The members of the Board of Trustees are composed of staff members of federal and state government departments with a particular interest in the activities and of representatives of public life. Its task is to supervise the Institute's work. 

The Institute's distinctive research profile combines Research, Policy Advice and Professional Training. The close link between these three areas forms a unique institutional culture that allows for excellent research/ scientific work.

The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) was established in 1964 in Berlin as German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) as a non-profit-making limited liability company (gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung – gGmbH). Back then, shareholders were the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Berlin. Today, the Institute is one of the leading international think tanks in the field of development policy and international cooperation.

We run a family-oriented personnel policy to achieve a better reconciliation of family and working life. To earn the certificate audit berufundfamilie, the Institute had to undergo a thorough review of its efforts in conciliating work and family life.

On a regular basis, we offer job positions within its research departments, at irregular intervals also within the service facilities.