Chloe Teevan and Gautam Kamath interview Kai Zenner, Head of Office for MEP Axel Voss (European People's Party) and Senior Fellow at the Technical University of Munich. Kai was instrumental in the finalization of the AI Act and is a well-known commentator on European tech policy. A paradigm shift in transatlantic relations is forcing Europe to realize that it's "now or never" for significant changes in digital policy. Concerns about potential foreign control over critical data are pushing EU pol...
Jul 09, 2025•31 min•Ep. 2
Chloe Teevan and Gautam Kamath interview Robin Berjon , French-Australian technologist, Deputy Director of the IPFS Foundation, and a major thinker on technology sovereignty and the tech stack. Robin Berjon explains that power in technology stems from operating infrastructures and that the current governance model for these infrastructural systems is largely autocratic, controlled by monopolies or duopolies. This autocratic power, which sets rules for users, can seep into society, potentially ma...
Jul 09, 2025•44 min•Ep. 1
Although young people are already the driving force behind Africa’s economic transformations, they find themselves locked out from decision-making. In this podcast, Sara Gianesello speaks to Francesca Midzi from the EU delegation in Zimbabwe about the first-ever Youth Sounding Board, which gives young people the opportunity to shape EU action in their country, and lessons learned for promoting youth engagement elsewhere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 27, 2024•14 min
Switching from an off-budget EDF to a unique EU instrument (NDICI-Global Europe) has some technical implications for the EU and for partner countries, which in turn may bring some political consequences to the relationships between them. The NDICI-Global Europe brings in simplicity, flexibility, agility, and reactivity - all crucial to making the EU a more geopolitical player. To understand how the changes land in reality, ex-EU ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, Philippe van Damme, describ...
Jul 08, 2024•27 min
The definition of mutual interests is a good occasion to ask how development objectives are integrated in the Global gateway strategy and the NDICI-Global Europe. Moreover, the programming phase of the NDICI-Global Europe allowed the EU not only to define its cooperation activities, but primarily to set its interests and priorities for each partner country, and then seek where and how these could match with the partner country’s priorities. As Botswana’s ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and ...
Jul 08, 2024•20 min
Broadening the partnerships has been one of the significant shifts of the EU development cooperation’s recent evolution. On paper, the EU aims at engaging in a more meaningful manner with civil society, and at supporting them in a more effective way. But in reality, how has the relationship between the EU and civil society in partner countries changed with the EU’s new approach to development? Moses Isooba is the executive director of the Uganda National NGO Platform (UNNGOP), an organisation un...
Jul 08, 2024•30 min
In this podcast series, Amandine Sabourin interviews key partners in EU development policy to understand how the EU’s increasingly transactional approach is experienced by partner countries. From EU ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon Philippe van Damme to ambassador Masire-Mwamba of Botswana to the Kingdom of Belgium and Uganda civil society leader Moses Isooba, the series explores how rulings designed in Brussels are actually playing out on the ground, their effect on the EU’s relationship ...
Jul 08, 2024•4 min
Critical raw materials are vital for the EU's green transition and offer African countries a path to green industrialisation. Both however face policy dilemmas: Africa must efficiently use resources within, and share them between, countries, while the EU seeks to derisk from China and maintain industrial leadership. In this podcast, Poorva and Géraud discuss how these different moving parts fit together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 24, 2024•39 min
In Tanzania, gender equality remain a policy priority, but progress is slow. Enter the award-winning Her Initiative , a game-changer that is helping to close the gender gap. This initiative promotes financial resilience and digital inclusion for girls and young women, empowering them to escape poverty and seize more opportunities . Without such innovative efforts, achieving full gender parity could take decades. In this episode of Minding the gap: Conversations on gender, we listen to real-life ...
Jun 24, 2024•26 min•Season 2Ep. 5
The circular economy movement aims to create a restorative and sustainable economic system, but can it promote social justice as well? Women play pivotal roles in the transition to a circular economy, engaging in a variety of activities that drive sustainable practices and resource efficiency. However, significant challenges remain in ensuring that this transition is just and inclusive from a gender perspective. Despite the potential for a circular economy to provide equitable opportunities, cur...
Jun 17, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Women and girls play crucial roles in the prevention and countering of violent extremism. While these distinct roles are increasingly recognized, considerable gaps remain between the enthusiastic commitments set out to empower women and girls, and the inadequate support provided for women, women leaders and women’s groups in this fight. The difficulty of mainstreaming gender for the security community is not shared by many violent extremist groups themselves, who have used gendered strategies to...
Jun 10, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Migration is one of the key political issues in Europe today, but little attention is given to the impact that gender has on migration patterns. New research is revealing that gender has an influence on an individual’s decision to move, the way they choose to do it and how their movement is perceived by the old and new communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 03, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 2
2024 is a key year of elections. From June 6, around 400 million people will be eligible to choose new representatives in the European Parliament. But with polls predicting gains by right-wing parliamentary groups and with a global backsliding on gender equality, how can the vote of women impact the results of the European elections? What impact can we expect from a more right-leaning European Parliament and European Commission leadership on women’s rights and gender equality? What are some of t...
May 23, 2024•24 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In the fifth episode of ECDPM’s podcast series 'Minding the gap: conversations on gender', Hanne Knaepen talks to Giulia Maci, gender specialist and manager of the Euro-Mediterrean region at Cities Alliance (UNOPS). They talk about gender-sensitive climate action in cities and learn how women empowerment, climate action, and urban development are interlinked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 18, 2023•27 min
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 Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 10, 2023•52 min
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 food security goals and gender equality be achieved simultaneously? And what steps are already bein...
Dec 03, 2023•21 min
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 masculinities in the plural? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 26, 2023•35 min
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 feminism or become exclusionary when it doesn’t recognise multiple forms of oppression? Hosted on A...
Nov 19, 2023•27 min
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 diplomacy and how the EU and Africa can overcome diplomatic tensions in the realm of climate and energy. Ho...
Oct 20, 2023•28 min
ECDPM Talks on: COP27 | Episode 2 by European Centre for Development Policy Management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 04, 2023•28 min
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 diplomacy and how the EU and Africa can overcome diplomatic tensions in the realm of climate and energy. Ho...
Sep 29, 2023•40 min
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 with:Lidet Tadesse, associate director of ECDPM's peaceful societies and accountable governance clus...
Feb 20, 2023•42 min
ECDPM Talks on COP27: Episode 5 by European Centre for Development Policy Management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 28, 2022•32 min
ECDPM Talks on: COP27 Episode 4 by European Centre for Development Policy Management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 21, 2022•19 min
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.
Oct 28, 2022•17 min
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.
Sep 26, 2022•49 min
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 progress be made?Philomena shares her viewsMusic credit:Music by Joystock - https://www.joystock.org Ho...
Feb 14, 2022•17 min
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.
Sep 27, 2021•17 min
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.
Sep 27, 2021•15 min
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.
Sep 20, 2021•18 min
