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Climate Technology and Development

Bonn, 25. June 2013

For many years, the climate negotiations focused almost exclusively on instruments that form markets for greenhouse gas emission reductions. The Kyoto Protocol is a good example of this. Since 2007, however, negotiating countries acknowledge that without suitable technology-specific measures, it is unlikely that climate change can be…

Presentation of WBGU Flagship Report 2013

Presentation of WBGU Flagship Report 2013 Presentation of WBGU Flagship Report 2013 “World in Transition – Governing the Marine Heritage“ Press Release of 5 June 2013 The oceans are part of the common heritage of mankind and should, in the long term, be granted this status under international law. This would give them better protection and ensure that they are managed in a sustainable way, concludes the German Advisory Council on Global Change ( Wissenschaftlicher…

Rethinking State Power and Governance in a World of Complexity

Duisburg, 27. June 2013

The regulation approach is a distinctive contribution to evolutionary and institutional political economy that was developed to explain, above all, the origins, relative stability, and later crises of the Atlantic Fordist mode of growth based on mass production and mass consumption in relatively closed national economies. It identified a…

The global trading system at a turning point

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi (2013)

The “Arab Spring” at the crossroads: where is Morocco heading to?

Bonn, 09. July 2013

In his lecture "The Arab Spring at the crossroads: where is Morocco heading to?" Aboubakr Jamai, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Foundation, talked about Morocco´s way to democracy and the related obstacles and dynamics. Although there have been peaceful uprisings in the past the government did not change drastically…

Welcome Café for MGG Friends and Partners

Bonn, 18. July 2013

‘Managing Global Governance’ (MGG) was on to the 11th round: a new group of enthusiastic young professionals from eight anchor countries (Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan and South Africa) came together to address a broad range of ‘global governance’ issues. Representing important government institutions, research…

MGG Welcome Café with Partners and Friends

Bonn, 19. July 2013

‘Managing Global Governance’ (MGG) is on to the 10th round: a new group of enthusiastic young professionals from eight anchor countries (Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan and South Africa) has come together to address a broad range of ‘global governance’ issues. Representing important government institutions,…

Transcultural constructions of global legitimacy

Bonn, 25. July 2013

Jan-Aart Scholte eröffnete dieses Jahr die Managing Global Governance (MGG) Public Lectures. Er ist Professor am Department of Politics and International Studies der University of Warwick, Professorial Research Fellow am Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation sowie akademischer Leiter des Global Research Priorities in…

Dialogue on Turkey’s role in Global Governance

Bonn, 30. July 2013

The Managing Global Governance (MGG) Public Lecture series continues with Prof Dr Mehmet Arda and Dr. Eckhard Deutscher. In a public and interactive dialogue, the two of them discussed Turkey’s role in Global Governance. Mehmet Arda is a professor at the Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), Galatasaray University in…

Facebook, Twitter & Co.: Enablers of participatory democracy or henchmen of the digital surveillance state?

Breuer, Anita / Sergio Burns (2013)
The Current Column, 05. August 2013

Incorporating equity in the Sustainable Development Goals

Bonn, 19. August 2013

The Sustainable Development Goals are now in the process of being formulated. These goals will help focus global attention on the subjects identified, and their emphasis, for the next decade and a half at least. This talk focused on the issue of equity - why is it important and how the formulation of the SDGs can better reflect the…

Development Agencies in Emerging Powers

Mexico-City, 19. August 2013

Instituto Mora/Mexico, South African Institute of International Affairs, Research and Information System for Developing Countries/Indien and German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in collaboration with AMEXCID (Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation). Rising powers of the South…

Role of the BRICS in global governance

Bonn, 26. August 2013

The third “ Managing Global Governance ” (MGG) Public Lecture this year featured Amb. H. H. S. Viswanathan , who as a Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in Delhi represents India in the BRICS Think Tank Council. Before joining the Foundation in 2010, Amb. Viswanathan served in the Indian Foreign Service for 34 years:…

Scheitert Nachhaltigkeit an der Demokratie?

Bonn, 28. August 2013

The third “ Managing Global Governance ” (MGG) Public Lecture was given by Klaus Wiegandt (in German), directorate and founder of the foundation „ Forum für Verantwortung ”. Being former spokesman of the Metro AG’s managing board he established the foundation after his 60th birthday. Coming from an economic background Mr. Wiegandt formed…

China-EU Investment Rule-Making and the Future of International Investment Law

Xiamen, 10. September 2013

International investment rule-making is at a crossroad. One of the most striking developments in this respect is the emergence of developing countries, China being the most prominent example, with rising flows of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). As a result, China has a growing interest to support the global activities of its…

EU joint programming: lessons from South Sudan for EU aid coordination

Furness, Mark / Frank Vollmer (2013)
Briefing Paper 18/2013

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is partner of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is partner of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform Jump to: The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is partner of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is partner of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform Press Release of 12 September 2013 The German Development…

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation – a model case of inclusive global governance?

Bonn, 19. September 2013

This year’s “Managing Global Governance” (MGG) Public Lecture Series concluded with an event featuring Gerardo Bracho , OECD, Paris. As a Senior Advisor for Effective Development Co-operation at the OECD, Gerardo Bracho provides the central link between the OECD/UNDP-led Secretariat to the Global Partnership Steering Committee and the…

Too Big to Fail? – A Government Programme for the United Nations in International Development

Mahn, Timo Casjen / Pio Wennubst (2013)
The Current Column, 23. September 2013

Globalization fails without global governance

Bonn, 24. September 2013

Dr. Heiner Flassbeck is former State Secretary (Vice Minister) at the German Federal Ministry of Finance, former chief macroeconomist at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin and former Director of the Division on Globalisation and Development Strategies at UNCTAD in Geneva. The keynote was followed by an open…