ODA numbers for 2025: a decrease of 23.1%, the largest single-year drop in history. Unsurprising perhaps, but still relevant. Can this cut lead to "a break from structural dependency and construct interest-driven partnerships that truly deliver mutual benefits"? @ecdpm.org @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
Amid these big #tariffs announcements and headlines on #trade corridors, it is easy to miss what is actually happening on the ground – as well as the realities of trading within Africa itself. Great commentary by @ecdpm.org Bruce Byiers.
🪄 bit.ly/3MFUjZn
The EU's collective ability to shoot itself in the foot is mind-boggling.
Let's see what the rest of the week brings... 🫣
I agree, so reinvigorating...
EU's “track-changes diplomacy”...
If AI saves a team 10h a week, what do [think tanks] do with that time? Do they chase more outputs? Or do they invest in storytelling [] and engagement – the things that deepen impact? Asks @designbysoapbox.bsky.social @johnschwartz.bsky.social. Up to us all to make sure it's the latter. @ecdpm.org
Writing for the algorithm? @cfieschi.bsky.social talking to @catherinedevries.bsky.social. Can something be 'shareable' without losing its complexity? What do you think @sbeverts.bsky.social @anthonyzach.be @garethbxl.bsky.social ?
At the #Dynamig conference in rainy and #EUCO locked Brussels.
‘Improving living conditions in countries of origin can be effective in reducing migration’s aspirations and migration pressures’.
One of the interesting findings that came from the analysis of #EUTF. Interesting policy implications
On AI and voice: "The danger is subtle but corrosive: a public sphere where “voice” is replaced by a smooth, compliant style that pleases editors or algorithms but strips away the very thing that makes writing worth reading". Totally agree.
@catherinedevries.bsky.social interviews @casmudde.bsky.social. Very interesting and insightful as usual.
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
Financial Times
US ambo on #DMA & #DSA: “..if the intent is to inflict economic pain on competitors outside of Europe to help European companies, that’s something that the United States would object to […] You can’t have legislation that punishes companies from . . . your ally.” US tariffs then? @financialtimes.com
Immensely sad. RIP Robert Redford. 😢
Indeed, another spectacle of internal divisions that we could have easily done without.
These Dutch guys deserve your support. They bring discarded fishing and flower bulb nets to Ukraine. To protect people and lives.
All volunteers doing the right things. But donations have dropped, so time we all step up.
Everytime you want to override fear with numbers you will fail - advice to politicians by Kata Tüttő - president of CoR at the opening of #europcom
A third of the @undp.org budget today comes for programmes countries themselves. UNDP Ahunna Eziakonwa on agency, multilateralism that goes beyond NY, Brussels and Geneva and not choosing sides.
At the European Parliament for the @ettg.bsky.social conference on the next steps for Eu development policy. @shirinwheeler.bsky.social moderating @billgates.bsky.social and International Partnerships commissioner Síkela.
Cuts and changing policy priorities obviously centre stage.
🙃 Sad that while outside #Italy they call it a crucial #referendum, the current government is pushing people not to bother voting to prevent reaching the 50% threshold. 🙃 #iovoto
@adamtooze.bsky.social loved your FT piece today. The sort of stop-and-think articles I am happy to start my day with. More EU cooperation of course, but how would you push current leaders to actually do it? #EUdefence
I am in!
✏️ Very good and useful read on how to shape a better research question. And, more generally, a place to help you write better. ✏️
Good resource for us @ecdpm.org
[Commentary] #GlobalEurope: The #AU-#EU partnership - Closer ties or common worries? By @virginiamucchi.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org
www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
Very glad that in a crowded policy space @euiss.bsky.social and @ecdpm.org joined forces to put the spotlight on EU-AU relations.
Partners in the storm we called it - attracting a room full of people and energy.
Doesn’t happen every day in Brussels. Read here what it all means:
After the meeting between European and African ministers we organised a debrief to hear how things went...Very well, they told us. But is it true? My write-up.
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As the next #EUAU ministerial approaches, we suggest different ways to move the relationship between the two continents forward.
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@eudiplomacy.bsky.social
📝 EU investment in the Lobito Corridor is sometimes seen as a ploy to disrupt Chinese infrastructure dominance in Africa, but the reality on the ground is more complicated, and EU investments unclear.
Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4lAPbT3
Our latest paper on the Lobito corridor...
Love "Democrats show a pulse" 😂
About time.