We work with a wide range of policy actors, institutions and networks engaged in international cooperation. Geert Laporte, Head of Institutional Relations on ECDPMs Partnerships

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Institutional partners

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Institutional partners are governmental actors that play a major role in the work of ECDPM. Here, a distinction is made between European institutional partners, which support the Centre’s mandate, strategy and programmes through multi-annual institutional and programme agreements and funding, and ACP/Southern institutional partners as key (inter)governmental organisations with which the Centre seeks to build long-term relationships in specific areas of EU-ACP/AU interactions. Our institutional partners

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Networking & Cooperation

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To increase impact, ECDPM favours networking types of partnerships or individual institutes with a regional focus and outreach. This includes non-state actors and local government. Priority is also given to partnerships with a great potential for mutual learning. Although rigidity should be avoided, a certain balance is aimed for among the various ACP (sub)regions, language groups and types of partners.

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Partnership Strategy

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In line with the recommendations of the external evaluation of ECDPM in 2006 and the 3rd capacity strategy of ECDPM’s institutional strategy for 2007–11, the Centre has committed itself to further develop and refine its Partnership Strategy with a particular focus on ACP/Southern partners. To that end, our Partnership Strategy document sketches five dimensions of Centre partnership: (1) objectives, (2) guiding principles, (3) criteria for partnership development, (4) the partnering process and roles of ECDPM and (5) management of partnership by ECDPM. Read our Partnership Strategy 2008