European Strategic Initiative - ESI

European Strategic Initiative - ESI ESI is a Brussels-based platform for strategic dialogue and influence, operating upstream of decision-making.

It structures targeted exchanges between institutions, decision-makers and key stakeholders to foster alignment and durable partnerships.

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐จ-๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งAs part of a broader engagement in Brussels with a Malian ...
10/04/2026

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐จ-๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

As part of a broader engagement in Brussels with a Malian economic delegation facilitated by European Strategic Initiative (ESI), a series of targeted B2B exchanges were organised with Belgian private sector actors.

These interactions aimed at fostering concrete business linkages, exploring partnership opportunities, and providing direct exposure to European industrial ecosystems.

A notable example was the meeting and site visit organised with Belgabroed Group, in the presence of Stefan Van Meirhaeghe, Managing Director of Incubel.

This exchange provided valuable insights into:
โ€ข the structuring of integrated poultry value chains;
โ€ข industrial-scale production of day-old chicks and hatching eggs;
โ€ข export-oriented agri-business models and logistics.

Such engagements illustrate the importance of connecting entrepreneurial dynamics with operational expertise, particularly in sectors such as agriculture and agro-industry, where scalable and transferable models can support local value creation.

European Strategic Initiative contributes to these dynamics by facilitating structured engagement between African and European economic actors.

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌA meeting was held at the European External Action Service (EEAS) as par...
09/04/2026

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

A meeting was held at the European External Action Service (EEAS) as part of the engagement in Brussels with a Malian economic delegation.

The meeting brought together representatives from key European actors, reflecting both the level and diversity of engagement, including:
โ€ข Joรฃo Cravinho, EU Special Representative for the Sahel;
โ€ข Jolita Pons, Head of Division West Africa, EEAS;
โ€ข Maria Pilar Palomero Vaquero, Head of Unit Western Africa, DG INTPA.

Discussions highlighted a shared understanding of the current moment as a turning point in the relationship between the European Union and Sahel countries, calling for renewed efforts to identify pathways for constructive engagement.

Particular attention was given to:
โ€ข the need to improve the quality of dialogue between partners;
โ€ข the importance of business-level interactions as a driver of cooperation;
โ€ข the role of entrepreneurs as key actors of stability and prosperity;
โ€ข how European frameworks can better support and accompany economic actors on the ground.

The exchanges also underlined that developments in the Sahel will have direct implications for Europe, reinforcing the importance of sustained and pragmatic engagement.

Such interactions confirm the role of Brussels as a key platform for dialogue between African priorities and European institutional and financial tools.

European Strategic Initiative contributes to these dynamics by facilitating dialogue and engagement between African and European stakeholders.

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌA dedicated exchange took place at the Belgian Ministry ...
08/04/2026

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ

A dedicated exchange took place at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of the engagement in Brussels with a Malian economic delegation.

The meeting was held with Ambassador Sibille de Cartier, Special Envoy for the Sahel, as well as Martin Biernaux, Adviser at the Belgian Ministry.

Discussions provided an opportunity to address regional dynamics in the Sahel, with a particular focus on Mali, as well as the conditions for maintaining constructive engagement in a complex and evolving context.

This exchange illustrates the importance of pragmatic and structured dialogue formats, enabling connections between economic initiatives and institutional frameworks.

European Strategic Initiative contributes to these dynamics by facilitating dialogue and engagement between African and European stakeholders.

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งIn a complex and evolving regional context, European Strategic Initiati...
07/04/2026

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

In a complex and evolving regional context, European Strategic Initiative (ESI) organised and facilitated the visit of a Malian economic delegation to Brussels, bringing together entrepreneurs and business actors engaged in developing their activities.

Over the course of several working sequences, the delegation engaged across institutional and economic levels in Belgium and at the European level.

This initiative aimed to:
โ€ข foster direct exchanges with European counterparts;
โ€ข explore concrete opportunities for cooperation and investment;
โ€ข contribute to maintaining pragmatic economic dialogue channels between partners.

Beyond the meetings themselves, this initiative reflects a broader approach:
structuring meaningful and operational formats of engagement between African and European actors โ€” including in complex environments.

European Strategic Initiative continues to support these dynamics by facilitating dialogue, connections and actionable pathways between public and private stakeholders.

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ-๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎEuropean Strategic Initiative (ESI) took part in a ...
23/03/2026

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€” ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ-๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ

European Strategic Initiative (ESI) took part in a high-level roundtable organised by the Embassy of Burundi in Brussels, focusing on strengthening agricultural value chains through public-private partnership models.

The discussion highlighted key priorities, including the structuring of bankable projects, the mobilisation of European financing instruments, and the role of public-private partnerships in supporting agricultural transformation.

Such initiatives underline the importance of aligning African priorities with European financial and institutional tools, and confirm the role of Brussels as a strategic platform for Africaโ€“Europe engagement.

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐žฬ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐žCette semaine, ร  lโ€™invitation dโ€™Enabel, European Strategic Initiative ...
13/03/2026

๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐žฬ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ž

Cette semaine, ร  lโ€™invitation dโ€™Enabel, European Strategic Initiative (ESI) a pris part ร  une table ronde consacrรฉe aux liens entre mobilitรฉ humaine et dรฉveloppement รฉconomique rรฉgional en Afrique de lโ€™Ouest.

Cette rencontre sโ€™inscrivait dans le cadre du programme PEM Nโ€™Zassa, une plateforme de dialogue multi-acteurs entre la Cรดte dโ€™Ivoire et la Belgique, rรฉunissant une dรฉlรฉgation ivoirienne composรฉe dโ€™acteurs institutionnels et de la sociรฉtรฉ civile, ainsi que plusieurs agences de coopรฉration europรฉennes.

Les รฉchanges ont portรฉ sur plusieurs enjeux clรฉs :
โ€ข la mobilitรฉ entrepreneuriale ;
โ€ข lโ€™engagement รฉconomique des diasporas ;
โ€ข les dynamiques de mobilitรฉ professionnelle et humaine.

Ces discussions font รฉgalement รฉcho aux initiatives menรฉes dans ce domaine, notamment ร  travers le programme MIGRET, dรฉdiรฉ ร  la rรฉintรฉgration durable des personnes migrantes de retour.

Cette plateforme de dialogue illustre lโ€™importance dโ€™une approche multi-acteurs associant institutions publiques, agences de coopรฉration, acteurs รฉconomiques et diasporas, afin de mieux articuler mobilitรฉ humaine et dรฉveloppement รฉconomique.

European Strategic Initiative contribue ร  ces dynamiques en favorisant des espaces de dialogue et dโ€™engagement entre acteurs africains et europรฉens.

๐€๐›๐ข๐๐ฃ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉA partnership agreement was signed in Abidjan between the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industr...
10/03/2026

๐€๐›๐ข๐๐ฃ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ

A partnership agreement was signed in Abidjan between the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Cรดte d'Ivoire(CCI-CI) and European Strategic Initiative (ESI).

The agreement was formalised by Mr Tourรฉ Faman Officiel , President of CCI-CI, and Mr Grรฉgory Jullien, President of ESI, following discussions with the President and his team.

This partnership aims to strengthen economic dialogue and cooperation between the Ivorian business ecosystem and European actors, particularly in areas related to investment, entrepreneurship and economic exchanges.

ESI will contribute to the development of this partnership by facilitating connections and engagement with relevant European actors.

๐€๐›๐ข๐๐ฃ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž, ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐šAs part of its working mission in Cรดte dโ€™Ivoire, European Stra...
09/03/2026

๐€๐›๐ข๐๐ฃ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž, ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š

As part of its working mission in Cรดte dโ€™Ivoire, European Strategic Initiative (ESI) was received at the Sรฉnat Cรดte d'Ivoire by a delegation led by Mr Alain Acakpo-Addra, Deputy Secretary General of the Senate, for an exchange on the institutionโ€™s role in territorial governance, diaspora engagement and parliamentary diplomacy.

The discussions highlighted the Senateโ€™s determination to further activate its specific institutional prerogatives, notably its role in representing territorial collectivities and engaging with the Ivorian diaspora.

These missions are closely connected to key policy priorities including decentralisation, productive diaspora investment, and strengthened territorial cooperation.

The exchange also addressed the growing role of parliamentary diplomacy in strengthening engagement between African and European institutions, particularly on issues related to territorial development, diaspora engagement and economic cooperation.

ESI thanks Sรฉnat Cรดte d'Ivoire for the quality and forward-looking nature of the discussions.

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