Policy Notes

Policy Note 45

From Poverty Reduction to Strategic Interests? Tensions in EU Development Policy after the Geopolitical Turn

Lukas Schlögl / Stefan Mayr / Simela Papatheophilou / Werner Raza

Wien, May 2026 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2026-pn45

This Policy Note, based on an in-depth study, examines how EU development policy is being re ...

Policy Note 44

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

Margarita Langthaler / Esther Tiefengraber

Wien, January 2026 | https://doi.org/10.60637/2026-pn44

The Global Gateway is considered a key instrument of EU development cooperation. Introduced ...

Policy Note 43

EU Strategic Raw Material Partnerships

Challenges and future directions

Karin Küblböck / Simela Papatheophilou / Bernhard Tröster

Wien, October 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2025-pn43

In response to growing critical raw material demand and increasing instability in global sup ...

Policy Note 42

North-South Cooperation in Higher Education. Potentials and Limitations. The case of the Eastern African-Austrian AQUAHUB Programme

Margarita Langthaler / Arnold Groh / Oskar Kabbeck / Gerold Winkler

Wien, May 2024 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2024-pn42

Cooperation between universities in the global North and South have become a popular tool in ...

Policy Note 41

Team Europe: Machtverschiebung oder bloßes Marketing in der EU-Entwicklungszusammenarbeit?

Lukas Schlögl

Wien, December 2022 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2022-pn41

Team Europe ist eine politische Initiative, die Aktivitäten der Europäischen Kommission und ...

Policy Note 40

Regulatory approximation under ALECA: assessing the economic and social effects on the Tunisian agricultural sector

Werner Raza / Bernhard Tröster / Rudi von Arnim / Jihen Chandoul / Chafik Ben Rouine

Wien, October 2022 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2022-pn40

The negotiations on a deep and comprehensive free trade area between Tunisia and the EU – al ...

Policy Note 39

Sustainability in the cocoa-chocolate global value chain: From voluntary initiatives to binding rules?

Jan Grumiller / Hannes Grohs

Wien, March 2022 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2022-pn39

This policy note argues that the low income of cocoa farmers in the cocoa-chocolate global v ...

Policy Note 38

Das Potenzial transdisziplinärer Forschung für eine Ressourcenwende am Beispiel des Dialogprozesses „zukunftsfähige Rohstoffpolitik“

Karin Küblböck

May 2021 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2021-pn38

Um das nötige Wissen für eine Ressourcenwende zu generieren und zu verbinden, sind – angesic ...

Policy Note 37

Vocational Education for Industrialisation. The case of Oman in a regional perspective.

Margarita Langthaler

Wien, March 2021 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2021-pn37

As part of its 2040 Development Strategy, the Sultanate of Oman aims at industrial diversifi ...

Policy Note 36

The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation – a trial run for responsible sourcing in the raw materials sector?

(english version)

Karin Küblböck

Wien, March 2021 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.60637/2021-pn36e

Since 1 January 2021, companies importing certain minerals into the EU must ensure that thei ...

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