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TESTIMONY
Remarks to the European Parliament on EFSD/ EFSD+
September 24, 2025
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TESTIMONY
September 24, 2025
Mikaela Gavas, Co-Director of Development Cooperation in Europe and Senior Policy Fellow was invited to share her expertise with the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Committee on Development (DEVE) of the European Parliament on the European Fund for Sustainable Development, EFSD and EFSD+.
POLICY PAPER
April 29, 2025
With increasing pressure on European development budgets, optimizing the efficiency and impact of the European Union’s concessional finance is critical. This paper examines how the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) guarantee instrument can be strengthened to better support susta...
REPORT
January 21, 2025
Official development assistance (ODA) is at a crossroads, and reform is needed to balance the original mission of poverty reduction with the growing demands of global challenges such as climate change. While there is broad agreement on the need to clarify ODA’s purpose, modernise its governance fram...
REPORT
February 06, 2023
Lead poisoning may be among the most pressing public health challenges faced by low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and is certainly one of the least recognized and most neglected. Lead exposure is estimated by the Institute of Health and Metrics to be responsible for 900,000 deaths per year (mo...
