Adolf Kloke-Lesch
Department: Directors
Function: Associate Researcher / Co-Chair of SDSN Europe
Specialization: Urban and regional planning
Vita
| 5/2021-11/2021 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Senior Researcher |
| 11/2014-4/2021 | Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN Germany) Executive Director |
| 8/2012-11/2014 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Associate Fellow |
| 2011-2012 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Managing Director |
| 2010 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) Director of the Strategy Centre 'New Partnerships for Global Development' |
| 2007-2010 | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Head of the Directorate-General for Global and Sectoral Policies; European and Multilateral Development Policy; Africa, Middle East |
| 2002-2007 | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Head of the Instruments of Bilateral Cooperation Directorate (2002 - 2003), and of the Peace and Democracy, Human Rights; United Nations Directorate (2003 - 2007) |
| 1994-2002 | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Head of the Budget Division (1994-1998), the Basic Principles, Concepts and Planning of Development Policy Division (1998-1999) and the Foreign and Security Policy; Peace-building and Crisis Prevention; Human Rights; Research Division (1999-2002) |
| 1988-1994 | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation Desk Officer in the Budget Division |
| 1987-1988 | Federal Centre for Political Education Basic Principles and Planing Division |
| 1978-1987 | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation Desk Officer in the Cross-sectoral Development Policy Issues Division (1978-1981), the Basic Principles, Concepts and Planning of Development Policy Division (1981-1982) and the Budget Division (1982-1987) |
| 1977-1978 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Participant of the 13th training course with a three-month research assignment in Malaysia |
| 1977 | Technische Universität Berlin, Institute for Urban and Regional Planning Visiting Lecturer |
| 1974-1977 | Technische Universität Berlin, Institute for Urban and Regional Planning Student Tutor |
| 1972-1977 | Technische Universität Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin Student of Urban and Regional Planing and Economics (Diplom-Ingenieur, Technical University of Berlin) |
Member of
- Co-Chair of SDSN Europe (since 2020)
- Leadership Council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) (since 2015)
- Criteria Committee of the FairWorldFonds (Chair, since 2015)
- Scientific Advisory Board of the Scientists for Future (2019-2022)
- Strategic Advisory Council of the Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) (2016-2021)
- Leadership Council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) (since 2015)
- Criteria Committee of the FairWorldFonds (Chair, since 2015)
- International Board of the Bonn Center for Conversion (BICC) (2014-2021)
- Working party on policy coherence of the Joint Conference Church and Development (GKKE) (2013-2016)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Development and Peace Foundation (SEF) (2008-2018)
- Member of the DAC Reflection Group "Investing in Development: A Common Cause in a Changing World" (2008 - 2009)
- Member of the Founding Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) (2006 - 2007)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights (2001 - 2008)
- Co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Working Group on Development and Peace (FriEnt) (2001 - 2007)
Contact
E-mail kloke-lesch@sdsngermany.de
YouTube-Video
La tribune d'Adolf Kloke-Lesch
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Embrace multipolarity: Germany must act European for the Global Common Good
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2023)
published on fourninesecurity.de, 26.01.2023
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Achieving the SDGs: Europe’s compass in a multipolar world - Europe Sustainable Development Report 2022
Lafortune, Guillaume / Grayson Fuller / Leslie Bermont Diaz / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Phoebe Koundouri / Angelo Riccaboni (2022)
Paris: Sustainable Development Solutions Network/SDSN Europe
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Whatever it takes: establish the global common good as Europe’s strategic compass in a multipolar world
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2022)
in: Lafortune et al., Achieving the SDGs: Europe’s compass in a multipolar world - Europe Sustainable Development Report 2022, Paris: Sustainable Development Solutions Network/SDSN Europe, 35-39