Europolis: The Global Europe Podcast by ECDPM

In the fourth episode of ECDPM’s podcast series ‘Minding the gap: conversations on gender’, Sara Gianesello talks to Houda Zekri, Moroccan gender expert, and Stephanie Willman Bordat, a founding partner at MRA - Mobilising for Rights Associates, based in Rabat. They delve into the Moroccan justice system to shed light on the challenges and obstacles that women face when seeking justice. Hosted on...

Almost two-thirds of African women are employed in agrifood systems as food producers, agro-dealers, processors, distributors and traders. They are also often responsible for sourcing and cooking food for their families. Yet, multiple sources of inequality constrain women’s participation, well-being and empowerment. How can we ensure women have more access to resources such as land or finance? Can...

Gender (in)equality is often treated as a women's and girls’ issue, but boys and men are also part of the equation. Power imbalances create patriarchal structures and both women and men uphold these structures (often involuntarily). What does it mean to engage boys and men in the fight for gender equality? Why is it difficult to get them to support gender equality? And why do we need to talk about...

In recent years, the field of international cooperation has seen the growing presence of a new professional figure: the gender expert. Gender experts support and advise policymakers and practitioners to make sure their work has a gender perspective and supports gender equality. But why is gender expertise important? Who gets to decide who these experts are? And can gender expertise stray away from...

In recent years, policymakers in Europe and Africa have been giving more attention to the climate crisis. However, dealing with the climate crisis is not an isolated action. Its impact on all aspects of human life means countries cannot take isolation action, having instead to prioritise coordination with other countries and regions. This 2-part podcast series zooms in on EU-Africa climate diploma...

ECDPM Talks on: COP27 | Episode 2 by European Centre for Development Policy Management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In recent years, policymakers in Europe and Africa have been giving more attention to the climate crisis. However, dealing with the climate crisis is not an isolated action. Its impact on all aspects of human life means countries cannot take isolation action, having instead to prioritise coordination with other countries and regions. This 2-part podcast series zooms in on EU-Africa climate diploma...

In this twitter space, we share some reflections on the EU-AU partnership. Almost one year has passed since the sixth EU-AU summit took place in Brussels – a year in which we witnessed multiple crises and geopolitical shifts. What has become of the commitments African and European leaders made at the summit? And how have last year’s geopolitics and crises impacted the relationship? We discuss this...

ECDPM Talks on COP27: Episode 5 by European Centre for Development Policy Management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ECDPM Talks on: COP27 Episode 4 by European Centre for Development Policy Management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast series, we’re zooming in on COP27. In this first episode, we want to give you a more panoramic view of COP27 and some of the political nuances involved in what is arguably the most visible global climate event of the year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 23 September 2022, ECDPM hosted a twitter space with Alexei Jones, Head of EU foreign and development policy at ECDPM, Katja Sergejeff, junior policy officer in the EU foreign and development policy and Inclusive governance & accountability teams and Vince Chadwick to take stock of Team Europe and its initiatives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the week preceding the highly anticipated and long-delayed EU-AU summit in Brussels, our Head of Outreach and Impact, Virginia Mucchi sat down with Philomena Apiko, who leads our work on AU-EU relations, to understand what the summit might mean for the partnership between the two continents. What are the main topics on the table? Where do Africa and Europe see eye to eye? And where can real pro...

Great Insights Interview with H.E. Dr. Abou Zeid | African Union Commission by European Centre for Development Policy Management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Great Insights Interview with Saliem Fakir | Africa Climate Foundation by European Centre for Development Policy Management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Great Insights Interview with Hans Bruyninckx | European Environment Agency by European Centre for Development Policy Management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast series, which features episodes in English and French, we want to explore the strategies that different countries are using to adapt to an increasingly volatile climate. In each episode – up until the run-up to the first-ever Climate Adaptation Summit in 2021 – one of our experts will talk to a guest about their projects and ideas to maximise the potential of climate adaptation. In...

In this podcast series, which features episodes in English and French, we want to explore the strategies that different countries are using to adapt to an increasingly volatile climate. In each episode – up until the run-up to the first-ever Climate Adaptation Summit in 2021 – one of our experts will talk to a guest about their projects and ideas to maximise the potential of climate adaptation. In...

In this podcast series, which features episodes in English and French, we want to explore the strategies that different countries are using to adapt to an increasingly volatile climate. In each episode – up until the run-up to the first-ever Climate Adaptation Summit in 2021 – one of our experts will talk to a guest about their projects and ideas to maximise the potential of climate adaptation. In...

Dans cette série de podcasts, qui présente des épisodes en anglais et en français, nous voulons en savoir plus sur les stratégies que les différents pays utilisent pour s’adapter au changement climatique. Dans chaque épisode – jusqu’au tout premier sommet sur l’adaptation au climat en 2021 – un de nos experts parlera avec un invité de ses projets et idées pour maximiser le potentiel de l’adaptatio...

In this podcast series, which features episodes in English and French, we want to explore the strategies that different countries are using to adapt to an increasingly volatile climate. In each episode – up until the run-up to the first-ever Climate Adaptation Summit in 2021 – one of our experts will talk to a guest about their projects and ideas to maximise the potential of climate adaptation. In...

Francesco Rampa, head of the Food Security programme at ECDPM, interviews Geoffrey Kirenga, CEO of the SAGCOT Centre in Tanzania. Together, they discuss public-private partnerships and their role for development in the margins of Grow Africa's investment forum that took place in early June 2015. The Regional Economic Communities and partnerships that work to increase private sector investment in a...

Businesses, including multinational enterprises, increasingly see the need to have a positive social and environmental impact. Usually this takes the form of what’s known as “Corporate Social Responsibility,” or CSR. But what are the costs that relate to demanding responsible behaviour?, we ask Bruce Byiers, Senior Policy Officer at the Economic Transformation and Trade programme at ECDPM. Despite...

Francesco Rampa, head of the Food Security programme at ECDPM, had the opportunity to speak with Nana Osei-Bonsu, CEO Private Enterprise Federation in Ghana, on the margins of the last day of the 11th CAADP Partnership Platform in Johannesburg (South Africa) on 25 - 26 March, 2015.Asked about the value of the 11th CAADP meeting, Osei-Bonsu admitted that he wanted "to see more, we have done a lot o...

Dr. Len Ishmael, Ambassador for the Eastern Caribbean States (ECS), spoke with ECDPM's Geert Laporte on the challenges and opportunities facing Small Island Developing States. The Eastern Caribbean States (ECS) Mission to the Kingdom of Belgium and the EU hosted a seminar 'Building on the Samoa Pathway', on 7 October 2014. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.