This group is established to promote, to support and to inform about EU development strategy and programmes with Africa. Since 2020 EU has adopted new approaches that focus on working with Africa to replace old donor-recipient paradigm of delivering programs for Africa. While the EU is stepping up its #EUAfricaPartnership through #EUAfricaStrategy new challenges were added by the Covid 19 pandemic. EU has reaffirmed cooperation with African Union to promote resilience, migration management, gender equality, peace & economic development in Africa. Synergies are also sought with the ongoing Third Industrial Development Africa #IDDA3 programme of the United Nations.
Last week, the OECD launched the 2025 Development Assistance Committee (DAC) peer review of the European Union’s development cooperation. The review assesses the impact of “the Union’s evolving development paradigm”, and notably...
Mediterranean wetlands are a strategic asset for water security, climate adaptation and mitigation, and socio-economic stability across the region. In the 27 countries participating in the Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet...
Wetlands International Europe
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...
On 11 December 2025 from 08:30–11:00 CET, ECDPM, in partnership with MPI Europe and the Cities Alliance and funded by DG INTPA, will host an event on how rapid urbanisation, rising urban pressures, and unprecedented displacement...
ECDPM, MPI Europe and the Cities Alliance
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...
On 7 October 2025 from 8:30-11:00 CEST, ECDPM and Search for Common Ground are organising an in-person public event in ECDPM office in Brussels to discuss the role of conflict- and climate-sensitive infrastructure in the Global...
ECDPM
On 1 October 2025 from 09:00-17:30 CEST, ECDPM together with DG INTPA, DG TRADE and the Danish presidency of the European Council and in the framework of the TPSDE Facility, an advisory service of the European Commission, will...
DG INTPA, DG TRADE, Danish Presidency of the European Council