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Open Letter

Open Letter European Think-Tanks Group sends Open Letter to EU Commission Press Release of 10 May 2010 Earlier this year, four of Europe’s leading think-tanks – German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) – joined forces to build the “European…

Jörn Grävingholt Co-Vorsitzender des Beirats Zivile Krisenprävention

Jörn Grävingholt Co-Vorsitzender des Beirats Zivile Krisenprävention DIE-Sicherheitsexperte Jörn Grävingholt Co-Vorsitzender des Beirats Zivile Krisenprävention Pressemitteilung vom 11 . 10 . 2011 Der Sicherheitsexperte des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Jörn Grävingholt , wurde gestern zusammen mit dem ehemaligen Bundestagsabgeordneten Winfried Nachtwei für zwei Jahre zum Vorsitzenden des Beirats "Zivile Krisenprävention" der Bundesregierung…

Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the RSA

Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the RSA Stellv. Außenminister Südafrikas zu Besuch beim Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) S.E. Ebrahim I. Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation of the Republic of South Africa, hält sich auf Einladung der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung vom 16. bis 22. Mai 2010 zu politischen Gesprächen in Deutschland auf. Am 19. Mai wird Minister Ebrahim mit seiner Delegation das…

European Think-Tanks Group

European Think-Tanks Group European Think-Tanks Group publishes Policy Brief on the European External Action Service Press Release of 2 June 2010 Earlier this year, four of Europe’s leading think-tanks – German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) –…

New Layout of DIE-Publications

New Layout of DIE-Publications New Layout of DIE-Publications “Briefing Paper” and “Analysen und Stellungnahmen” Press Release of 11 June 2010 As of now on, we are pleased to present our publications Briefing Paper and Analysen und Stellungnahmen in a new and more appealing design. We kept the four-sided format. Both series will take up the discussion of current questions and controversies of development policy, take position, and will give concrete (policy) advice…

DIE and GIZ organise regional formats as part of the programme Managing Global Governance

DIE and GIZ organise regional formats as part of the programme Managing Global Governance German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and GIZ organise regional formats as part of the programme Managing Global Governance Press Release of 29 September 2011 Since the year 2007 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit ( GIZ)…

46th Postgraduate Course starts

46th Postgraduate Course starts 46th Postgraduate Course starts on 1 September 2010 Press Release of 1 September 2010 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) trains German young professionals in its Postgraduate Training Programme for Development Cooperation. Alumni of the Training Programme are, among others, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Bruno Wenn,…

Ines Dombrowsky

Ines Dombrowsky Ines Dombrowsky new Head of Department at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 1 September 2010 Today, Ines Dombrowsky assumes her new position as Head of the Department “ Environmental Policy and Management of Natural Resources ” at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in Bonn. She succeeds Imme Scholz , who was promoted to Deputy Director…

New European approach to global development

New European approach to global development Think-tanks call for new European approach to global development Press Release of 16 September 2010 The European Think-Tanks Group, meeting in Königswinter near Bonn, call today for a new Europe-wide approach to global development. Gathering for a debate with Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development, and Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UN’s climate body, the UNFCC, among others, they argue…

New Book-Release on “G20 and Global Development“

New Book-Release on “G20 and Global Development“ New Book-Release: E-Publication of German Development Institute on “G20 and Global Development“ Press Release of 11 October 2010 Today, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) publishes its first E-Publication on “ G20 and Global Development: How can the new summit architecture promote pro-poor growth and sustainability? ". The G20 has recently decided to establish a working…

Third European Report on Development (ERD)

Third European Report on Development (ERD) Third European Report on Development (ERD) on its way Press Release of 18 April 2011 Effective natural resources management for sustainable and inclusive growth – the development dimension By 2030 demand for food, water and energy is expected to rise by 30-40%. Population growth, together with a growing middle class in emerging and developing nations, will put worldwide food production and security under extreme pressure. In…

Chief Economist of World Bank

Chief Economist of World Bank Chief Economist of World Bank visits German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 26 October 2010 Today, the World Bank’s Chief Economist, Justin Yifu Lin, will give a guest lecture on " Growth Identification and Facilitation: The Role of the State in the Dynamics of Structural Change “ at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). DIE-Director…

Think Tank 20-Network

Think Tank 20-Network Think Tank 20-Network publishes E-Publication on G20 Summit Press Release of 11 November 2010 In preparation for the G20 Summit in Seoul, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) published in early October 2010 the E-Publication "G20 and Global Development: How can the new summit architecture promote pro-poor growth and sustainability?" . 27 contributions by members of the Global Governance Research…

Annual Report 2009-2010

Annual Report 2009-2010 Published: “Annual Report 2009-2010” of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 15 December 2010 Today, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has published its Annual Report 2009 - 2010. The UN-Summit on the Millennium Development Goals in New York, the Conference on Biological Diversity in Nagoya and the Climate Conferences in Copenhagen…

Plant-for-the-Planet

Plant-for-the-Planet Das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik initiiert Plant-for-the-Planet Klimaschutz-Akademie für Kinder im Alter von 10-12 Jahren Pressemitteilung vom 21.02.2011 Die Schülerinitiative Plant-for-the-Planet und das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) bilden am 12.03.2011 Kinder zu Botschaftern für Klimagerechtigkeit aus. Am 2. Februar 2011 riefen die Vereinten Nationen das Internationale Jahr der Wälder ( International Year of…

New Käte Hamburger Collegium for Political Cultures of World Society

New Käte Hamburger Collegium for Political Cultures of World Society New Käte Hamburger Collegium for Political Cultures of World Society Press Release of 15 February 2011 An International Centre of Excellence for research on international cooperation A great success for the North Rhine-Westphalian research community is the impending acquisition of the International Centre for Advanced Studies on Political Cultures of World Society. An international panel of experts…

Postgraduates started 11-week field research

Postgraduates started 11-week field research Postgraduates of German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) started 11-week field research Press Release of 14 February 2011 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has trained young German professionals in the Institute’s Postgraduate Training Programme to pursue career opportunities with development organisations in Germany and…

German Development Institute ranked as top Development Think Tank

German Development Institute ranked as top Development Think Tank Global "Go-To Think Tanks“: German Development Institute ranked as top Development Think Tank Press Release of 25 January 2011 The latest edition of The Global “Go-To Think Tanks” has just been published. Of 6480 institutions identified globally for inclusion in the study, 75 Think Tanks were nominated as “The Leading Think Tanks In The World“ – among them the German Development Institute / Deutsches…

DIE expert Grimm heads the Centre for Chinese Studies in South Africa

DIE expert Grimm heads the Centre for Chinese Studies in South Africa DIE expert Grimm heads the Centre for Chinese Studies in South Africa Press Release of 11 January 2011 Sven Grimm , long-term researcher at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), is new Director at the Centre for Chinese Studies at Stellenbosch University in South Africa since the beginning of this year. During his time at DIE, Grimm worked…

DIE-Experten warnen: Entwicklungspolitik in Kenia nicht überschätzen

DIE-Experten warnen: Entwicklungspolitik in Kenia nicht überschätzen DIE-Experten warnen: Entwicklungspolitik in Kenia nicht überschätzen Pressemitteilung vom 18. Februar 2008 Die Überraschung war groß. Europäischen Medien und Politikern galt Kenia lange Zeit als Musterland für Demokratie und freie Marktwirtschaft: Seit den umstrittenen Präsidentschaftswahlen Ende Dezember 2007 kommt Kenia nicht zur Ruhe. Trotz der Vermittlungserfolge von Ex-UN-Generalsekretär Kofi…