This ECDPM Briefing Note written by EDCSP’s Mikaela Gavas and ECDPM researchers Jeske van Seters, Niels Keijzer, Ulrika Kilnes and Geert Laporte, provides insights into the context and key challenges for EU development cooperation under the Cypriot Presidency. The note, produced at the request of the Cyprus NGO Support Centre, provides a general overview of opportunities to engage on EU development cooperation in the context of the Cypriot Presidency.