The objective of the updated EU Aid For Trade (AfT) strategy of 2017 is to better align EU Aid For Trade interventions with actual market-driven opportunities and constraints, to ensure a better quantitative focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and to increase the contribution of Aid For Trade to sustainable development goals while supporting a […]
European Commission: EU Aid for Trade – Progress Report 2018 Read More »
The aid transparency movement began in earnest a decade ago when major international donors committed to improve the effectiveness of their aid, in part by making it transparent. The objective was to support informed decision-making, as well as improve development outcomes and accountability to citizens everywhere. Since then, the international transparency agenda has picked up
New framework of ACP-EU relations after the expiry of the COTONOU partnership agreement in 2020
The establishment of the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development was mandated by United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012, in its outcome document “The Future We Want”. The HLPF’s annual sessions, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), last eight days, including a three-day ministerial segment.
Τhe Νew Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI)
Τhe Νew Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) Read More »
Multilateral and bilateral development agencies are increasingly turning to blended finance as a means of mobilising private resources to address investment needs in connection with the Sustainable Development Goals. There is an urgent need for a better understanding of the potential role of blended finance in achieving the SDGs. Blended finance comprises various instruments and
This paper (2018 edition) suggests a framework that governments and stakeholders can use in their countries to take action to leave no one behind in a way that enables and accelerates national progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). People get left behind when they lack the choices and opportunities to participate in and
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): What does it Μean to Leave no one Behind? Read More »
Joint report by the Regional Office for Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Hunger in Africa continues to rise after many years of decline, threatening the continent’s hunger eradication efforts to meet the Malabo Goals 2025 and the 2030 Agenda
UN Report: Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2018 Read More »
The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts periodic reviews of the individual development co-operation efforts of DAC members. The policies and programmes of each DAC member are critically examined approximately once every five years. The objectives of DAC peer reviews are to improve the quality and effectiveness of development co-operation policies and systems, and to
OECD Development Co-operation Peer Review: Greece 2019 Read More »
The sustainability agenda is a positive agenda, it is about making people’s lives better. Europe has all that it takes to tackle the greatest of challenges. What we need is everyone’s engagement and the political will to follow through. While others are retreating, Europe must now move forward, improve its competitiveness, invest in sustainable growth
European Commission, Reflection Paper: Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030 Read More »
