In a special EU-AU Summit edition of ECDPM’s Weekly Compass newsletter, Philomena Apiko shared her take on what happened during the EU-AU Summit on 17 and 18 February in Brussels.
To deliver on our strategy, we have organised our work in ten workstreams. We also have a number of departments for shared services, and we house the secretariat of the European Think Tanks Group.
Many saw the EU-AU Summit as a key step in this year’s climate diplomacy agenda. But did it actually fulfil its promise of bridging the gap between developing countries' needs and what the world’s largest emitters have to offer? Alfonso Medinilla and Hanne Knaepen look back at last week’s summit and its outcome for energy and climate adaptation.
EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Senegalese president Macky Sall unveiled a €150bn plan investment plan for Africa, but in some quarters, Europe's charm offensive is not going well.
Last week, the European Commission and the European External Action Service unveiled the EU’s €300 billion ‘Global Gateway’ investment plan. Here’s what we have to say about the plan, the EU’s ambitions, the finances linked to it, and how it could and should add value to Africa’s infrastructure development.