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Enabel @enabel.be · 12/06/2026

🏆 Proud moment for Enabel! Our CEO, @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social, received 2nd prize in the “Possibility Manager” category at the Federal Innovation Award by #NIDOLab, recognising leaders who turn ideas into impact through innovation, collaboration and action. 👏 🔗 More info: t.ly/5wo9M

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Enabel @enabel.be · 10/03/2026

🎤 Africa & Europe are stronger together. In a recent #ParliamentMagazine interview, @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social explains why - tackling green transition, food security & peace. Enabel is proud to help turn shared ambitions into real impact. 📰 Read the full interview 👇

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Enabel @enabel.be · 24/11/2025

Ter gelegenheid van de 7e AU-EU topoverleg pleiten @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social en 20 andere prominenten in @standaard.be & #MO magazine voor een verdieping van het Afrikaans-Europese partnerschap. 🌍 Van de Middellandse Zee tot groene energie, welvaart en stabiliteit! 🔗 Meer info: t.ly/xNrRH

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Enabel @enabel.be · 20/11/2025

📢 We're proud to launch "Equity in Action", our new gender equality & inclusion strategy! Tackling barriers, empowering women & fostering inclusive leadership for fairer, resilient societies. Check it out👉 t.ly/OOiFX 📅 Launch event: 17 Dec, Brussels. @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social

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Enabel @enabel.be · 15/10/2025

⚡Et si le pétrole devenait un levier de la transition énergétique africaine ? 🗣️ @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social : «Ne plus opposer fossile & renouvelable, mais bâtir un modèle fondé sur la finance climatique & des partenariats d’égal à égal.» 👉 À lire sur @forbes.com Afrique: t.ly/ujhTy

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Enabel @enabel.be · 08/10/2025

🌍 How can Europe scale up impactful investments in Africa’s green energy transition? Today, Enabel & Sida joined forces to discuss solutions with 100+ key actors from @ec.europa.eu institutions, Member States & the private sector. 👉 More info: t.ly/YD_7a @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social

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Enabel organises high-level event on energy investments in Africa - Enabel - Belgian Agency for Development Cooperation

Enabel and Swedish agency Sida organise a high-level event on the means to enable impactful investments in Africa's green energy transition.

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Enabel @enabel.be · 04/09/2025

🌍Climate change has no borders. At Africa Climate Summit in Addis Abeba, Enabel will: ⚡Support Africa’s energy transition 🌱Work with partners to unlock financing & innovation for climate-resilient economies 🔗 Read more in the interview with @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social : t.ly/DSsDO

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Enabel @enabel.be · 29/09/2025

🌍 Last week, at the #RotaryFusionSummit in Brussels, @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social shared Enabel’s vision for rethinking international cooperation - placing civil society and people-to-people partnerships at the heart of global change. 🤝 #EnablingChange

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Enabel @enabel.be · 14/07/2025

🇮🇹 At the end of last week’s visit to Rome for #URC2025, @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social met representatives of Rome -based UN agencies - FAO, IFAD & WFP - to boost partnerships on: 🌱Food systems 💡Climate resilience 📦Value chains 🤝Private sector Exciting times ahead for impactful collaboration!

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Enabel @enabel.be · 01/07/2025

🚀 At #FfD4 in Sevilla, the #PractitionersNetwork launches a joint statement for impactful & innovative international cooperation. Enabel, as co-chair of the network and @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social calls for stronger bridges between policy, practice & finance. Read the full statement 👉 t.ly/5TFPZ

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Enabel @enabel.be · 11/07/2025

🌍 The #FFD4 Conference in #Seville has recently ended. 💰 Did it bring real change for intl. cooperation? @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social calls for moving beyond “donor-beneficiary” logic towards collective investments in shared challenges. 🤝 👉 Read his insights: t.ly/1WJiK

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FFD4 Sevilla: Enabel advocates renewed architecture for international cooperation - Enabel - Belgian Development Agency |

FFD4 Sevilla: Enabel advocates renewed architecture for international cooperation

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Enabel @enabel.be · 11/07/2025

📚 At #URC2025 in Rome, @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social nvanwetter spoke on the #Education Panel, sharing how Enabel is supporting Ukraine rebuild its future: restoring schools, ensuring safe shelters and delivering 300+ generators to keep classes running during power shortages, so learning never stops.⚡

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Enabel @enabel.be · 27/05/2025

Gaza lies in ruins: schools, hospitals, basic services are destroyed. Enabel is reactivating its presence to support urgent needs: care, education, debris removal & jobs - alongside local and international partners. 🔗More in our Activity Report 👉 t.ly/kiqmC @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social

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Supporting Gaza’s Future: Reconstruction and Resilience - Enabel - Belgian Development Agency |

Enabel supports Gaza’s reconstruction with local partners, focusing on education, health, debris management, and economic relief.

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Enabel @enabel.be · 24/04/2025

🌍 At the Annual General Assembly in Vienna, Belgium & Sweden, through Enabel and Sida launched their 2025–2026 Co-Presidency of the Practitioners Network. 🇧🇪🤝🇸🇪 Together, we’ll strengthen European cooperation for global impact. #TeamEurope

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Enabel @enabel.be · 13/05/2025

📢 Our 2024-2025 report - Shaping tomorrow, today - is out! 🌍 Rebuilding Ukraine & Gaza, fighting desertification, boosting climate science, sustainable mobility & entrepreneurship - see how Enabel acts for change. 👉 All this and much more: t.ly/tT3Vt

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Enabel @enabel.be · 02/05/2025

✈️ Boarding now for Lake Tanganyika! Since May 1, a documentary on this Central African jewel is screened on #BrusselsAirlines flights for a year. With EU support, it spotlights Enabel’s LATAWAMA project. 🌍 🎬 Watch it onboard - or right here: bit.ly/3UHisAm

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Enabel @enabel.be · 28/04/2025

🎙️ L’Europe et l’Afrique ont besoin l’une de l’autre. À l’heure où les équilibres mondiaux évoluent, leur partenariat doit évoluer : plus équilibré, plus fort. @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social en parle sans détour avec le Madiba Club de la Solvay School. 🎥 À voir ici 👉 t.ly/WqbcT

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Enabel @enabel.be · 23/04/2025

Alongside Belgian Ambassador Caroline Vermeulen, @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social, met with: 🔹 Fatou Haidara (UNIDO) — incl. a new skills & jobs partnership: 🔗 t.ly/fWFPL 🔹 Najat Mokhtar (IAEA) 🔹 Bob Van den Berghe & @Bo Mathiasen (UNODC) 🔹 Michael Spindelegger (ICMPD)

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

L'Europe a besoin de l'Afrique et l'Afrique a besoin de l'Europe. Alors que les cartes géopolitiques mondiales se redessinent, je suis concaincu qu'il faut encore davantage renforcer notre partenariat #enablingchange youtu.be/D70vttBofUs?...

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[EXCLUSIF] Jean Van Wetter révèle les non-dits de la coopération entre l’Europe et l’Afrique| ENABEL

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Embassy of Belgium in Uganda @belgiuminuganda.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

We were pleased to visit @enabel.be's Innovation Hub last week, as 23 of these projects gathered in Kampala for an Innovation Bootcamp. The Hub is @enabel.be's key open innovation mechanism to scout and support scalable social innovations. More: www.enabel.be/what-we-do/o...

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Enabel @enabel.be · 11/04/2025

🛫 Boarding now for impactful change! Enabel & @brusselsairlines.bsky.social join forces to bring economic & international cooperation closer. Together we’ll connect people, cultures & economies — boosting skills, jobs & trade. More info 👉 t.ly/yWitK

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Enabel and Brussels Airlines conclude partnership agreement - Enabel - Belgian Development Agency |

The aim of the agreement is to develop partnership opportunities in transport, tourism and trade by exchanging knowledge and know-how

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Enabel @enabel.be · 10/04/2025

🤝 Stronger together, from Warsaw to the world! This week, @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social joined the EU Directors General for International Cooperation under the Polish EU Presidency - representing #PractitionersNetwork and voicing how we can build stronger, smarter international partnership.

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Nidolab @nidolab.be · 10/04/2025

🔄 From solo innovator to an organisation-wide innovation strategy 💡 in Dutch: www.nidolab.be/nl/artikels/... in French: www.nidolab.be/fr/articles/... @enabel.be @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social

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Enabel @enabel.be · 04/04/2025

Missed our last newsletter ? t.ly/Azt9r 💜 Rights, equality, empowerment: International Women's Day 2025 🌱 Cultivating resilience in Mauritania 📫 Not signed up to our newsletter yet? We got you covered: bit.ly/3dSeAnk

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Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp @itmantwerp.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

💪🌍 Strengthening partnerships is essential for tackling global health challenges. We met with @enabel.be to discuss how our collaboration can continue to thrive. It was a pleasure to exchange insights with @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social & Evelien Masschelein 🤝 @otuncalp.bsky.social & Wouter Boesman.

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Enabel @enabel.be · 31/03/2025

🎙️ De Deloitte au Cambodge, en passant par la Chine et la Tanzanie… @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social retrace un parcours guidé par la liberté, l’audace et l’engagement. Un échange authentique à découvrir en intégralité dans le podcast #SousLeTipi. 🎧 A écouter sans modération: t.ly/ouqG1

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

In the critical moments we are experiencing, we must take responsibility and act. I will be happy to participate to the #GlobalCitizenNOW summit next month to take action to revive a new ambitious global cooperation agenda. Get involved: lnkd.in/e4X9BHea #enablingchange

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

In today's polarized world, there is a strong mutual interest for #China and #Europe to reinforce their partnership for international cooperation. I was pleased in this context to deliver a speech at the launch of the EU- China research program on international development #enablingchange

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Strength in numbers! I was delighted to present the challenges of international cooperation to the ambassadors of Belgium's five neighboring countries in Brussels yesterday. In these difficult times, Europe must unite and work together on its international partnership policy! #enablingchange

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Enabel @enabel.be · 18/03/2025

📢 La coopération internationale est à un tournant : entre résistance et réinvention. Face à la baisse des budgets et aux remises en question, elle doit se transformer. 💬 @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social partage avec #CIOMag, la vision d'Enabel pour y faire face 👉 t.ly/GQ20B

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L’évolution de la coopération internationale : un moment charnière - CIOMAG

Jean Van Wetter, directeur général d’Enabel, dessine les contours d’une coopération plus agile et plus inclusive

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Face à la crise sans précédent que traverse la coopération internationale, j’appelle à « résister et se réinventer ». Voir plus dans mon entretien cette semaine avec CIO mag cio-mag.com/levolution-d...

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L’évolution de la coopération internationale : un moment charnière - CIOMAG

Jean Van Wetter, directeur général d’Enabel, dessine les contours d’une coopération plus agile et plus inclusive

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Enabel @enabel.be · 13/03/2025

🚀Last week, Enabel was in Côte d’Ivoire to strengthen partnerships for sustainable impact. Great discussions between @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social & Marie-Laure Ndongo of @afdbgroup.bsky.social on enhancing synergies between development agencies & multilateral development banks. #EnablingChange

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The world is complex and solving our common challenges require dialogue, empathy and understanding of issues from different points of view. In this context, I was pleased to meet yesterday at our office in Brussels the Ambassador of #Egypt to Belgium, HE Ahmed Abu Zeid #enablingchange

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Goed artikel in het magazine van Voka-Vlaams netwerk van ondernemingen over onze partnerships met de privésector en hoe we waarde creëren voor zowel onze partnerlanden, als de bedrijven waarmee we samenwerken. Nogmaals bedankt Alessandra Magnus mag voor een heel mooi artikel! #enablingchange

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Banking on success! Great exchanges with the Senior Vice President of the African Development Bank and her team to look for synergies between our two organizations. At a time international cooperation is challenged as never before, working together is the best response! #enablingchange

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Enabel @enabel.be · 08/03/2025

💜 Gender equality can't wait. On this #InternationalWomensDay, Enabel reaffirms its commitment to a world where every woman and girl has equal rights and opportunities. Together, let’s build a fairer future. 🌍💪 #IWD2025

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

2 years ago we opened our program in #IvoryCoast in start-up mode. Very proud to be back to see the progress made and inaugurate our new office. Good discussions too with our partners and the private sector which plays a key role in our program #enablingchange

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Impressed by the dignity and bravery of President Zelensky at The White House despite the agressivity and cowardy of his interlocutors. I am more than ever committed to support #Ukraine and I am proud of our programme there. I am also determined to stand firm with our values.

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Enabel @enabel.be · 25/02/2025

🎉 Celebrating 18 years of impactful collaboration! Enabel is proud to be part of the Practitioners' Network, working together to drive innovation, strengthen partnerships & tackle global challenges. Here’s to more impact ahead! 🚀 #EnablingChange #WorkingBetterTogether @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

We are living in a paradoxical moment where the need for cooperation to ensure global #health is only increasing, and at the same time a drastic reduction in the resources allocated to it. happy to discuss this with the @who.int regional director for Europe Hans Kluge this week at our office.

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Un bon système d'état civil est la base du développement d'un pays, et la Belgique est reconnue mondialement pour la qualité de son système. C'était un honneur de recevoir cette semaine une délégation de directrices et directeurs de l'état civil de plusieurs de nos pays partenaires #peertopeer

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Petit moment de calme et de partage dans une actualité mondiale compliquée. Très heureux d'être dans la magnifique ville de #Tunis pour y rencontrer nos équipes et partenaires, ensemble avec notre ambassadeur François Dumont et notre représentante Claire Schamps #enablingchange

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Beter debat dan willekeurige beslissingen. Bedankt @detijd.bsky.social voor dit artikel in de krant van dit weekend, dat de verdienste heeft de juiste vragen te stellen over internationale samenwerking, vooral na de stopzetting van USAID programma's. Ik deel graag mijn ideeën erover.

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Faut-il supprimer la coopération au développement? Merci L'Echo pour cet excellent article de fond dans le journal de ce weekend auquel j'etais heureux de contribuer et qui apporte de nombreux arguments et des exemples de resultats concrets de nos actions #enablingchange lnkd.in/evPwSZuh

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

In today's world, trade and development policies need to work alongside. In this context, it was a great honor to be invited by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland yesterday to share my vision on this and deliver an introductory remark at their #DevelopmentPolicyDays in Helsinki.

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

How can we collectively react to the current context regarding the international cooperation agenda? We were more than 1,000 colleagues, online and physically in Brussels, to to brainstorm. I am proud of how we anticipated the storm and redesigned our strategy 5 years ago. We were prepared!

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Jean Van Wetter @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I decided to enter resistance mode! Watch this video and you will understand what is now at stake in the US. The richest man in the world dismantling an agency that is aimed to support the poorest, right in front of us. The tone, the lightness, the cynism! edition.cnn.com/2025/02/11/p...

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Elon Musk conceded that “some of the things that I say will be incorrect” when he was asked about claims made on X and by the White House about condoms being sent to Gaza.

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