Stefano Spadaro

Here is World Vision's delegation at the European Humanitarian Forum! ⤵️

We are grateful for all the great collaborations and engagements at #EHF2025, and we are even more committed to addressing the needs of the most vulnerable children and their communities.

📢 In the next MFF, the EU must…
✅ Keep a separate development cooperation instrument! 🎯
Why? 🤔
✔️ Supports poverty reduction worldwide 🤝
✔️ Ensures predictable & transparent development funding💶
✔️ Makes the EU a reliable and effective global partner 🌍
📄 Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/3EkROqT

Honestly, I couldn't agree more and the visual is simply stunning

A quick thought on #MEPs' discussions on restricting #EU funds for #NGO advocacy: NGOs play a key role as watchdogs, holding EU decision-makers accountable and keeping democratic processes strong. Restricting their role weakens democratic oversight and participation.

🚨 Elon Musk's Twitter has fully taken down USAID's account, amid rumors the Trump administration is going to dissolve the agency.

The USAID website went dark earlier today

🚨 Can we push Belgium over the threshold TODAY? Join our Online Action Day and help 🇧🇪 EU citizens to sign!
Right here: eci.ec.europa.eu/044/public/#...

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has decided to dedicate #EducationDay 2025 to the opportunities & challenges of #ArtificialIntelligence. She calls on Member States to invest in training teachers & students on the responsible use of this technology within the field of education. unes.co/fjelvq

Scoop: EU wants development staff in regional hubs, not delegations Development experts could be pulled out of some countries entirely in the search for budget efficiencies and strategic focus.

🚨SCOOP: The EU is planning sweeping changes to how it deploys development experts around the world.

Some say, at the risk of influence and effectiveness.

Very interesting article from
@halimabegum.bsky.social, Oxfam GB CEO, in @theguardian.com about decolonising the aid sector.

Particularly important the call to 'decolonise but we use our voice and power to hold our governments to account'.

'It’s paying our just dues … That’s decolonisation.'

As the #MFF (multiannual financial framework) 2027 is fast-approaching, it will be key to push back cuts to the EU's external action funding.

Particularly important will be ensuring that #ODA (Official Development Assistance) will not be de-prioritised.

Richest 1% burn through their annual carbon budget in just 10 days Climate campaigners are calling for wealth taxes on the top 1 per cent to limit their pollution and pay for damages.

‘Pollutocrat Day’: The richest 1% have already burnt through their annual carbon budget, Oxfam says

@euronews.com

www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

#climatecrisis

Story-Telling: A Method to Support Decolonising Knowledge for Development By Peter Taylor I have recently been working closely with a group of EADI members reflecting on the importance of “decolonising knowledge for development”. This is in response to our acknowledgemen…

“I suggest that research storytelling is particularly well suited to community-based participatory research, as we explore methods to present findings in ways that are more culturally appropriate to the communities in which the research takes place."
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2096

#AI agents, multimodal systems, narrow and industry-specific AI and AI embedded in our devices seem to be some of the main AI developments for this year - let's see what shape AI will take throughout 2025 and its impact on our lives.

"Over 473 million children—more than one in six globally—now live in areas affected by conflict, with the world experiencing the highest number of conflicts since World War II."

As #MEPs keep joining Bluesky, here⬇️ is our #StarterPack of Members of the European Parliament.
📦https://go.bsky.app/H7MpvJb

🔸We will update the list periodically (or add an extra one as the max of accounts in a starter pack is 150)
🔸any mistakes or MEPs missing from the list, please let us know!

Very interesting and nice to see organisations like #UNICEF being quite present here on Bluesky!

I'm sure this #StarterPack will keep growing, and new starter packs in the sector will keep appearing.

The European Parliament has officially approved the new European Commission, to start on 1 December.

Worth noting that this VDL Commission is the least supported/most opposed one in the history of European Parliament votes, as shown by @politico.eu.

Source: www.politico.eu/article/euro...

With a lot at stake in this new #EU legislature, it'll be interesting to see what role the EU will play as a #humanitarian & #development actor. Will the EU be present and active where the need is the most - i.e., in fragile contexts? Or will the focus mainly be on the EU's self-interests?

We've begun a Starter Pack for development and international cooperation!

This will be an ongoing project as new people join BlueSky.

Who are we missing?