Europe’s role in the world: From development policy towards a policy for global sustainable development?
This research projects investigates the implications of the transformation of international cooperation for Europe. The European Union has a specific role, because it is a bilateral actor with global influence and at the same time a multilateral system for cooperation among the EU institutions and member states.
Project Lead:
Christine Hackenesch
Niels Keijzer
Project Team:
Julian Bergmann
Aline Burni
Benedikt Erforth
Ina Friesen
Svea Koch
Financing:
Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development
Time frame:
2015 - 2020
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completed
Project description
This research projects investigates the implications of the transformation of international cooperation for Europe. The European Union has a specific role, because it is a bilateral actor with global influence and at the same time a multilateral system for cooperation among the EU institutions and member states.
The following issues are examined in three working packages:
- The Future of the Cotonou Agreement: The Cotonou Agreement between the member states of the EU and those of the African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) Group will expire in 2020. The project supports the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in designing and facilitating a German position regarding the future of EU-ACP relations.
- Value-based cooperation: The EU is well equipped to promote democratic governance and human rights through external actions. However, the EU faces challenges in effectively implementing its instruments in cooperation with the target countries. The project seeks to explore (i) the implementation and reform of the EU’s instruments to promote of democratic governance in EU-ACP relations and (ii) the promotion of social and environmental standards in the EU’s development and trade policies.
- From development policy towards a policy for global sustainable development: The agreement on an Agenda 2030 for sustainable development requires a number of fundamental structural changes. The project analyses the implications and reform needs resulting for EU development policy and EU external action more broadly. In particular, the project analyses to what extent cooperation with middle-income countries has changed, or should change. In addition, the project analyses how and to what extent the EU supports sustainable development across different policy fields.
The project closely collaborates with the European Think Tank Group.
Publications
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Development cooperation in a multilevel and multistakeholder setting: from planning towards enabling coordinated action?
Lundsgaarde, Erik / Niels Keijzer (2018)
published on The European Journal of Development Research 03 April 2018, 1-17 -
United in diversity? Analysing behaviour expectations of the European Union as a non-state member of the OECD’s development assistance committee
Keijzer, Niels / Joren Verschaeve (2018)
published on Contemporary Politics 01 Feb 2018 -
Feigned ambition: analysing the emergence, evolution and performance of the ACP Group of States
Keijzer, Niels (2018)
in: Mark Langan / Sophia Price (eds.), Sustainable development in Africa-EU relations, London: Routldege, 78-95 -
Motives, roles, effectiveness, and the future of the EU as an international mediator
Niemann, Arne / Toni Haastrup / Julian Bergmann (2018)
in: International Negotiation 23 (2), 319-330 -
Same table, different menus? A comparison of UN and EU mediation practice in the Kosovo-Serbia conflict
Bergmann, Julian (2018)
in: International Negotiation 23 (2), 238-257 -
Introduction: The EU as international mediator: theoretical and empirical perspectives
Bergmann, Julian / Toni Haastrup / Arne Niemann / Richard Whitman (2018)
in: International Negotiation 23 (2), 157-176 -
Environmental change and translocal vulnerability in Senegal
Schöfberger, Irene (2018)
Geneva: International Organization for Migration (Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series 3 (4)) -
The proposed single instrument: can it be all things to all people?
Keijzer, Niels / Clare Castillejo / Mariella Di Ciommo (2018)
published on ettg.eu June 18,2018 -
Should the European neighbourhood instrument be included in the proposed ‘single instrument’?
Furness, Mark / Niels Keijzer (2018)
published on ettg.eu June 14, 2018 -
The next EU budget: the EU should show it means ‘business’ with its commitment to supporting democracy and human rights
Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer (2018)
published on ettg.eu May 9, 2018 -
Eight myths on the migration–development nexus that European and African policymakers need to reconsider
Schöfberger, Irene / Bernardo Venturi (2018)
published on European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) July 10,2018 -
Vom Krisenmanagement zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung: Die europäische Entwicklungspolitik im nächsten EU-Budget
Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch / Julian Bergmann (2018)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 6/2018 -
From damage control to sustainable development: European development policy under the next EU budget
Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch / Julian Bergmann (2018)
Briefing Paper 7/2018 -
EU budget reform: opportunities and challenges for global sustainable development
Hackenesch, Christine / Julian Bergmann / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2018)
Briefing Paper 4/2018 -
Die Reform des EU-Budgets: Chancen und Herausforderungen für globale nachhaltige Entwicklung
Hackenesch, Christine / Julian Bergmann / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2018)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 3/2018 -
When ‘unintended effects’ reveal hidden intentions: implications of ‘mutual benefit’ discourses for evaluating development cooperation
Keijzer, Niels / Erik Lundsgaarde (2017)
published on Evaluation and Program Planning 17 September 2017 -
Expectation management? Contrasting the EU’s 2030 Agenda discourse with its performance in evaluating policy coherence for development
Keijzer, Niels (2017)
in: European Foreign Affairs Review 22 (2), 177–195 -
Feigned ambition: analysing the emergence, evolution and performance of the ACP Group of States
Keijzer, Niels (2017)
published on Third World Thematics 03 Mar 2017 -
EU-Friedensmediation auf dem Prüfstand: zwischen hohem Anspruch und komplexer Wirklichkeit
Bergmann, Julian (2017)
in: Peripherie: Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur 37 (148), 412-434 -
Turning an idea into reality: creating the European Institute of Peace
Bergmann, Julian (2018)
in: Cooperation and Conflict 53 (3), 375-391 -
From neo-functional peace to a logic of spillover in EU external policy
Bergmann, Julian/ Arne Niemann (2017)
published on Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) (online first) -
Initiative zum Kapazitätsaufbau zur Förderung von Sicherheit und Entwicklung (CBSD): „Versicherheitlichung“ der EU-Entwicklungspolitik?
Bergmann, Julian (2017)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 19/2017 -
Capacity Building in Support of Security and Development (CBSD): securitising EU development policy?
Bergmann, Julian (2017)
Briefing Paper 24/2017 -
How Brexit hits EU External Action: the UK’s European legacy
Henökl, Thomas (2017)
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 16 March 2017) -
Trump, Brexit, populism – wither multilateralism and liberal world order?
Thomas Henökl (2017)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 19 January 2017) -
The European Union and policy coherence for development: reforms, results, resistance
Carbone, Maurizio / Niels Keijzer (2016)
in: The European Journal of Development Research 28 (1), 30-43 -
Open Data on a Closed Shop? Assessing the potential of transparency initiatives with a focus on efforts to strengthen capacity development support
Keijzer, Niels (2016)
in: Development Policy Review 34 (1), 83–100 -
African-European relations
Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer (2016)
in: Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2015 (12), 19-33 -
Exploring scenarios for the future of ACP-EU cooperation: an analytical tool for informed choices
Bossuyt, Jean / Niels Keijzer / Geert Laporte / Alfonso Medinilla / Marc De Tollenaere (2016)
(Advance unedited version) Maastricht: European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) -
Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals in Germany
Scholz, Imme / Niels Keijzer / Carmen Richerzhagen (2016)
Discussion Paper 13/2016 -
Sustaining the development effectiveness agenda: the global partnership for effective development cooperation
Keijzer, Niels / Erik Lundsgaarde (2016)
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS Policy Brief Juliy 2016) -
The future of the "European Consensus on Development"
Henökl, Thomas / Niels Keijzer (2016)
Briefing Paper 5/2016 -
Die Zukunft des "Europäischen Konsenses für Entwicklung"
Henökl, Thomas / Niels Keijzer (2016)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 3/2016 -
The future of ACP-EU relations: a political economy analysis
Bossuyt, Jean / Niels Keijzer / Alfonso Medinilla / Marc De Tollenaere (2016)
Maastricht: European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) -
Agenda for sustainable development: what are the EU’s ambitions?
Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer (2016)
published on Euractiv 7. Dez. 2016 -
Die EU-Migrationspolitik kann nicht nur aus „Fluchtursachenbekämpfung“ bestehen
Schraven, Benjamin / Niels Keijzer (2016)
Published on: International Development Blog, 13.12.2016 -
Development Effectiveness: restoring the sense of urgency
Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2016)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 28 November 2016) -
Revision of the EU consensus on development: towards a new consensus for fair and sustainable global common good policies
Henökl, Thomas / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch / Imme Scholz / Clara Brandi / Pieter Pauw (2016)
Contribution of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) to the EU public consultation on the “UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and revising the European Consensus on Development”, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) -
Now what? European foreign and development policy after Brexit
Hackenesch, Christine / Thomas Henökl / Niels Keijzer (2016)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne, 27 June 2016) -
Aid reporting: creative bookkeeping is not acceptable
Keijzer, Niels / Adam Moe Fejerskov (2016)
published on EurActiv.com 17. Feb 2016 -
Why slashing foreign aid in Europe to pay for refugees won't help solve the long-term crisis
Fejerskov, Adam Moe / Niels Keijzer (2016)
published on The World Post January 20, 2016 -
Comparing structure and organisation of development bureaucracies in Europe: a pilot study of European aid administrations
Henökl, Thomas (2016)
Discussion Paper 27/2016 -
Turmoil in the EU's Southern neighbourhood-complex nexuses, global strategy and limited capacities
Henökl, Thomas (2016)
Paper presented at CES Philadelphia, 14-17 May 2016 -
Conflict and continuity in EU diplomatic culture: evidence from the European external action service
Henökl, Thomas (2016)
Paper presented at CES Annual Conference, Philadelphia, 14-17 May 2016 -
Delegation and goal ambiguity in the EU foreign affairs administration
Henökl, Thomas (2016)
Paper presented at the SGEU-ECPR Annual conference in Trento, 16-18 Juni 2016 -
The EU and China in transnational policy: cooperation policies in Sri Lanka and Myanmar
Henökl, Thomas (2016)
Paper presented at SGEU-ECPR in Trento, 16-18 Juni 2016 -
Strategisches Handeln im translokalen Raum: eine Analyse translokaler Livelihood-Strategien in vier ländlichen Gemeinden des Senegal und an zwei europäischen Migrationszielen
Schöfberger, Irene (2016)
Freiburg i. Br.: Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Freiburg (Freiburger Geographische Hefte 78) -
Il biologico che salva l´Africa
Schöfberger, Irene (2016)
in: Terra Nuova 318/2018, 41-43 -
The Europeanisation of budget support: do government capacity and autonomy matter?
Koch, Svea / Nadia Molenaers (2016)
in: European Politics and Society 17 (1), 90-104 -
Towards a “Sustainable Development Union”: why the EU must do more to implement the 2030 Agenda
Hackenesch, Christine / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Svea Koch / Ingeborg Niestroy / Imme Scholz (2016)
Briefing Paper 6/2016 -
The European Union’s global strategy: putting sustainable development at the heart of EU external action
Gavas, Mikaela / Christine Hackenesch / Svea Koch / James Mackie / Simon Maxwell (2016)
European Think Tanks Group -
A seal of approval for German development cooperation? The OECD’s new peer review of Germany
Keijzer, Niels / Stephan Klingebiel (2015)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 4 November 2015) -
Aid reform: the OECD is saving face but losing legitimacy
Fejerskov, Adam Moe / Niels Keijzer (2015)
published on DIIS Impact March 2015 -
The universal post-2015 agenda: how fit for purpose is the ACP-EU partnership?
Bossuyt, Jean / Niels Keijzer (2015)
published on ECDPM Talking Points Blog 10.03.2015 -
Theory and practice? A comparative analysis of migration and development policies in eleven European countries and the European Commission
Keijzer, Niels / Julia Héraud / Malin Frankenhaeuser (2015)
in: International Migration DOI: 10.1111/imig.12191 -
Theories of European integration
Bergmann, Julian / Arne Niemann (2015)
in: Aasne Kalle Aarstad / Edith Jørgensen Drieskens / Erik Knud / Katie Laatikainen / Ben Tonra (eds.), The SAGE handbook of European foreign policy, London: SAGE, 166-182 -
Mediating international conflicts: the European Union as an effective peacemaker?
Bergmann, Julian / Arne Niemann (2015)
in: Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) 53 (5), 957-975 -
What place for Asia in the EU’s global strategy? And, which role for the EU in Asia? Any at all?
Henökl, Thomas (2015)
Written evidence, submitted to the UK Parliament, House of Lords, Sub-Committee on EU External Relations, October 2015 -
The EU and the Arab World: update and critical assessment
Henökl, Thomas / Anton Stemberger (2015)
Paper presented at the Conference "Security in the European Union and its Neighbourhood: Challenges and Policy Responses", Univ. of Dundee, Scotland, UK, 15-16 June 2015 -
Political accountability in the EU’s foreign and security policy: how, by whom and for what can the EU’s high representative on foreign affairs and the European External Action Service be held to account?
Henökl, Thomas / Anne-Elisabeth Stie (2015)
Paper presented for the Annual EUSA Conference, Boston, March, 4-7 2015 -
Multilateral regional government: comparing EU and China development policies in Asia
Henökl, Thomas / Michael Reiterer (2015)
Paper presented at the International Conference: EU and China: Reform and Governance, Brussels, 4-5 May 2015 -
Revisiting EU policies towards Latin America post-Lisbon: interests, strategies, visions
Henökl, Thomas (2015)
Draft paper submitted and accepted for the UACES Annual Conference, Bilbao (ES), September 2015 -
Awkward Partners in the North: Norway and the EU, neither in nor out
Gänzle, Stefan / Thomas Henökl (2015)
Paper submitted and accepted for the UACES Annual Conference, Bilbao (ES), September 2015 -
Transformation of the state: which lessons to learn from a common European external affairs administration?
Henökl, Thomas / Jarle Trondal (2015)
published on EUSA Review, 11/2015, Research note, EU Studies Association -
Unveiling the anatomy of autonomy: dissecting actor-level independence in the European External Action Service
Henökl, Thomas / Jarle Trondal (2015)
in: Journal of European Public Policy 22 (10), 1426-1447 -
How do EU foreign policy-makers decide: institutional orientations within the European External Action Service
Henökl, Thomas (2015)
in: West European Politics 38 (3), 679-708 -
Orchestrating multilateralism: cases of EU and East-Asian interregional engagement
Henökl, Thomas / Michael Reiterer (2015)
in: Regions and Cohesion, Special Issue 5(3), 83-108 -
"Towards a new partnership between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries after 2020"
Keijzer, Niels / Mark Furness / Christine Hackenesch / Svea Koch (2015)
Contribution of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) to the EU public consultation -
Herausfordernde Komplexität
Koch, Svea / Mark Furness (2015)
in: E+Z Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit 56 (3), 30-31 -
From poverty reduction to mutual interests? The debate on differentiation in EU development policy
Koch, Svea (2015)
in: Development Policy Review 33 (4), 479-502