The EU and its member states launched the International Digital Strategy in June 2025: aiming to link digital diplomacy, trade, technical support, cooperation tools and investments under the Global Gateway strategy, now branded as...
In this brief, Sara Gianesello and Sophie Desmidt analyse how the EU can better integrate principles of conflict and climate sensitivity into its Global Gateway investments in fragile and conflict-affected contexts to ensure they...
Karim Karaki and San Bilal note that the EU has insufficiently leveraged the potential and resources of multilateral and regional development banks. In a context of geopolitical competition and constrained EU budgets, these banks...
In this paper, Katja van der Meer, Admire Mare and Melody Musoni explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping education in Africa, with a focus on secondary schools and technical and vocational education and training...
The success of the implementation of the EU’s Global Gateway strategy (GG) greatly depends on enhanced coordination of the various actors involved, especially export credit agencies (ECAs), development finance institutions (DFIs)...
The Market Creation Platform of the Investing in Young Businesses in Africa (MCP-IYBA) is a pioneering initiative designed to advance EU development cooperation and the Global Gateway strategy. By tackling one of the most pressing...
Wetlands—including peatlands, mangroves, rivers, lakes, salt marshes, and seagrass beds—are vital for biodiversity and form a cornerstone of the EU Water Strategy. They deliver essential provisioning, regulating, and cultural...
Healthy wetlands offer economic opportunities, support jobs, and provide livelihoods, but they are being lost. Business as usual is not working. We need international partnerships to mobilise actors and scale finance and...
The Team Europe approach. The BMZ is expanding cooperation with its European partners in Africa. In addition to joint programming, support focuses on the Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs) under which the EU, its member states, and in...
