Committee on Development Ordinary meeting HEARING

10 November 2026

DEVE European Parliament

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00:03 - 03:48
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Okay dear colleagues, so we resume our session.  And we start our hearing on with the title: Domestic Resource Mobilisation in Support of Quality Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Options for EU Development Cooperation.  And it's my pleasure to welcome you to today's public hearing of the Committee on Development dedicated to Domestic Resource Mobilisation in Support of Quality Education in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Options for EU Development Cooperation.  I would like to extend a particularly warm welcome to our guest speakers, to my colleagues from the DEVE Committee and the Committee on Culture and Education, and to the representatives of the European Commission.  We are privileged to have with us three distinguished speakers who will bring different and complementary perspectives to our discussion. 

First, Mr. Serigne Mbaye Thiam, High-Level Envoy and Advisor to the Global Partnership for Education and former Minister of National Education of Senegal, who will deliver our keynote address.  Second, Mrs. Natividad Lorenzo, Senior Cabinet Expert in the Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef Síkela, responsible for international partnerships, who will present the Commission's perspective.  And third, Reverend Father Charles Kitima, Secretary General of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference, whose contribution will offer valuable insights into the experience of education providers on the ground.  Education is a fundamental human right and an essential driver of sustainable development.  It is central to reducing poverty and inequalities, empowering young people and creating opportunities for future generations. 

The DEVE Committee has consistently attached great importance to education in the EU's development cooperation, reflecting the importance that the European Union itself has given to supporting education in partner countries.  Yet, despite this commitment, major challenges remain.  In Sub-Saharan Africa in particular, growing educational needs and persistent financing gaps call for renewed efforts to mobilise adequate and sustainable resources.  This requires both strengthening domestic resource mobilisation in partner countries and ensuring that EU development programmes provide effective and complementary support.  Today's hearing will allow us to examine these challenges and explore how EU development cooperation can contribute to more sustainable and equitable education financing. 

Our discussion is also particularly timely as the DEVE Committee has recently started work on an own-initiative report on education, which we just discussed, under the rapporteurship of our Standing Rapporteur on Education, Mr. György Hölvényi.  I'm confident that the insights gathered today will provide valuable input to this parliamentary work.  As regards the programme, following the introductory remarks, we will hear the keynote address by Mr. Thiam, followed by contributions from Mrs. Lorenzo and Father Kitima.  We will then open the floor for an exchange of views with members of the European Parliament, followed by comments from the European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, DG ECHO, and will conclude with some closing remarks. 

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