by ianmengel | Dec 8, 2020 | Germany, News, Portugal, Slovenia
– UPDATED VERSION (09 December 2020) – Update: “The surprising – and very last-minute – postponement of the AU-EU informal meeting is a worrying signal. The global challenges we are facing today require our concerted efforts and strengthened...
by ianmengel | Dec 8, 2020 | Germany, News
Ahead of the meeting between the leaders of the African Union and European Union on 9 December 2020, the Joint Africa-Europe Strategy (JAES) European Civil Society Group addressed a letter to the Permanent Representatives of EU member states to the European Union. The...
by ianmengel | Dec 1, 2020 | Germany, News
On 1 December, VENRO and various partners hosted the online conference “Smart but fair: How digitalisation works for everyone” to discuss opportunities and risks of digitalisation for social inclusion, political participation and sustainable development....
by ianmengel | Oct 20, 2020 | Germany, News
More than 360 representatives from African and European civil society organisations took part in the “Africa-Europe Civil Society Survey” at the beginning of October. The importance of African-European relations was rated as high, but its quality was...
by ianmengel | Oct 20, 2020 | Germany, News
In their guest commentary Zigwai Tagwai from Nigeria (left) and Merryl Omondi from Kenya (right) explain why young people in Africa are frustrated by their exclusion from and exploitation in political processes. They call on society and particularly on decision-makers...
by ianmengel | Oct 16, 2020 | Germany, News
With more than 500 participants from 24 African and 13 European countries, the VENRO conference “Civil Society Driving Change: Towards a New Quality of the Africa-Europe Partnership” on 16 October 2020 attracted an exceptionally high level of interest....
