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[Resources ](https://civis.eu/sv/resources) 2. Fostering instead of Feeding: Realignment of Euro-African Cooperation Fostering instead of Feeding: Realignment of Euro-African Cooperation ======================================================================= - Polycrisis - Policy recommendations - Researchers A systemic framework for SME empowerment and demographic resilience in Euro-African relations Policy brief no. 16 | September 2026 By Manuel Jesgarz This policy brief addresses the urgent need to realign Euro-African cooperation from paternalistic aid ("feeding") toward the strategic empowerment ("fostering") of African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Using the global polycrisis as a diagnostic foundation,ii the demographic divergence between Europe and Africa is identified as a strategic opportunity to build a Euro-African circular repair economy. In response, the African Scorecard Framework (ASF) is introduced as a proposed operational tool. Frameworks like the ASF equip policymakers and SMEs to embed sustainability and local knowledge directly into market-entry decisions.iii By systematically mitigating "epistemic dissonance"—the fundamental mismatch between imported Western business models and local African realities—and leveraging the Ubuntu paradigm, the model ensures social embeddedness.iv To maintain investor attractiveness, rigid regulations are replaced by flexibly calibrated indicative benchmark targets. - [ 16-jesgarz-fostering-instead-of-feeding-realignment-of-euro-african-cooperation-sme-empowerment1\_1.pdf (PDF, 4 MB) ](https://civis.eu/storage/files/16-jesgarz-fostering-instead-of-feeding-realignment-of-euro-african-cooperation-sme-empowerment1_1.pdf) Other resources --------------- - ### Bringing Generations Together: A Practical Toolkit for Designing Transformative Intergenerational Learning Communities 30 september 2026 - Challenged-based approach - Inclusion & Diversity - Civic engagement - Community of Practice - Lifelong learning - Open Labs - Toolbox - E-book - Students - Academics - Researchers - Civil society - Policy makers [ See more ](https://civis.eu/sv/resources/bringing-generations-together-a-practical-toolkit-for-designing-transformative-intergenerational-learning-communities "Bringing Generations Together: A Practical Toolkit for Designing Transformative Intergenerational Learning Communities") - ### Fostering instead of Feeding: Realignment of Euro-African Cooperation 30 september 2026 A systemic framework for SME empowerment and demographic resilience in Euro-African relations Policy brief no. 16 | September 2026 By Manuel Jesgarz - Polycrisis - Policy recommendations - Researchers [ See more ](https://civis.eu/sv/resources/fostering-instead-of-feeding-realignment-of-euro-african-cooperation "Fostering instead of Feeding: Realignment of Euro-African Cooperation") ![CIVIS – Europe’s Civic University Alliance](https://civis.eu/build/assets/civis-CCpvK1nT.svg) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Europe’s Civic University Alliance ![Co-funded by the European Union](https://civis.eu/build/assets/co-funded-by-the-european-union-DSKLW1us.png)Views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). 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