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    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:23:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>From human development to human capital development? Critical reflections on the EU education and skills policies in Africa with a focus on the Global Gateway</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/337480</link>
      <description>Title: From human development to human capital development? Critical reflections on the EU education and skills policies in Africa with a focus on the Global Gateway
Authors: Langthaler, Margarita; Tiefengraber, Esther
Abstract: The Global Gateway is considered a key instrument of EU development cooperation. Introduced in 2021, it was announced as a 'win-win' strategy for both, the EU's competitiveness agenda and developing countries' strive for sustainable development. The Global Gateway epitomises the current shifts in EU development policy from a focus on poverty reduction to infrastructure investments to boost economic development. These shifts have also affected the EU's education sector support strategies introducing a focus on employability and aiming at an enabling role of education for economic investments. This Policy Note critically discusses some of these trends at the sub-levels of basic, vocational and higher education, as well as the potential risks attached to them, particularly in Africa.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>EU strategic raw material partnerships: Challenges and future directions</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/330672</link>
      <description>Title: EU strategic raw material partnerships: Challenges and future directions
Authors: Küblböck, Karin; Papatheophilou, Simela; Tröster, Bernhard
Abstract: In response to growing critical raw material demand and increasing instability in global supply chains, the European Union has established Strategic Partnerships with resource-rich third countries. These partnerships aim connect raw material projects in third countries with European industries, while promoting 'mutual benefits' and more sustainable raw material supply chains. Yet their effectiveness is limited by restricted policy space resulting from EU Free Trade and Investment Agreements, insufficient funding mechanisms, and weak consultation with affected communities, carrying the risk of legitimizing extractive projects rather than delivering genuine mutual benefits. This policy note assesses the potential and limits of Strategic Partnerships, highlighting the need for policy alignment to protect partner countries' policy space, support local value addition, provide dedicated financing, and promote demand reduction to ensure resilient and sustainable CRM supply chains.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>North-South cooperation in higher education: Potentials and limitations : the case of the Eastern African-Austrian AQUAHUB programme</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300652</link>
      <description>Title: North-South cooperation in higher education: Potentials and limitations : the case of the Eastern African-Austrian AQUAHUB programme
Authors: Langthaler, Margarita; Groh, Arnold; Wolf, Stefan; Kabbeck, Oskar; Winkler, Gerold
Abstract: Cooperation between institutions of higher education in North-South directions have long been a common instrument of development cooperation in the education sector. At the level of research, North-South partnerships have increasingly become a preferred strategy of financing mechanisms for research on and in countries of the global South. Transnational cooperation and partnership projects are considered to be particularly useful for capacity building at institutions in the global South. For this to materialise, however, several preconditions, such as long-term commitment, trustful relationships and accounting for power asymmetries as well as contextual factors, need to be in place, as recent research on the Eastern African-Austrian AQUAHUB programme confirms.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Sustainability in the cocoa-chocolate global value chain: From voluntary initiatives to binding rules?</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/251779</link>
      <description>Title: Sustainability in the cocoa-chocolate global value chain: From voluntary initiatives to binding rules?
Authors: Grumiller, Jan; Grohs, Hannes
Abstract: This policy note argues that the low income of cocoa farmers in the cocoa-chocolate global value chain (GVC) is not only a problem in itself, but also exacerbates social and environmental sustainability issues such as child labor and deforestation. The experience of the last two decades has highlighted that private-sector, private-public, and public initiatives were important, but - overall - had insufficient impact on the livelihood of the average cocoa farming household. During the last few years, a shift from voluntary initiatives towards binding rules has emerged in the context of debates on the Living Income Differential (LID) in producer countries and due diligence laws in consumer countries, creating a new window of opportunity. The policy note concludes that - in the current world market situation - higher producer income cannot be ensured without new pricing mechanisms.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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