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DESCRIPTION:https://niboo-odoo-conc.odoo.com/event/2nd-breakfast-roundtable
 -on-the-multiannual-financial-framework-mff-recalibrating-global-europe-gr
 ants-guarantees-and-loans-34/register\nAs negotiations on the next Multian
 nual Financial Framework intensify\, the financing architecture of the fut
 ure Global Europe Instrument (2028–2034) is quietly being rewritten. Pro
 found political choices about how EU development cooperation will function
  — and who will control and benefit from it are central in today’s deb
 ates about flexibility and innovation. Flexibility without safeguards risk
 s eroding legitimacy. What cannot be traced cannot credibly be claimed as 
 development impact. We are convening a closed-door\, invitation-only excha
 nge with leading experts to discuss the evolving design of the Global Euro
 pe Instrument and its implications for how EU development cooperation will
  be delivered in the next MFF. Drawing on evidence from recent work by Act
 ionAid\, CONCORD and Eurodad\, the discussion will provide an opportunity 
 to reflect on the growing role of financial instruments and delegated impl
 ementation\, and how the choice and governance of funding modalities may s
 hape transparency\, accessibility and accountability in EU external action
 . Modalities are not neutral technicalities — they define the politics o
 f EU development policy. Objectives This event aims to contribute to a sha
 red understanding of priorities and safeguards needed to deliver sustainab
 le development impacts\, as negotiations on the next EU budget progress. A
 s part of an ongoing series of roundtable discussions organised by CONCORD
  and its allies\, experts will have the opportunity to discuss and exchang
 e ideas on how to: ​-structurally safeguard grant-based development coop
 eration\; ​-ensure blending\, guarantees and loan-based tools are propor
 tionate\, transparent and accountable\; ​-embed accessibility\, traceabi
 lity and parliamentary oversight into the next regulation. Participants Th
 e roundtable will bring together selected partners and experts such as the
  European Centre for Development [...]
DTSTAMP:20260612T041939Z
LOCATION:House of Municipalities and Regions (CEMR/PLATFORMA)\, 1 Square de
  Meeus\, 1000 Brussels\, Belgium
SUMMARY:2nd Breakfast roundtable on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MF
 F) - “Recalibrating Global Europe: Grants\, Guarantees and Loans”
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:https://niboo-odoo-conc.odoo.com/event/2nd-bre
 akfast-roundtable-on-the-multiannual-financial-framework-mff-recalibrating
 -global-europe-grants-guarantees-and-loans-34/register\nAs negotiations on
  the next Multiannual Financial Framework intensify\, the financing archit
 ecture of the future Global Europe Instrument (2028–2034) is quietly bei
 ng rewritten. Profound political choices about how EU development cooperat
 ion will function — and who will control and benefit from it are central
  in today’s debates about flexibility and innovation. Flexibility withou
 t safeguards risks eroding legitimacy. What cannot be traced cannot credib
 ly be claimed as development impact. We are convening a closed-door\, invi
 tation-only exchange with leading experts to discuss the evolving design o
 f the Global Europe Instrument and its implications for how EU development
  cooperation will be delivered in the next MFF. Drawing on evidence from r
 ecent work by ActionAid\, CONCORD and Eurodad\, the discussion will provid
 e an opportunity to reflect on the growing role of financial instruments a
 nd delegated implementation\, and how the choice and governance of funding
  modalities may shape transparency\, accessibility and accountability in E
 U external action. Modalities are not neutral technicalities — they defi
 ne the politics of EU development policy. Objectives This event aims to co
 ntribute to a shared understanding of priorities and safeguards needed to 
 deliver sustainable development impacts\, as negotiations on the next EU b
 udget progress. As part of an ongoing series of roundtable discussions org
 anised by CONCORD and its allies\, experts will have the opportunity to di
 scuss and exchange ideas on how to: ​-structurally safeguard grant-based
  development cooperation\; ​-ensure blending\, guarantees and loan-based
  tools are proportionate\, transparent and accountable\; ​-embed accessi
 bility\, traceability and parliamentary oversight into the next regulation
 . Participants The roundtable will bring together selected partners and ex
 perts such as the European Centre for Development [...]
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