As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated. I now work mainly on climate issues, especially in Brighton and Hove, and new work can be found on the website of Climate:Change, our independent think-tank on socially inclusive action in the City: www.climatechangebh.org.uk.
Meanwhile, however, this website has over 850 entries, mostly representing my work on international development from 2010-2025. Among much else, there are over 50 book reviews, more than 20 papers and training cases on bridging research and policy and on managing think-tanks, and many papers on other topics, including aid, food security and nutrition, and the future of international development. See ‘Topics and Themes’ for more details. I can be reached at sm@simonmaxwell.net.
An EU-12 perspective on European development cooperation
Simon and Mikaela Gavas helped facilitate an informal retreat for Directors-General from the new EUEuropean Union Member States, the EU-12, in Cyprus, on 21-22 January 2011. This was an opportunity to exchange views on EU-12 national development cooperation policies, and on the current EUEuropean Union development agenda, as well as to discuss how the group could work together.