Against the backdrop of recent high-level talks between Germany and Kenya aimed at deepening cooperation, particularly in the fields of security policy and multilateral engagement, the question is increasingly coming into focus as to what significance resilient partnerships between European and African states hold within a changing international order. Considerations regarding how multilateralism can be concretely shaped, and what role Germany and Kenya can assume as strategic partners in this context, are also gaining relevance.

What might a forward-looking partnership between Europe and Africa entail? What expectations do Germany and Kenya have of a rules-based international order, and how can the two countries work together to strengthen multilateral structures? What role should security cooperation, economic resilience, international diplomacy and global responsibility play in this context? How can shared interests be effectively represented in an increasingly fragmented world order?

These questions formed the focus of a discussion organised by the German Africa Foundation and the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, as part of a visit by a delegation of Kenyan Members of Parliament from the Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations.

Programme

Welcome Remarks:
Dr. Stefan Friedrich, Head of Department for Sub-Saharan Africa, KonradAdenauer-Stiftung
I.E. Stella Mokaya Orina, Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya

Discussion:
Gesa Bräutigam, Director for Sub-Saharan Africa and the Sahel, German Federal Foreign Office
Fred Ikana MP, Member of Parliament and Member of the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations
Judy Njau, Deputy Director and Head of the Europe and Commonwealth Directorate

Conclusion:
Sabine Odhiambo, Secretary General, German Africa Foundation

Moderation:
Mathias Kamp, Country Director Kenya, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung