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Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation (PGP)

Our Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation (PGP) prepares graduates for a career entry in development cooperation.

2008

2008 Jump to: Archive 2008 December November October September August July June May April March February January Archive 2008 Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. December Article Weathering the American Contagion DIE-economist Ulrich Volz analyses the impact of the world-wide financial and economic crisis on China and discusses what China might add to solve the international crisis. Far Eastern Economic Review 28 December 2008 Climate…

Corona and development cooperation

Special "The Corona Virus and international development cooperation": Experts from IDOS explore the developmental and socioeconomic consequences of the corona crisis.

2010

2010 Jump to: Archive 2010 December November October September August July June May April March February January Archive 2010 Jan . Feb . Mar. April May June July Aug . Sept . Oct . Nov . Dec . December Arme werden ärmer Die internationale Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise hat auch die Länder des globalen Südens mit voller Wucht getroffen. Zwar konstatierte das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik „Sie (die Staaten) haben sich als bemerkenswert widerstandsfähig…

Daouda Cissé

Daouda Cissé is economist and former Senior Researcher in the Megatrends Africa project of the Research Programme "Inter- and transnational cooperation"

Who should the next federal government co-operate with on sustainability?

Grimm, Sven / Wulf Reiners (2021)
The Current Column, 10. June 2021

Germany is not the only country faced with managing course-setting issues concerning the future: the manner in which we do business, consume and are mobile needs to take planetary limits into account.

Are we dreamers in the world of international cooperation?

Grimm, Sven (2015)
The Current Column, 19. October 2015

Critics such as economist William Easterly describe the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as “senseless, dreamy, and garbled” - the kind of thing John Lennon was singing about in his famous song “Imagine”. Are we all just dreamers?

Mastering global challenges: Revamped Postgraduate Programme for Sustainability Cooperation

Press Release of 29 August 2024: In its sixtieth year, the programme is undergoing fundamental changes in order to continue successfully promoting skills for international cooperation.

South-South and Triangular Cooperation

While South-South cooperation refers to collaboration between developing countries, triangular cooperation consists of support to South-South schemes provided by Northern donors, multilateral bodies or other development actors.

The European Green Deal must turn global

Reiners, Wulf / Sven Grimm (2020)
The Current Column, 14. December 2020

One year ago, the European Union announced its intention to transform its economy towards sustainability. The European Green Deal is a strategy for Europe itself. Yet, to make it work, it will have to become global.

How the EU and rising powers can shape their future sustainably

Grimm, Sven / Wulf Reiners / Benjamin Stewart (2020)
The Current Column, 06. April 2020

Given the catalytic function of the Covid-19 pandemic for digitalisation, the current crisis is an urgent call for a profound analysis of the impact of digitalisation on sustainability

China and Africa: the new normal

Grimm, Sven / Christine Hackenesch (2015)
The Current Column, 30. November 2015

The next summit between China and the African states is set to be held in South Africa on 4/5 December. The outcome of the meeting will reflect the new normal.

Southern powers begin shaping sustainability standards

Fues, Thomas / Sven Grimm (2017)
The Current Column, 23. October 2017

International Organisations recently devoted great attention to voluntary sustainability standards (VSS). At conferences last September participants main reasons to align production and consumption patterns with certain social, environmental and ethical specifications.

A new Silk Road – China’s soft power

Grimm, Sven (2015)
The Current Column, 10. November 2015

China’s “One belt, one road” initiative promises to create a new Silk Road over land and sea. It is a trade policy initiative with a highly political dimension.

Do rising powers still deserve their name?

Grimm, Sven (2016)
The Current Column, 31. October 2016

The emerging economies are weakening. China’s economy is less dynamic and the country is regressing at political level. Brazil has been paralysed in domestic policy terms and has experienced a severe recession. The South African economy is stagnating and the nation’s democratic institutions are being undermined by nepotism. The coup in Turkey has rocked the country to the core in domestic-policy and economic terms, and the list could go on and on. And these are supposed to be “rising powers”?!

G20

Special "G20": The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) will accompany the Chinese and German G20 presidency through research, policy advice and events on the G20 presented in this Special.

Fues, Thomas

Thomas Fues was a Senior Researcher at German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).

What global role for the EU?

Special “What global role for the EU?”: At times of multiple global crises, the European Union (EU) finds itself at a crossroads.

South Africa’s global significance is fading

Grimm, Sven (2019)
The Current Column, 29. April 2019

The next general election will be held on 8 May. While it might be won comfortably by the ruling party, it could still prove difficult and will barely have any effect on the nation’s dwindling global role.

Partnership in the field of global knowledge cooperation is not a one-way street

Grimm, Sven / Regine Mehl (2020)
The Current Column, 03. February 2020

Partnership skills are required in the global South (not least in the education and research sectors) and the global North alike.