Future of ACP-EU post 2020: Koos Richelle, Former Director General DG DEVCO
Channel: ECDPM
Date: 09/10/2015

ECDPM has initiated an independent political economy analysis (PEA) of the ACP-EU partnership and on 30th September 2015 ECDPM, in partnership with the Luxembourg Presidency of the European Union, organised a high-level seminar on the future of EU-ACP partnership. More details here: http://ecdpm.org/events/international-cooperation-2015-2020-acp-eu/ 

We interviewed former Director General of DEVCO Koos Richelle. He welcomed the report and its political economy approach, which helps you identify the success and failure in a neutral, fact-based way. 

The world has changed enormously he warned, so we should not immediately extrapolate old forms of international cooperation for future challenges. With the UN global goals in mind we should design institutions that can meet our objectives for 2030, with universality in mind. 

Find out more about 'Rethinking the ACP-EU partnership' here: http://ecdpm.org/dossiers/political-economy-analysis-pea-future-acp-eu-relations/