International Events

Why Europe’s problems need global solutions and global problems need European action

The European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) report Our Collective Interest was launched at an event hosted and chaired by Baroness Kinnock in the House of Lords on 20 November 2014. A panel was invited to reflect on the international context…

Sustainable Energy for All: Milestone on a road to where?

Four months old, the International Year for Sustainable Energy for All seems well down the road to successfully ensuring energy poverty has higher priority in development policy and programming. TheEU Sustainable Energy for All Summit this week, brought together development ministers from the…

New event on 14 June: A private round-table on aid effectiveness

On 14 June, EDCSP will host a private round-table on aid effectiveness with panellists from the European Commission, the University of Gothenburg and ODI. This round-table will focus on a study for the EU by Arne Bigsten, Jean Philippe Platteau and Sven Tengstam, which quantifies…

EDCSP host private roundtable in Berlin on EU Financial Perspectives

ODI joined forces with DIE and ONE to host a private roundtable on ‘Rethinking the EU’s external action budget’ in Berlin on the 1st March. Participants included officials from the German Foreign Affairs, Development and Treasury ministries as well as representatives from the European Commission and…

Looking beyond 2013: are EU-Africa relations still fit for purpose?

Ahead of the 2014 Africa-EU Summit, and at a time of shifting and complex internal and external dynamics in Europe and Africa, the European Think-Tanks Group is holding a High-Level Conference, Looking beyond 2013: Are Africa-EU relations still fit for purpose? in Brussels on Monday,…