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Networks as relational infrastructure play an important role in strengthening cooperative efforts toward sustainable development. This paper analyses the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Network – a transnational, multi-stakeholder network that employs collaborative training, knowledge cooperation and policy dialogue instruments. The network includes members from Brazil, China, the EU, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa. To understand how the implementation of Agenda 2030 through cooperation in networks can be fostered, this paper examines the conditions under which global governance networks create impact.
Using a literature review, external evaluation studies and 27 qualitative interviews, the paper categorises impact across four levels: individual, organisational, network and systemic–institutional. Additionally, it analyses the impact on the network itself – not only as an enabler of impact but also as a subject affected by cooperation within the network. In this context, several types of impact can be distinguished, ranging from improved international cooperation structures to behaviour change and the reorientation of organisational policies.
We conclude that three dimensions of a network’s setup are key to enabling social innovation for sustainable development:
1.    the composition of network members
2.    the cooperation infrastructure
3.    the cooperation culture.
These insights contribute to the ongoing debate on how to link change at the individual level with transformation in more institutionalised structures – particularly in organisations and broader systemic contexts. The paper is especially relevant for scholars engaged in network analysis and development, decision-makers involved in transnational multi-stakeholder networks, and international cooperation actors aiming for sustainable development impact.

Networks as relational infrastructure play an important role in strengthening cooperative efforts toward sustainable development. This paper analyses the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Network – a transnational, multi-stakeholder network that employs collaborative training, knowledge cooperation and policy dialogue instruments. The network includes members from Brazil, China, the EU, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa. To understand how the implementation of Agenda 2030 through cooperation in networks can be fostered, this paper examines the conditions under which global governance networks create impact.
Using a literature review, external evaluation studies and 27 qualitative interviews, the paper categorises impact across four levels: individual, organisational, network and systemic–institutional. Additionally, it analyses the impact on the network itself – not only as an enabler of impact but also as a subject affected by cooperation within the network. In this context, several types of impact can be distinguished, ranging from improved international cooperation structures to behaviour change and the reorientation of organisational policies.
We conclude that three dimensions of a network’s setup are key to enabling social innovation for sustainable development:
1.    the composition of network members
2.    the cooperation infrastructure
3.    the cooperation culture.
These insights contribute to the ongoing debate on how to link change at the individual level with transformation in more institutionalised structures – particularly in organisations and broader systemic contexts. The paper is especially relevant for scholars engaged in network analysis and development, decision-makers involved in transnational multi-stakeholder networks, and international cooperation actors aiming for sustainable development impact.

Olivér Várhelyi’s push for a health-focused levy comes as evidence from Hungary casts doubt on its long-term impact

Pollution chronique, décharges en feu, mobilisations citoyennes : à Skopje, l'air est devenu irrespirable avant même l'hiver. En pleine campagne pour les élections municipales, entre inaction des autorités et colère populaire, la capitale macédonienne étouffe.

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Žilinka főügyész megerősítette azt, amire mi a Transparencynél már tavasz óta igyekszünk felhívni a figyelmet. A jelenlegi köztársasági elnök, Peter Pellegrini a törvények többszöri megszegésének köszönhetően nyerhette el az államfői tisztséget – olvasható a Transparency International Slovensko állásfoglalásában.

L'assassinat du juge Astrit Kalaja en pleine audience a provoqué une onde de choc en Albanie. Le crime met en lumière les graves défaillances du système judiciaire et révèle l'affaiblissement de l'État de droit, incapable de protéger ses institutions face à une violence devenue banale.

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A Szlovák Hidrometeorológiai Intézet (SHMÚ) elsőfokú meteorológiai figyelmeztetést adott ki szerdán (10. 8.) 10:00 óráig Közép-Szlovákia több járására (délen a Losonci járásra) a köd előfordulásának a veszélye miatt (50-200 m-es látótávolság). Óvatosan közlekedjenek az útnak indulók!

In today’s edition: Roberta Metsola eyes an unprecedented third run for the European Parliament presidency, Robert Fico stalls progress as EU diplomats meet on the 19th sanctions package against Russia, and Brussels folds Gaza reconstruction into Donald Trump’s peace framework

Italy’s prime minister said a complaint filed with the ICC accuses her and several ministers of supporting Israel in its ongoing bombardment of Gaza

Press briefings ahead of the upcoming Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 October 2025 and Justice and Home Affairs Council of 13 and 14 October 2025 will take place on 9 October 2025 at 16.00

Press briefings ahead of the upcoming Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 October 2025 and Justice and Home Affairs Council of 13 and 14 October 2025 will take place on 9 October 2025 at 16.00

No one has ever run the European Parliament for more than 5 years.

The government says the charity African Parks displayed an arrogant and disrespectful attitude.

Olivér Várhelyi’s push for a health-focused levy comes as evidence from Hungary casts doubt on its long-term impact

The letter urges Brussels not to waver under US pressure over forest protection

The Commission's €2 trillion EU budget proposal is also "too small" and could spell "disaster" for European regions, said Esther Lynch, head of Europe's largest trade union organisation

Nigerian Modernism at the Tate spotlights a compelling period in the West African country's history.

The scrutiny powers of the European Parliament, the only directly elected EU institution, are essential to promote democratic oversight of policy actions taken at EU level. Parliament has 10 main tools at its disposal to carry out its scrutiny function over the European Commission, as described below. This overview is a summary of the EPRS study on 'The European Parliament's oversight powers: Tools to scrutinise the European Commission'.
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L'Ambassadeur des Émirats arabes unis auprès de la République du Bénin s'est entretenu, mardi 7 octobre 2025, avec le Ministre de l'Agriculture, l'Elevage et de la Pêche sur les moyens de renforcer la coopération bilatérale entre les deux pays. L'audience s'est déroulée au cabinet du ministre à Cotonou.

Son Excellence Mohamed Saeed Al Kaabi, Ambassadeur des Émirats arabes unis auprès de la République du Bénin, a rencontré, mardi 7 octobre 2025, Son Excellence Gaston Dossouhoui, Ministre de l'Agriculture, de l'Élevage et de la Pêche de la République du Bénin, à son cabinet à Cotonou.

Les deux parties ont examiné les moyens de renforcer et de développer les relations bilatérales entre les deux pays amis, notamment dans les domaines de l'agriculture, de la pêche maritime et de l'élevage.

Au cours de la rencontre, Son Excellence le Ministre a présenté les programmes et les plans de réforme mis en œuvre par le gouvernement béninois dans ces secteurs stratégiques, tout en exprimant le souhait de son pays d'élargir la coopération avec les Émirats arabes unis et de lancer des projets conjoints. M. Dossouhoui a également manifesté l'intérêt du Bénin à bénéficier de l'expertise émiratie reconnue dans le développement du secteur agricole, de la pêche maritime et de l'élevage.

Pour sa part, Son Excellence l'Ambassadeur Al Kaabi a souligné la profondeur des relations fraternelles qui unissent les deux pays amis, réaffirmant la disponibilité de l'Ambassade à offrir tout le soutien et les facilités nécessaires afin de renforcer la coopération bilatérale et d'élargir le partenariat entre les deux parties. Le diplomate émirien a enfin salué les efforts de développement accomplis par la République du Bénin dans divers domaines.