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EU budget reform: opportunities and challenges for global sustainable development

Hackenesch, Christine / Julian Bergmann / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2018)
Briefing Paper 4/2018

With the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) the EU defines not only the financial, but also the political priorities until 2030. The next MFF will therefore be a milestone for the EU’s implementation of the Agenda 2030. We make five proposals how the Agenda could be anchored within the MFF.

The European Green Deal must turn global

Reiners, Wulf / Sven Grimm (2020)
The Current Column, 14. December 2020

One year ago, the European Union announced its intention to transform its economy towards sustainability. The European Green Deal is a strategy for Europe itself. Yet, to make it work, it will have to become global.

How Africa and Europe can work towards a different type of relationship

Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer / Julia Leininger (2020)
The Current Column, 02. March 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will soon complete her first 100 days in office. One of her priorities for this period concerned the preparations for a comprehensive strategy with Africa, which will be released soon.

The AU-EU summit in October 2020

Online, 28. May 2020

Coping with the Corona crisis will significantly shape the cooperation between Germany and the EU with African partners in the coming months and years. Cooperation with Africa has been gaining in importance in the EU in the face of migration policy and increasing economic and geopolitical competition with China, Russia and other actors.…

The EU and the Sustainable Development Goals: three options for a post-2030 framework

Sumner, Andy / Stephan Klingebiel (2024)
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Where privacy meets politics: EU–Kenya cooperation in data protection

Erforth, Benedikt / Charles Martin-Shields (2022)
External Publications

EU financing for peace and security post 2020 – towards a European Peace Facility (EPF)?

Bergmann, Julian / Mark Furness (2018)
External Publications

Europawahl 2024

Online, 23. May 2024

vom 6. bis 9 Juni findet in den 27 EU-Mitgliedstaaten die Europawahl statt. Sie ist eine wichtige Weichenstellung für die zukünftige Ausrichtung der nächsten Europäischen Kommission und der europäischen Politik insgesamt. Sie hat damit auch Auswirkungen auf die europäische Entwicklungspolitik, die die EU in den letzten vier Jahren unter…

What the EU should do for democracy support in Africa: ten proposals for a new strategic initiative in times of polarisation

Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger / Karina Mross (2020)
Discussion Paper 14/2020

This paper reflects on the strategic importance of EU democracy support in sub-Saharan Africa and makes 10 proposals for reform to be better able to address new challenges in a changing global context.

Is the EU WFD suitable to support IWRM planning in non-European countries? Lessons learnt from the introduction of IWRM and River Basin Management in Mongolia

Heldt, Sonja / Jean Carlo Rodríguez-de-Francisco / Ines Dombrowsky / Christian K. Feld / Daniel Karthe (2017)
External Publications

From damage control to sustainable development: European development policy under the next EU budget

Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch / Julian Bergmann (2018)
Briefing Paper 7/2018

A substantial part of the EU’s multi-annual financial framework (MFF) is reserved for action beyond its borders. This briefing paper presents recommendations in relation to volume, themes, recipients and institutional architecture of development cooperation under the 2021-2027 MFF.

AKP-EU-Beziehungen nach 2020: auf der Suche nach einer europäischen Haltung

Lein, Brecht / Nicola Tissi / Niels Keijzer / Mario Negre (2013)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 5/2013

How seriously does the EU take values and standards in trade agreements?

Stender, Frederik (2020)
The Current Column, 16. March 2020

With overt protectionism once again acceptable on the global trade stage, international cooperation seems more necessary than ever. In fact, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development itself points out the positive trade and development effects of a reliable and open trade regime for the countries of the global South.

The ambiguous partner: Mexico and the European Green Deal

Ruano, Lorena (2021)
External Publications

Looking Beyond 2013: Are EU-Africa Relations Still Fit for Purpose?

Brussels, 28. October 2013

Background of the Conference Six years after the launch of the Joint EU-Africa Strategy (JAES) in Lisbon in 2007, where European and African leaders resolved to “build a new strategic political partnership for the future, overcoming the traditional donor-recipient relationship and building on common values and goals,” familiar concerns…

What next for the Economic Partnership Agreements? Thoughts on deepening the EU-Africa trade partnership

Brandi, Clara / Merran Hulse / Niels Keijzer (2017)
Briefing Paper 9/2017

The fact that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are once more at the centre of discussion on European co-operation with Africa is to be welcomed. Against this background, we examine four scenarios for the future of the EPAs.

The engagement of Visegrad countries in EU-Africa relations

Chmiel, Oskar (2018)
Discussion Paper 24/2018

This paper analyses the engagement of the Visegrad countries in EU-Africa relations, with a key focus on four main issues: the post-Cotonou mandate negotiations, the southern dimension of the European Neighbourhood Policy, the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa and the European Development Fund.

Not as bad as it seems? EU and US democracy promotion strategies faces China in Africa

Hackenesch, Christine (2015)
External Publications

Science and technology for development: coherence of the common EU R&D policy with development policy objectives

Bučar, Maja (2010)
Discussion Paper 19/2010

The global dimension of the European Green Deal: the EU as a green leader?

Grimm, Sven / Wulf Reiners / Niklas Helwig / Marco Siddi / Louis Mourier (2021)
External Publications