Redefining the social contract in Africa

Abstract

This is a summary note of the virtual seminar The Nordic contribution to EU-Africa cooperation in times of threatened multilateralism held on 30 November 2020. Thought leaders, scholars and policymakers from Africa and Europe discussed the need to strengthen the social contract in Africa, and how the Nordic countries can contribute to the future of EU-Africa relations.

<p>Roundtable participants: Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, special representative of the UN secretary-general to the African Union; Kwesi Aning, head of research, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre; Jakkie Cilliers, head of African Futures &amp; Innovation, Institute for Security Studies; Eleanor Fisher, head of research, the Nordic Africa Institute; Adebayo Olukoshi, director, Africa and West Asia, International IDEA; Geert Laporte, director, European Think Tanks Group; Sinikka Antila, EU ambassador to Namibia; Torbjörn Pettersson, former ambassador of Sweden to Ethiopia, the African Union, IGAD and Djibouti; and Amanda Hammar, president, European African Studies Association.</p>