African youth call for inclusive democracies
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...
Conference “Civil Society Driving Change” via livestream on 16 October
The conference "Civil Society Driving Change: Towards a New Quality of the Africa-Europe Partnership" takes place in Berlin and online on 16 October from 10:00am to 6:00pm. The livestream signal starts at 09:55am and runs the whole day. Check out the conference...
Civil society driving change: Towards a new quality of the Africa-Europe partnership
In an opinion piece ahead of the Africa-Europe Civil Society Conference on 16 October, the VENRO Chairman Bernd Bornhorst explains why it is high time to involve African and European civil society in an inclusive and open political process between the two continents....
Take our demands seriously, proclaims African-European Youth Exchange
In recent years, politically involved young people have become more visible in public debates. But they often feel that "grown-ups" still do not pay much attention to what they have to say. The almost 30 participants of the African-Europe Youth Exchange took a...
EU Presidency Project launches civil society survey on the African-European relations
The four partners of the EU Presidency Project (CONCORD, Plataforma Portuguesa das ONGD, SLOGA, and VENRO) have launched the African-European Civil Society Survey. The online survey runs until 5 October 2020 and is meant to better understand the perspectives of...
African-European youth: Together for climate justice
As part of the EU Presidency Project, VENRO supports the environmental organisation German Young Naturefriends to conduct an African-European cooperation project on climate justice. A group of 35 young nature lovers from Benin, Senegal and Germany jointly discussed...
Recovery in Europe not without the Global South: Urgent need for EU budget improvements
End of July, the five-day special meeting of the European Council concluded with an agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) of the European Union (EU) and the Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery instrument. From a development policy perspective, the...
Special EU Council: Provide financial instruments that promote development and solidarity
Today the Heads of State and Government of the EU Member States start to negotiate the budget of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 and the "Next Generation EU" plan at their special European Council meeting. On this occasion, VENRO calls for the...
From Africa to Europe: side by side in the fight for climate justice
Today's communication channels offer the chance to participate in the lives of people in other parts of the world. Leonie Bremer, press spokeswoman of Fridays for Future Germany, shares her impressions on the reality of life in Uganda and the joint digital fight...
The African diaspora – an untapped resource of development policy
Over the past decade, the relationship between Africa and Europe has changed significantly. The African diaspora in Europe is playing an increasingly important role. How can Africans in Europe help shape a new chapter in African-European relations? The African...