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ECDPM is a leading think tank working on international cooperation and sustainable development, particularly Europe-Africa relations

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European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) @ettg.bsky.social · 9h
ETTGers gathered in Maastricht for our 3rd Annual Retreat, hosted by @ecdpm.org Sessions delved into: - Navigating multilateral trade reform and EU economic security - Maximising policy impact and adapting research to AI tools Read more: bit.ly/4ju3sSP
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 11h
🌍 The Abidjan–Lagos Corridor will link the economic capitals of five countries with a 1,000 km, six-lane highway, through a region that accounts for about 75% of West Africa's trade. Its biggest obstacles are policy ones. Read the brief 👉 ecdpm.org/work/how-abi...
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PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @pubaffairsbruxelles.eu · 13h
#EUPolitics: Addressing the #EU Global Gateway's dual objectives and inevitable trade-offs, by @sanbilal.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
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Addressing the EU Global Gateway's dual objectives and inevitable trade-offs - PubAffairs Bruxelles
The EU’s Global Gateway strategy rests on the premise that development cooperation and the EU’s own geostrategic interests can be mutually reinforcing. Genuine synergies do exist: a renewable energy p...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 29/09/2026
🇪🇺 Estonia's X-Road, Italy's PagoPA and Denmark's MitID are digital public infrastructure, but not funded as such. These systems stay national, leaving the shared layers above them to non-European providers. 👉 ecdpm.org/work/digital...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 29/09/2026
📸 A great discussion yesterday for the first event in our new Brussels office, as we launched Afrobarometer's flagship report, built from over 50,000 interviews with African citizens. Read the report 👉 www.afrobarometer.org/feature/afri... Watch the recording 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGtA...
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PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @pubaffairsbruxelles.eu · 25/09/2026
[Report] #Tech: Digital public infrastructure in Europe: How the EU can build the capability to deliver on its digital sovereignty agenda, by Nicholas Gates, Chloe Teevan, Emrys Schoemaker, Krisstina Rao & Federico Plantera | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
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Digital public infrastructure in Europe: How the EU can build the capability to deliver on its digital sovereignty agenda - PubAffairs Bruxelles
Europe’s push for digital sovereignty faces a fundamental challenge: building the capacity to deliver the infrastructure it wants to control. Nicholas Gates, Chloe Teevan, Emrys Schoemaker, Krisstina ...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 23/09/2026
🇪🇺 With EU development funding hanging in the balance, it was fantastic to see such interest for our event with @oxfameu.bsky.social, as we brought together EU institutions, civil society, member states, partner countries and researchers to discuss the future of EU development cooperation.
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 23/09/2026
🔴 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟵𝗮𝗺 | We are hosting a a high-level discussion on the future direction of EU development cooperation with Oxfam as an Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026. Livestream 👉 youtube.com/live/Zxc6arJ... @oxfameu.bsky.social
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 21/09/2026
🇪🇺 In two weeks, EU development ministers meet to discuss the future of development cooperation. In the lead up, ECDPM and @oxfameu.bsky.social contribute with an Irish Presidency associated event on September 23. Livestream 👉 www.youtube.com/live/Zxc6arJ...
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PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @pubaffairsbruxelles.eu · 18/09/2026
[Brief] #Trade: Operationalising the #EU-#India partnership, by Gautam Kamath, @chloeteevan.bsky.social & @amedinil.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
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Operationalising the EU-India partnership - PubAffairs Bruxelles
The upcoming EU-India free trade agreement offers a transformative opportunity to build resilience in the face of US and Chinese tech dominance. Gautam Kamath, Chloe Teevan and Alfonso Medinilla argue...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 18/09/2026
📅 Join us on September 28 in Brussels for the launch of Afrobarometer's flagship report Beyond borders: Citizen perspectives on a shifting global order. Registration and information 👉 ecdpm.org/events/launc...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 17/09/2026
🇪🇺 Whether European development cooperation should stay separate from geopolitical self-interest, or be completely swallowed by it, is a false choice. Read the discussion paper 👉 ecdpm.org/work/develop...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 15/09/2026
🔔 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 for our high-level discussion on the future of EU development cooperation, co-hosted by Oxfam EU office as an Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026 associated event, on September 23. Livestream 👉 www.youtube.com/live/Zxc6arJ...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 14/09/2026
🇪🇺 European companies are losing out on strategic infrastructure projects in emerging markets because many national export credit agencies face strict capital and lending limits - an issue not faced by its strongest competitors. Read the study 👉 ecdpm.org/work/capacit...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 11/09/2026
🪫 If CBAM was supposed to stop European companies offshoring carbon emissions, the reality is a vast bureaucratic burden for suppliers in developing countries. Read the chapter [pdf] 👉 www.sustainablesupplychains.org/wp-content/u...
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Karsten Weitzenegger @deveval.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#FF International #Cooperation & #Development Starter Pack by @ecdpm.org bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Virginia Mucchi @virginiamucchi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
China talks development and does geopolitics. Europe does development and talks geopolitics. A new season of #Intercomms on the Chinese external narratives and why the EU borrowing the same words does not have the same impact. @ecdpm.org intercomms.substack.com/p/the-tale-o...
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The tale of the fellow struggler
China sells geopolitics as development. Europe tries to sell development as geopolitics.
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 10/09/2026
🇪🇺 The EU wants to be a decisive geopolitical actor, but its diplomatic arm remains trapped. Reforming the European External Action Service requires fixing its institutional roll rather than shifting personnel between Brussels bureaucracies. Read the commentary 👉 ecdpm.org/work/eeass-d...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 09/09/2026
📆 The first panel of our anniversary event moves from knowledge to strategy: assessing Dutch and EU engagement with the Global South, and which resources and instruments can back their global ambitions. Register 👉 ecdpm.org/events/knowl...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 08/09/2026
🎉 ECDPM has moved to a new Brussels office! It's bigger, brighter, and allows us to host larger, higher-impact events. On September 28, where we welcome Afrobarometer to discuss the latest statistics on African attitudes to new global developments. Register here 👉 ecdpm.org/events/launc...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 07/09/2026
🗺️ Following the UN General Assembly endorsement of maps that show Africa’s true size, ECDPM is adopting the Equal Earth projection across all our publications and visual graphics.
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 03/09/2026
🌍 More than an infrastructure strategy, the Global Gateway is the EU's primary tool to combine global development aims with its own geopolitical interests and economic security. What is at stake is nothing less than Europe’s credibility as a trusted global partner. 👉 ecdpm.org/work/global-...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 02/09/2026
📆 Join us on September 30 for our anniversary event at Maastricht University, uniting a key coalition of European knowledge institutions for a high-level discussion on the next steps for European global engagement 👉 ecdpm.org/events/knowl...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 01/09/2026
🔔 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 for our high-level discussion on the future of EU development cooperation, co-hosted Oxfam as an Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026 associated event. Join us on September 23 in Brussels 👉 ecdpm.org/events/futur...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 31/08/2026
🇪🇺 Official development assistance serves the EU's geopolitical influence best when it remains genuinely developmental. If the EU wants Global Europe to project real international power, it must recognize development impact is the basis for soft power. Read the brief 👉 ecdpm.org/work/global-...
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PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @pubaffairsbruxelles.eu · 28/08/2026
Analysis] #EUBudget: Inside the #EU’s long-term budget: The multiannual financial framework explained, by Alexei Jones, @marielladc.bsky.social , @andrewsherriff.bsky.social & @amandinesabourin.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
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Inside the EU’s long-term budget: The multiannual financial framework explained - PubAffairs Bruxelles
The multiannual financial framework (MFF) is the EU’s long-term budget, shaping its priorities at home and its influence abroad over a seven-year period. While the current €1.2 trillion framework runs...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 27/08/2026
📆 Join us on Sep 23 for a high-level discussion on the future of EU development cooperation, co-hosted with Oxfam as an Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026 associated event. Registration link and information 👉 ecdpm.org/events/futur...
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PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @pubaffairsbruxelles.eu · 25/08/2026
#Agriculture & #Trade: Bridging the gap between #Geneva and #Rome for inclusive agricultural trade, by Mateo Martínez Zubillaga | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
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Bridging the gap between Geneva and Rome for inclusive agricultural trade - PubAffairs Bruxelles
Mateo Martínez Zubillaga argues that making agricultural trade more inclusive and sustainable requires closer cooperation between FAO and WTO. He explores how stronger policy coordination and practica...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 25/08/2026
🇪🇺 More than an internal budget, the MFF determines how much the EU invests in development, humanitarian aid, enlargement and partnerships with countries in Africa and beyond. But the connection between the EU's internal debates and its partnerships is often lost 👉 ecdpm.org/work/inside-...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 24/08/2026
🇨🇳 European economic security policy cannot succeed if it treats African green transitions as a proxy war for China-Europe rivalry. Attempting to counter Chinese influence by restricting external funding conditions alienates the very partners Brussels needs. 👉 tessforum.org/latest/europ...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 20/08/2026
🌍 Nearshoring strategies promise rapid industrial growth to connector economies like Morocco, but expose them to US-China tariff crossfire and EU export controls. Our research with @iisd.org 👉 www.iisd.org/system/files... [pdf] @poorvak.bsky.social
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 18/08/2026
🌍 The AfCFTA Investment Protocol promises a unified continental market, but administrative friction keeps the continent reliant on external imports. Our research with ODI Global charts the friction across key African economies. 👉 ecdpm.org/work/impleme...
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Devex @devex.com · 10/08/2026
Will funding targets return to the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)? To navigate an unpredictable geopolitical landscape, Alexei Jones of @ecdpm.org highlights that the European Commission is proposing radical changes to the MFF, stripping out targets in favor of maximum flexibility.
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 13/07/2026
🌍 African regional integration is one of the most discussed topics in trade and development policy - and one of the hardest to follow in practice. The AfRI Practice Hub brings it together in one place - analysis, practical resources and an interactive map. 👉 afripracticehub.org
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 13/07/2026
📝 The proposed Global Europe instrument would give the EU more flexibility to respond to crises and geopolitical pressure. But folding in development and aid also raises serious questions about safeguards, accountability and political control. Read the policy brief 👉 ecdpm.org/work/global-...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 10/07/2026
🎙️ The Lobito Corridor is sold as the flagship of Western efforts to compete with China in Africa, but the reality is smaller, stranger and far more revealing. Watch 👉 youtu.be/rDuAV_VD0pM Listen 👉 pod.link/728393144
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 09/07/2026
📸 This week, Alexei Jones and Andrew Sherriff were invited to the European Council to present ECDPM's reflections on the future of development cooperation.
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 08/07/2026
🔔 We're launching the AfRI Practice Hub, a new resource for African regional integration. At its centre is an interactive map that combines corridor data, organisational membership and mineral value chains in one place for the first time. Explore 👉 afripracticehub.org
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 07/07/2026
📝 Cold storage is being rolled out along East Africa’s Northern Corridor, but many of these investments risk becoming expensive, underused assets. Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4y1N1ls
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 07/07/2026
📣 EU and NATO engagement in the Indo-Pacific is more fragmented than strategic. Both are moving in parallel, often towards partnerships with the same regional actors, without a clear division of labour. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4wrO0dn
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 06/07/2026
📝 As Global Gateway puts more emphasis on geostrategic investment, member states are under pressure to better coordinate their own actors. Our new paper looks at how “Team National” mechanisms are being set up in practice, and what early experience tells us about what works. Read 👉 bit.ly/4fdWpeq
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PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @pubaffairsbruxelles.eu · 03/07/2026
[Brief] #NATO & #EUDefence: At the #Ankara summit: Can #NATO and the #EU finally coordinate on the Indo-Pacific? By Sara Gianesello & Giacomo Arosio | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
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At the Ankara summit: Can NATO and the EU finally coordinate on the Indo-Pacific? - PubAffairs Bruxelles
Sara Gianesello and Giacomo Arosio argue that EU-NATO engagement in the Indo-Pacific is fragmented rather than strategic, with both institutions moving in parallel with the same partners. The upcoming...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 03/07/2026
🎬 'It is existential, including for our own interests, to continue investing and engaging with partners on a long term basis, and not just seek immediate geopolitical or economic gains.' Our MFF dossier 👉 bit.ly/4eR2nRa Full panel 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2NF... @dochasnetwork.bsky.social
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 02/07/2026
🎙️ The steel sector accounts for 7% of global emissions, and India's steel sector is both particularly polluting and expanding fast - making its decarbonisation essential for global climate goals. How can the EU go beyond CBAM to partner with India on clean steel? Watch or listen 👉 bit.ly/4xKHRdJ
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 01/07/2026
📣 Over 620 million young Africans are expected to enter the labour force by 2050. Supporting young businesses will therefore be central to job creation, economic transformation and more sustainable growth across the continent. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4eI9efC
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PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @pubaffairsbruxelles.eu · 25/06/2026
[Podcast] #Climate & #EUIndustry - Beyond CBAM: How #Europe and India can clean up steel, by @poorvak.bsky.social & @jonathan-hunter.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/podcast/beyo...
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Beyond CBAM: How Europe and India can clean up steel - PubAffairs Bruxelles
The steel sector alone accounts for roughly 7% of global carbon dioxide emissions. If the world is serious about hitting climate targets, emissions from this heavy industry must fall by at least 50% b...
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 24/06/2026
🔵 If the rules-based order is openly crumbling, what actually comes next and who gets to shape it? The first panel of our anniversary event explored options for the EU, middle powers and partners in the Global South. Watch the recording 👉 youtube.com/live/h2F5Y0q...
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Virginia Mucchi @virginiamucchi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Say it like you mean it. Looking back at @ecdpm.org 40th anniversary conference, I went hunting for new vocabulary in international cooperation. What I found is that something has changed, but it isn't the words. New piece on InterComms. 👉 intercomms.substack.com/p/when-words...
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When words catch up with reality
Notes from our 40th anniversary celebrations.
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 24/06/2026
📣 Who will control the digital infrastructure driving global climate action - democratic governments or a handful of tech monopolies? Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/44g1w7D
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ECDPM 🌍 @ecdpm.org · 23/06/2026
📣 The international consensus is that private capital must finance Ukraine’s reconstruction. But analysis reveals public finance has substituted for private capital rather than crowding it in. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4ab3CJA
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