AboutThe European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) is a network of European independent think tanks working on EU international cooperation for global sustainable development:The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)The European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)The Institute of International Affairs / Istituto per Affari Internazionali (IAI)The Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations / Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI)The Overseas Development Institute (ODI)These five institutes can count between them on some 350 researchers, covering all aspects of international development and humanitarian policy. They share a strong commitment to higher global welfare, and a strong belief in the importance of better collective action to achieve global goals. As think-tanks, and as policy-focused research institutes, they also share a commitment to effective outreach and engagement with policy-makers and policy processes.ETTG missionThe members of the ETTG recognise the importance of the EU as a global player, in relation to developing countries and more widely. They see the role of the EU as encompassing the widest possible range of activity: from foreign and security policy, to trade, investment, migration, climate policy, and development and humanitarian aid. They see that there are inevitable links between the internal and external policies of the EU.