Background
The Partner Network Meeting is designed to enhance networking among K4T key partners, facilitating the identification of synergies and opportunities for collaboration. At the same time, it offers a platform for engagement with German and European actors from the fields of policymaking, civil society, and international cooperation, with the objective of initiating sustainable partnerships.
Key objectives of the week
- Identify and leverage synergies between K4T partners by creating a space for strategic exchange, joint reflection, and the development of coordinated approaches.
- Initiate and deepen connections between African research institutions and German as well as European stakeholders
- Help shape the further direction of the K4T project based on identified opportunities.
Event goals
- Actionable Insights on the EU interface - politics, dynamics, opportunities: Leverage the insider knowledge of the speakers to provide K4T partners with practical strategies for navigating the complex EU policy space and understanding AU-EU and wider African European relations.
- Share Collaboration Experiences: present and explore successful cooperation experiences (like the APRI-EPC partnerships/collaborations), offer learnings for K4T partners to develop coordinated approaches for future evidence-based policymaking between Africa and Europe.
- Shape the Way Forward: Use the plenary reflections to deepen insights into opportunities for K4T members to engage at the EU level
The Speakers
Dr. Olumide Abimbola
Speaker
Executive Director, APRI
Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw
Speaker
Freelance Consultant, Senior Peace and Security Analyst and Advisor
Dr. Amandine Gnanguênon
Speaker
Senior Fellow and Head of the Geopolitics and Geoeconomics Programme, APRI
Almut Möller
Speaker
Director for European and Global Affairs / Head of the Europe in the World programme, European Policy Centre (EPC)
Johannes Greubel
Speaker
Head of the Transnationalisation Programme and Project Leader of Connecting Europe at the European Policy Centre
Moderation
Joshua Kwesi Aikins
Moderator
Senior Fellow and Head of the Decolonising Development project at APRI.
