The European Centre for Development Policy Management, more commonly known as ECDPM, is a think tank founded in 1986. It is headquartered in
Maastricht
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,
Netherlands
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and has a second office in Brussels, Belgium.
ECDPM researches Europe-Africa relations, aiming “to promote innovative forms of international cooperation involving European and African actors to address major global development challenges".
Aims and objectives
ECDPM's mission is to "make policies in Europe and Africa work for inclusive and sustainable development."
Thematic workstreams
ECDPM organises its work under 3 main thematic clusters and within each cluster, there are 10 workstreams:
Europe and Africa in the world
* EU foreign and development policy
* Migration and mobility
* Digital economy and governance
* AU-EU relations
Peaceful societies and accountable governance
* Peace, security and resilience
* Democratic governance and accountability
* Economic recovery and transformation
* Climate change and green transition
Sustainable African economies and climate action
* African economic integration
* Sustainable food systems
Funding
ECDPM receives strategic and financial support from the governments of several countries, notably the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Ireland, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Luxembourg. Other institutions and organisations also. provide ECDPM with funding on a project basis.
Partnerships
ECDPM collaborates with several think tanks, governments and other institutions to create webinar series, interviews series and papers and commentaries.
ECDPM is part of the ETTG (European Think Tank Group) network.
Other think tanks in this network are
ODI,
Elcano Royal Institute
The Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos''; RIE) is a think tank based in Madrid, Spain.
It was created on 26 November 2001 a ...
,
Istituto Affari Internazionali
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) is an Italian international relations think tank, and non-profit organisation founded in 1965 by Altiero Spinelli. It is ranked among the global top-20 think tanks in the "Foreign Policy and International ...
, the
German Development Institute
The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) is one of the leading think tanks for development policy worldwide.This has been attested in January 2013 by the ranking of the Global Go To Think Tanks Report (of the Think Tanks an ...
and IDDRI.
References
Sources
preval.orglencd.comwww.s2bnetwork.orgwww.fes.dewww.inwent.org
External links
ECDPM websiteCapacity.orgACP-EU trade websiteGREAT Insights– ECDPM's monthly magazine on economic development in Africa and the developing world. It gathers expert analysis and commentary from a number of perspectives.
Weekly Compass Update– is a weekly electronic newsletter which focuses on the EU and its relations with countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
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Organisations related to the European Union
Think tanks established in 1986
Think tanks based in the Netherlands
Organisations based in Limburg (Netherlands)
Maastricht