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🇺🇦 Ukraine is the only EU candidate run on three tracks at once: the €50bn Ukraine Facility, accession talks, and security and defence. The Commission's 'Preparing for a wider Union' package only partly addresses what that means for Ukraine's accession.

⚡ Commission guidance restricts EU funds for energy projects that use inverters from high-risk suppliers like China. But a rushed shift towards mandatory European content could be counterproductive.

📆 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 | Join us on 27 October for a dialogue on green industrialisation in Morocco, Egypt and Türkiye, and what it means for EU–Mediterranean cooperation on renewable energy, green industry and clean tech. Register 👉 ecdpm.org/events/pathw...

📸 International public finance for Ukraine's reconstruction is at $200bn and rising, and is shaping who will own its productive assets. Yesterday we hosted a closed-door roundtable on mobilising private capital and what it means for EU accession.

[Commentary] #EUBudget & #EUPolitics: Who will stand up for Global #Europe? By Alexei Jones, @andrewsherriff.bsky.social & Philippe Van Damme | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...

🤝 The AU Assembly has instructed the AfCFTA Council of Ministers to negotiate an industrial policy protocol. A new AfRI Practice Hub brief argues its success will depend less on the ambition of the text than on the preparatory work before drafting.

🚨WEBINAR: Setting the scene for a Mediterranean Climate Agenda for COP31 As #COP31 convenes in Antalya, can Mediterranean countries come to the table with a shared agenda? Join us to discuss cooperation, climate finance & development policy on the road to Antalya. 🔗Register: tinyurl.com/43wdybvb

🌿 An analysis of 320 adaptation investments in 12 countries found every $1 invested could generate more than $10 in benefits over ten years. Hanne Knaepen's brief argues adaptation should be treated as a core part of European preparedness.

📅 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 on 27 October, 14:00–15:30 CET, for a dialogue on green industrialisation in Morocco, Egypt and Türkiye, and what it means for EU–Mediterranean cooperation on renewable energy, green industry and clean tech. Registration and information 👉 ecdpm.org/events/pathw...

🎥 'We have a vital interest to promote autonomy. Not our own autonomy only, but autonomy elsewhere… If we are all autonomous, then we can work together. If we are all subject to a superpower voice, then we cannot.' Watch the recording 👉 youtube.com/live/ljeg-pG...

#Energy - Financing the Mediterranean energy transition: Four priorities for #Europe, by Karim Karaki & @amedinil.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...

📸 We brought together over 40 officials from EU member states’ ministries of finance and foreign affairs for an informal closed-door roundtable on how the Global Europe Instrument might support an effective external investment strategy under the next MFF. Read the companion brief 👉 lnkd.in/e3Jx-74S

🇪🇺 The MFF negotiating box would cut Global Europe by around 17%, while agriculture and cohesion lose 3%. At the 13 October General Affairs Council, few member states spoke up for it. Alexei Jones, Andrew Sherriff and Philippe Van Damme ask who will.

[Policy Paper] #Trade: #EU–Mediterranean green industrialisation: Connecting finance, trade and industrial policy, by @amedinil.bsky.social, Mohammed El Maziani Haddouchi & @hannelknaepen.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...

🏭 CBAM review co-legislators advise extending the controversial trade mechanism to 457 products with high steel or aluminium content Marika Moreschi and Alfonso Medinilla on what that means for developing countries, for whom support remains "an afterthought".

📅 27 October, Brussels: we co-organise the public launch of UNICRI's report 'Crime-proofing the future: Safeguarding sustainability transitions', on the openings for criminal exploitation that fast, large-scale sustainability transitions create.

🌿 In 2021, the EU Adaptation Strategy emphasised support to vulnerable countries. The proposed MFF puts more weight on competitiveness. What does that shift mean for Europe’s support to adaptation in partner countries?

🤱 Tanzania cut maternal mortality from 556 to 104 deaths per 100,000 live births between 2016 and 2022. Philomena Apiko on how the EU can back the AU's own maternal, newborn and child health roadmap: primary health care, digital health and African-led accountability.

#CBAM - #CBAM turns inward: What developing countries need to look out for, by Marika Moreschi & @amedinil.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...

🏥 European development finance institutions are "well placed to mobilise additional capital for health", yet their portfolio allocations to health remain relatively modest.

🤝 'Why would partner countries choose Europe?' EU development ministers meet in Dublin tomorrow, with the next EU budget and its Global Europe instrument still under negotiation. We argue the answer must go beyond funding. Read the note wit @oxfameu.bsky.social

🧵 The AfCFTA targets 80% of the clothing, footwear and leather goods bought in Africa to be made there within two decades. Agisanang Magooa and Mohammed El Maziani Haddouchi on what is holding that back, and how the approach could work for other sectors.

🇪🇺 The EU's new €710m aid package puts €380m into migrant return and reintegration in Sub-Saharan Africa, only €97m into humanitarian response. Philippe Van Damme's brief on the Global Europe instrument argues that drift trades long-term credibility for short-term control.

🤝 'Mutually beneficial partnerships' is now central to EU aid talk. What does it means in practice? In vaccine manufacturing, African countries set the ambition and European support followed. In Somalia, a sharp cut in support could undo years of gains. 👉 ecdpm.org/work/putting...

📸 We were honoured to celebrate 40 years of ECDPM in our birthplace, Maastricht, with such fantastic partners and speakers for two panels on reinventing European partnerships. Watch the recording 👉 youtube.com/live/ljeg-pG...

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

🌍 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...

#EUPolitics: Addressing the #EU Global Gateway's dual objectives and inevitable trade-offs, by @sanbilal.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...

🇪🇺 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...

📸 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...

[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...

🇪🇺 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.

🔴 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

🇪🇺 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...

[Brief] #Trade: Operationalising the #EU-#India partnership, by Gautam Kamath, @chloeteevan.bsky.social & @amedinil.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...

📅 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...

🇪🇺 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...

🔔 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...

🇪🇺 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...

🪫 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...

#FF International #Cooperation & #Development Starter Pack by @ecdpm.org bsky.app/starter-pack...

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...

🇪🇺 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...

📆 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...

🎉 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...

🗺️ 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.

🌍 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-...

📆 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...

🔔 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...

🇪🇺 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-...