Europe

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has brought into sharp focus the relevance of peace and security in Europe too. akzente reports from the heart of the EU, from the individual European states, and on Europe’s partnerships with the wider world.

Porträt von Aya Chebbi, Jugendbotschafterin der Afrikanischen Union, mit einem strahlenden Lächeln, buntem Kopftuch, auffälligen roten Ohrringen und einer Halskette, sitzend im Grünen.

A new narrative

Aya Chebbi is the African Union’s first ever Special Envoy on Youth. A portrait.

Das Foto zeigt Jutta Urpilainen, die Europäische Kommissarin für internationale Partnerschaften, in einem Konferenzraum mit einem Mikrofon. Sie guckt fröhlich und trägt blonde Haare zum Zopf gebunden und ein Kleid mit auffälligem rot-schwarzen Muster. Der Raum im Hintergrund ist schlicht gehalten mit Holzpaneelen an der Wand.

Africa and Europe need each other

Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, wants to take relations with Africa to a new level.

Eine schwarze Frau mittleren Alters mit blauem Helm und neongelber Sicherheitsweste beugt sich über Solarpaneele auf einem Dach und inspiziert diese. Im Hintergrund sind unscharf weitere Dächer zu erkennen.

Equal partners

The EU wants to strengthen its relationship with Africa. The old concepts – donors and recipients, knowledge-bearers and learners – are a thing of the past. Today it is all about a joint vision and new roles.

Europe and Africa: the future of the partnership

One topic, two perspectives – in our new feature section, we ask experts to analyse a topic from their own personal perspective. To kick off, we are looking at the relationship between Africa and Europe.

Education at the core of EU-Africa Partnership

A guest column by Patrick Awuah, Founder and President of Ashesi University in Ghana

Aufnahme aus der Luft auf eine afrikanische Großstadt bei Sonnenuntergang, mit dichter Bebauung, Straßen, umgeben von üppigem Grün.

A renewed EU-Africa partnership fit to the global context

A guest column by Sandra Kramer, Director EU-AU relations, West and East Africa (DEVCO.D)

How our work is delivering results

akzente presents the results achieved through the multi-donor actions of the EU and the German Government in 2019.

Strong voices for Europe

The economy, security, health and development: we asked experts on Europe for their views on the key topics shaping Germany’s presidency of the EU Council.

Projects in brief

The European Union promotes development, peace and democracy around the world. GIZ is implementing a host of projects on its behalf all over the globe. Here is a selection.

‘We want as much electric mobility as possible’

Interview with Andriy Sadovyi, Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Lviv, about the opportunities and challenges of cities in the near future.

‘Mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic’

Economist Siegfried Leffler has been Director of the GIZ Representation in Brussels since 2016. He manages GIZ’s cooperation activities with the institutions of the EU, primarily with the European Commission.

The land of milk and honey

Economically, Georgia is aligning more closely with the European Union (EU). To ensure that small businesses can benefit too, beekeepers are taking steps to make their honey fit for the export trade.