External Policies

Development Cooperation

 

Literature

Ojo Oloruntoba, S., Changwe Nshimbi, C., & Mwamba Tshimpaka, L. (Eds.). Africa-EU Relations and the African Continental Free Trade Area. Routledge, 2024.

Louwerse, L. The EU’s Conceptualisation of the Rule of Law in its External Relations. Brill Nijhoff, 2023.

Meissner, K. & Portela, C. Special Issue: Beyond Foreign Policy? EU Sanctions at the Intersection of Development, Trade, and CFSP. Politics and Governance 10(1), 2022.

Szent-Iványi, B. European Civil Society and International Development Aid. Organisational Incentives and NGO Advocacy. Routledge, 2022.

Saltnes, J.D. The European Union and Global Development. A Rights-based Development Policy?. Routledge, 2022.

Van den Sanden, T. (Ed.) EU Development Cooperation Policy: Between Constitutional Strictures and Policy Objectives. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.

Steingas, S., Carbone, M. & Winand, P. (Eds.). Special issue: Development and International Partnerships in the EU’s External Relations, Global Affairs, 7(4), 2021.

Beringer, S., Meier, S. & Thiel, M. (eds). EU Development Policies: Between Norms and Geopolitics. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.

Furness, M., Ghica, L.A., Lightfoot, S. & Szent-Iványi, B. (Eds.) Special Issue: 'EU International Development Cooperation post-2020', Journal of Contemporary European Research, 16(2), 2020.

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EU Links

Samoa Agreement

Overarching framework for EU relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, signed in 2023 by the EU and its members states and OACPS members in Samoa.

EEAS - International Cooperation & Partnership

EEAS website providing basic information on key EU international cooperation instruments.

DG INTPA -Directorate-General for International Partnership

Homepage of the DG for International Partnerships providing information on policy areas, countries and regions, programming process, and funding opportunities and instruments.

European Parliament - Committee on Development (DEVE)

Homepage of the European Parliament's Committee dealing with Development issues, providing reports, press releases and agendas.

Capacity4dev

Knowledge sharing platform created by the European Commission's Directorate General for International Partnerships (INTPA).

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Other Links

CONCORD

The European confederation of relief and development NGOs. CONCORD aims to promote coherent and sustainable European policies towards the developing world.

EADI Research

Research resources on development issues by the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes.

European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

The ECDPM conducts research on political, economic and developmental relations between African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and Europe. It's goal is to broker effective development partnerships between the EU and the Global South, particularly Africa.

The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)

Homepage of the OACPS, a regional organisation comprised of 79 member states from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific aiming to achieve the sustainable development of its member states.