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
In the next days the Heads of State and Government of the EU Member States will discuss the budget of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 and the "Next Generation EU" plan. VENRO calls on state leaders to structure the EU's financial instruments for...
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...
Africa and Europe: A Kenyan civil society perspective on our relations and expectations
VENRO’s Digital Africa Forum 2020 mobilised African and European civil society to deliberate and develop practical recommendations to the German EU Presidency. Representing African participants during the kick-off workshop, Helen Owino reflects upon the potentials of...
For a fair partnership between Africa and Europe – German EU Presidency must bring neighbours closer together
At the start of the German EU Council Presidency, VENRO calls for more open and inclusive political debates and decision-making for a fair partnership between Africa and Europe. The socio-ecological transformation of our societies can only succeed if as many people as...
An overview of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU from the perspective of civil society
Forum 2020*, an informal platform of more than 30 civil society organizations gathered for the occasion of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, coordinated by CROSOL – Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity within the project...
Challenges to local democracy in the Western Balkans – opinion of the Committee of the Regions
Author: Senada Šelo Šabić, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Development and International Relations, Zagreb The European Committee of the Regions will discuss and likely adopt an opinion entitled Challenges to Local Democracy in the Western Balkans at its...
Election of members of the European Economic and Social Committee in Croatia: CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES WITHOUT VOICES FROM CIVIL SOCIETY
In Croatia, members of the Economic and Social Committee representing civil society are elected by members of the Council for Civil Society Development, which is an advisory body to the Government of the Republic of Croatia, whose task is to develop and strengthen...