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Reports by Giulia Maci
The European Think Tanks Group brings together fi ve leading European think tanks working on inte... more The European Think Tanks Group brings together fi ve leading European think tanks working on international development and humanitarian issues www.ettg.eu • The approval of the SDGs was a success for EU diplomacy -but the EU is not taking them as seriously as it should; nor is the EU doing as well as it might think in delivering the SDGs for Europe -though a much better gap analysis is needed. • The EU should prepare an EU2030 strategy based on the 2030 Agenda and SDGs. As Europe thinks about the SDGs, it must strategise globally, and consider the spill-over effects of internal policy for third countries. • The next Multi-Annual Financial Framework should integrate the 2030 Agenda and SDGs in all budget headings. • The prize is a Europe -and a Europe in the world -which meets all three pillars of the SDGs: economic; social; and environmental.
The Youth Engaged Policy (YEP) project brought together 100 young people and policy practitioners... more The Youth Engaged Policy (YEP) project brought together 100 young people and policy practitioners (‘policy makers’) from across Australia to investigate: how ‘youth engagement’ is understood; barriers and enablers of engagement; and, to develop a framework to underpin cultures and practices of engagement in federal policy processes.
Papers by Giulia Maci
Sub-Saharan Africa will need to create 18 million jobs each year until 2035, to accommodate young... more Sub-Saharan Africa will need to create 18 million jobs each year until 2035, to accommodate young labour market entrants.1 Whilst population growth is expected to flatten or be negative in other regions, the African population is expected to increase substantially. In addition, many people are underemployed. The AU-EU Summit of November 2017 was right: this is a top priority, for Africa, and for development cooperation. GDP growth is often regarded as a key driver of employment growth. The good news is that GDP growth in sub-Saharan Africa has been fairly strong, at around 4.5% annually since 2000. In 2018, 6 out of the 10 fastest growing economies are likely to be in Africa.2 However, the poor have benefitted less from growth than in any other world region.3 In the past decade, job creation has lagged behind working-age population growth by a third. Lack of productive employment A rapier not a blunderbuss: Why the EU must do better in supporting African job creation
European Think Tank Group (ETTG) , 2018
Migration is a local reality. People may migrate voluntarily, but migration can also be an impera... more Migration is a local reality. People may migrate voluntarily, but migration can also be an imperative necessity. Approximately 30 million people are currently considered refugees or internally displaced people, two-thirds of whom live in urban areas. Forced migration and refugee inflows into cities are taking place within the broader context of global urbanisation. And large camps such as Zaatari in Jordan and Dadaab in Kenya are increasingly considered as cities in their own right. KEY MESSAGES 1. Temporary displacement should be thought of as long term 2. Most displaced people and refugees live in towns and cities – either because that is where they have moved, or because long-term camps become like towns. 3. Both humanitarian and development actors need to engage more forcefully with the urban aspects of displacement. 4. The private sector will be at the heart of a comprehensive response, and will need new norms, standards and regulation. 5. The EU has set a progressive policy framework and now needs to deliver.
Africa’s future is urban. Implications for EU development policy and cooperation, 2018
Urbanisation in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, is one of the defining tre... more Urbanisation in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, is one of the defining trends of the 21st century, and has profound economic, social and environmental effects. While these effects may be either positive or negative, depending on how urban services are managed, no country has ever experienced significant development progress without undergoing a major population shift towards cities.
Key messages
The fast urbanisation of Africa has profound economic, social and environmental implications for EU development policy.
Informality, urban-rural continuum, basic service delivery and urban governance are identified as four transversal priorities for sustainable development policies.
On paper EU modalities offer scope for engaging strategically with city authorities, yet these have not been fully exploited in practice.
Recommendations for EU development policy include strengthening support for increasing mandates and budgets for cities through EU Trust Funds.
Feeding Cities. Putting food on the urban planning agenda, 2019
Over the past decade, food security has emerged as a major challenge in cities and as a crucial i... more Over the past decade, food security has emerged as a major challenge in cities and as a crucial issue for urban planners. Despite being a relatively new aspect of urban planning, local food system management has a long and varied history.
Key messages
Urbanisation affects every aspect of food systems, from how food is produced to how it is processed, packaged, transported, marketed and consumed – and to how food waste is handled and recycled.
Feeding rapidly growing cities in a sustainable manner is one of the key challenges for the coming decades.
The main problems in this respect include long and distant supply chains, poor infrastructure, waste, the underuse of opportunities for local production and, of course, urban over-nutrition and under-nutrition.
Growing evidence is now available from cities around the world of what works in practice.
Relevant local stakeholders must be involved, in order to create bottom-up support from key population groups.
Integrating food with urban planning requires the use of open data and information and communication technology (ICT), planning methods that properly connect informal and formal food-related activities, and the definition of comprehensive food profiles for cities.
City networks and alliances offer lessons and enable best practices to be shared.
The European Think Tanks Group brings together fi ve leading European think tanks working on inte... more The European Think Tanks Group brings together fi ve leading European think tanks working on international development and humanitarian issues www.ettg.eu • The approval of the SDGs was a success for EU diplomacy -but the EU is not taking them as seriously as it should; nor is the EU doing as well as it might think in delivering the SDGs for Europe -though a much better gap analysis is needed. • The EU should prepare an EU2030 strategy based on the 2030 Agenda and SDGs. As Europe thinks about the SDGs, it must strategise globally, and consider the spill-over effects of internal policy for third countries. • The next Multi-Annual Financial Framework should integrate the 2030 Agenda and SDGs in all budget headings. • The prize is a Europe -and a Europe in the world -which meets all three pillars of the SDGs: economic; social; and environmental.
The Youth Engaged Policy (YEP) project brought together 100 young people and policy practitioners... more The Youth Engaged Policy (YEP) project brought together 100 young people and policy practitioners (‘policy makers’) from across Australia to investigate: how ‘youth engagement’ is understood; barriers and enablers of engagement; and, to develop a framework to underpin cultures and practices of engagement in federal policy processes.
Sub-Saharan Africa will need to create 18 million jobs each year until 2035, to accommodate young... more Sub-Saharan Africa will need to create 18 million jobs each year until 2035, to accommodate young labour market entrants.1 Whilst population growth is expected to flatten or be negative in other regions, the African population is expected to increase substantially. In addition, many people are underemployed. The AU-EU Summit of November 2017 was right: this is a top priority, for Africa, and for development cooperation. GDP growth is often regarded as a key driver of employment growth. The good news is that GDP growth in sub-Saharan Africa has been fairly strong, at around 4.5% annually since 2000. In 2018, 6 out of the 10 fastest growing economies are likely to be in Africa.2 However, the poor have benefitted less from growth than in any other world region.3 In the past decade, job creation has lagged behind working-age population growth by a third. Lack of productive employment A rapier not a blunderbuss: Why the EU must do better in supporting African job creation
European Think Tank Group (ETTG) , 2018
Migration is a local reality. People may migrate voluntarily, but migration can also be an impera... more Migration is a local reality. People may migrate voluntarily, but migration can also be an imperative necessity. Approximately 30 million people are currently considered refugees or internally displaced people, two-thirds of whom live in urban areas. Forced migration and refugee inflows into cities are taking place within the broader context of global urbanisation. And large camps such as Zaatari in Jordan and Dadaab in Kenya are increasingly considered as cities in their own right. KEY MESSAGES 1. Temporary displacement should be thought of as long term 2. Most displaced people and refugees live in towns and cities – either because that is where they have moved, or because long-term camps become like towns. 3. Both humanitarian and development actors need to engage more forcefully with the urban aspects of displacement. 4. The private sector will be at the heart of a comprehensive response, and will need new norms, standards and regulation. 5. The EU has set a progressive policy framework and now needs to deliver.
Africa’s future is urban. Implications for EU development policy and cooperation, 2018
Urbanisation in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, is one of the defining tre... more Urbanisation in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, is one of the defining trends of the 21st century, and has profound economic, social and environmental effects. While these effects may be either positive or negative, depending on how urban services are managed, no country has ever experienced significant development progress without undergoing a major population shift towards cities.
Key messages
The fast urbanisation of Africa has profound economic, social and environmental implications for EU development policy.
Informality, urban-rural continuum, basic service delivery and urban governance are identified as four transversal priorities for sustainable development policies.
On paper EU modalities offer scope for engaging strategically with city authorities, yet these have not been fully exploited in practice.
Recommendations for EU development policy include strengthening support for increasing mandates and budgets for cities through EU Trust Funds.
Feeding Cities. Putting food on the urban planning agenda, 2019
Over the past decade, food security has emerged as a major challenge in cities and as a crucial i... more Over the past decade, food security has emerged as a major challenge in cities and as a crucial issue for urban planners. Despite being a relatively new aspect of urban planning, local food system management has a long and varied history.
Key messages
Urbanisation affects every aspect of food systems, from how food is produced to how it is processed, packaged, transported, marketed and consumed – and to how food waste is handled and recycled.
Feeding rapidly growing cities in a sustainable manner is one of the key challenges for the coming decades.
The main problems in this respect include long and distant supply chains, poor infrastructure, waste, the underuse of opportunities for local production and, of course, urban over-nutrition and under-nutrition.
Growing evidence is now available from cities around the world of what works in practice.
Relevant local stakeholders must be involved, in order to create bottom-up support from key population groups.
Integrating food with urban planning requires the use of open data and information and communication technology (ICT), planning methods that properly connect informal and formal food-related activities, and the definition of comprehensive food profiles for cities.
City networks and alliances offer lessons and enable best practices to be shared.