Geert Laporte talked with Ricardo Alexandre about the relations between Africa and Europe, focusing on the dynamics of aid and strategy.

Geert Laporte is Deputy Director of the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), a "think and do tank" based in Maastricht (Netherlands) and Brussels (Belgium), specialising in the European Union's external relations, with a particular focus on Africa. He is also Director of the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG), a network of leading European think tanks with 350 policy researchers working on EU international cooperation for global sustainable development. Laporte is responsible for relations with the Presidencies of the European Union and its Member States, the African Union, the institutions of the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) group and a vast network of partners in different parts of the world. His areas of expertise include the 2030 Universal Sustainable Development Agenda, the European Union's external action and development policy, and the EU-Africa and EU-ACP Partnerships. 

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