Giulia Maci / San Bilal / Anna Knoll (2018)
ETTG Blog, 4 July 2018

Vom Krisenmanagement zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung: Die europäische Entwicklungspolitik im nächsten EU-Budget
Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch / Julian Bergmann (2018)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen, 6/2018

The European Union’s next Multiannual Financial Framework: Prospects and Challenges for EU Development Cooperation
Castillejo, Clare / Mikaela Gavas / Mariella Di Ciommo / Meritxell Sayós Monràs / Niels Keijzer (2018)
ETTG Policy Brief, 14 March 2018

A rapier not a blunderbuss: Why the EU must do better in supporting African job creation
Altenburg, Tilman / San Bilal / Giulia Maci / Dirk Willem te Velde (2018)
ETTG Paper, 15 February 2018

Can the EU prioritise both the African Union and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific group?
Keijzer, Niels / Alfonso Medinilla (2017)
ETTG Brief, 20 November 2017

How Brexit hits EU External Action: the UK’s European legacy
Henökl, Thomas (2017)
The Current Column of 16 March 2017

The European Union’s Global Strategy: making support for democracy and human rights a key priority
Hackenesch, Christine / Clare Castillejo(2016)
European Think Tanks Group

The European Union’s Global Strategy: putting sustainable development at the heart of EU external action
Gavas, Mikaela / Christine Hackenesch / Svea Koch / James Mackie / Simon Maxwell (2016)
European Think Tanks Group

Climate change: the European Union towards COP21 and beyond
Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi / Simon Maxwell / Tancrède Voituriez (2015)
European Think Tanks Group

Connected, contested and complex – Why Europe needs a global strategy
Messner, Dirk / Ewald Wermuth / Giovanni Grevi / Teresa Ribera / Kevin Watkins
The Current Column of 6 July 2015

Vorstellung des ETTG-Memorandums
Unser gemeinsames Interesse: Warum Europas Probleme globale Lösungen und globale Probleme Europas Handeln benötigen
Berlin, 13. November 2014

Unser gemeinsames Interesse. Warum Europas Probleme globale Lösungen und globale Probleme Europas Handeln benötigen
Zusammenfassung Memorandum, European Think Tanks Group
September 2014

Our Collective Interest - Why Europe’s problems need global solutions and global problems need European action
Memorandum, European Think Tanks Group
September 2014

A global economy that works for the good of all: responsible trade and financial policy coordination
Furness, Mark / Jodie Keane
The Current Column of 25 August 2014

Ensure a climate agreement and support a transition towards a green economy
Scholz, Imme / Niels Keijzer / Neil Bird / Alejandro Guarín
The Current Column of 4 August 2014

Addressing Peace, Security and State Fragility – How can the EU do Better?
ETTG Group (2014)
The Current Column of 29 July 2014

The case for an EU-China investment treaty
Berger, Axel
The Current Column of 10 June 2014
Let’s get comprehensive: European Union engagement in fragile and conflict-affected countries
Furness, Mark
Discussion Paper 5/2014

Germany's global ambition must have a European dimension
Furness, Mark / Svea Koch
The Current Column of 12 February 2014

Allocating the next European Development Fund for ACP countries
Negre, Mario
The Current Column of 05 December 2013

Deuropäische Afrikapolitik
Klingebiel, Stephan
The Current Column of 19 November 2013

The Lesson of Lampedusa – Why the EU and Africa Need a Strategic Partnership
Hackenesch, Christine / Svea Koch
The Current Column of 28 October 2013

What the EU could contribute, with a little EU-phoria
Furness, Mark (2013)
The Broker Online, 10 September 2013

Multilateral aid: structural change and donor preferences
Klingebiel, Stephan (2013)
Discussion Paper 19/2013

EU joint programming: lessons from South Sudan for EU aid coordination
Furness, Mark / Frank Vollmer (2013)
Briefing Paper 18/2013

Towards renewal or oblivion? Prospects for post–2020 cooperation between the European Union and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group
Negre, Mario / Niels Keijzer / Brecht Lein / Nicola Tissi (2013)
Discussion Paper 9/2013

Cost of non-Europe in development policy Study commissioned by the European Parliament
Klingebiel, Stephan / Pedro Morazán / Mario Negre (2013)
Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union

Post-2015: the EU can contribute more than aid to the global development agenda
Furness, Mark / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel (2013)
Briefing Paper 7/2013

The future of EU budget support: political conditions, differentiation and coordination
Faust, Jörg / Svea Koch / Nadia Molenaers / Heidi Tavakoli / Jan Vanheukelom (2012)
ETTG Briefing Paper

Can the EU confront inequality in developing countries?
Furness, Mark / Mario Negre (2012)
Briefing Paper 14/2012

Strategic partnership: an analysis of cooperation between the European Union and Africa
Hackenesch, Christine / Mark Furness (2012)
In: DE Magazin Deutschland 2/2012, 46-47

Projects

Shaping European policy for global sustainable development - ETTG

Europe’s role in the world: From development policy towards a policy for global sustainable development?

Events

High-level policy debate
Renewing the mission of EU development policy in times of global polycrisis
Brussels, 16.04.2024

Presentation of the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) Report 
A common future for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean
4 April 2024

Virtual book launch
Africa–Europe Cooperation and Digital Transformation virtual book launch
Online, 14 March 2023

Virtual Event
Financing the future of multilateralism: lessons from the WHO for reforming the UN
Online, 12 July 2022

Ninth Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD)
Green Deal Approaches and the Transformation of External Relations
Online, 20-21 September 2021

Virtual Workshop
Evidence-based Policy Making in support of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice
Online, 29-30 March 2021

Virtual Conference
How can the EU support its partner countries to avoid and resolve debt crises?
Online, 19 March 202

Virtual Event
EU-West Africa cooperation on One Health
Online, 8 December 2020

Online Event
Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus, a discussion on implementation challenges and opportunities
Online, 06.10.2020

Webinar
Towards a digital partnership between the EU and the AU
Online, 28 May 2020

ETTG-UNDP Agenda setting event
The EU-AU Partnership
Addis Ababa, 9-10 March 2020

Panel discussion
How to walk the Green Deal talk in EU external cooperation? - Harnessing development cooperation to foster European climate leadership
Brussels,18 March 2020

Workshop
The next EU budget: challenges and opportunities for financing a geopolitical Union
Berlin, 20 November 2019

Panel event and discussion
ETTG is presenting: An Agenda for Europe in the world
Brussels, 31 October 2019

Discussion
EU Democracy Support in Africa in an Era of Uncertainty
Brussels, 30.04.2019

ETTG Event
Innovation in Development: the future of EU international Cooperation
Brussels, 18.10.2018

Conference
Innovation in Global Development: the future of EU international Cooperation
Brussels, 17.10.2018

Workshop
French-German cooperation towards global development
Paris, 21.06.2018

ETTG Event
Private Sector Solutions for Refugees and Host Communities in Developing Countries
Brüssel, 31.05.2018

Workshop
Die Zukunft des EU-Budgets: Chance für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Berlin, 20 March 2018

Public conference
The future of EU development policy
Paris, 24 October 2016

European Development Days Event
Getting to zero poverty and zero emissions
Brussels, 15 June 2016

Conference
The future of EU External Action
Berlin, 1 / 2 March 2016

Conference
Looking Beyond 2013: Are EU-Africa Relations Still Fit for Purpose?
Brussels, 28 October 2013

Bonner Impulse
Der Europäische Entwicklungsbericht 2013 – Post-2015: Global Action for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future
Bonn, 11 April 2013

Conference
Europäische Entwicklungstage
Brussels, 16 - 17 October 2012

Workshop
Tackling Global Issues Together: Climate Change and New Drivers of a European Policy for Global Development
Königswinter, 15 - 16 September 2010