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Implementation Challenges for a Multilateral Framework on Investment Facilitation for Development

Online, 23. September 2020

This was the 3rd Virtual Capacity Building Workshop: Implementation Challenges for a Multilateral Framework on Investment Facilitation for Development organised in the framework of the Investment Facilitation for Development project, jointly implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the German Development Institute/Deutsches…

Contested mobility

Online, 23. September 2020

Global migration policies, formulated at international and national levels, play a significant role in the quality of life and opportunities for migrants and displaced people . Our new project ‘Contested mobility‘: Migration policy in countries of the Global South between local needs, national interests and global agendas , funded by the…

International cooperation and socio-economic justice in a post-Covid19 MENA region

Online, 22. September 2020

The Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) are co-organising a series of online debates in the Autumn of 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the question of how international partners can best support MENA countries and the region as a whole in addressing…

Multilateralism needs action, not celebrations

Hendra, John / Silke Weinlich (2020)
The Current Column, 21. September 2020

On the occasion of their 75th anniversary, the United Nations will today adopt a political declaration including the telling sentence “We are not here to celebrate. We are here to take action.” 3d

We need democracy protection to counter autocratisation

Mross, Karina / Daniel Nowack / Julia Leininger (2020)
The Current Column, 11. September 2020

On 15 September, the world celebrates one of humanity’s greatest success models: democracy. Yet today, democracy finds itself under pressure from both internal and external forces, and there are now more autocracies than democracies in the world for the first time in almost 20 years. The international community must act now and engage in democracy protection.

Germany’s funding to the UNDS: towards a better mix for stronger multilateralism

Weinlich, Silke / Max-Otto Baumann / Erik Lundsgaarde (2020)
Briefing Paper 17/2020

Germany has become the second-largest funder of UN humanitarian and development work, but its funding is rather fragmented and restricted. To be an effective supporter of multilateralism, the German Government should adopt a coordinated, strategically informed approach to funding UN organizations.

Conservationists' perspectives on poverty: an empirical study

Fisher, Janet A. / Hari Dhungana / Janine Duffy / Jun He / Mirna Inturias / Ina Lehmann / Adrian Martin / David M. Mwayafu / Iokiñe Rodríguez / Helen Schneider (2020)
External Publications

Improving key functions of the World Trade Organization: fostering open plurilaterals, regime management and decision-making

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Manfred Elsig / Anwarul Hoda / Xinquan Tu (2020)
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Supply shortage in medical devices in the Corona-crisis

Online, 04. September 2020

On the occasion of the launch of the G20 Trade and Investment Research Network (TIRN) , we invited to join our online discussion. TIRN is a cross-country, independent, network of trade and investment policy researchers whose shared goal is to provide substantive, research-backed analysis to support G20 leaders’ deliberations. The ongoing…

AU-EU cooperation on the Green Transition: What role of a European Green Deal?

Online, 02. September 2020

Preparations for the AU-EU summit offer an opportunity to give AU-EU cooperation on green transitions a new impetus. On the European side , the European Commission has proposed an ambitious agenda to transform the European Union in a carbon-neutral continent by 2050 and to decouple economic growth from resource use. While the Green Deal…

International Cooperation with Fragile MENA Countries in the COVID-19 Context

McCandless, Erin / Bernhard Trautner (2020)
The Current Column, 24. August 2020

The Pandemic has a potential upside for the conflict-affected countries in the Middle East and North Africa: building back better, more accountable states and resilient societies through inclusive social contracts.

Innovations for sustainability: pathways to an efficient and sufficient post-pandemic future

Nakicenovic, Nebojsa et al. (2020)
External Publications

Digital MGG Academy 2020 has started

Press release of 18 August 2020: The MGG Academy has started. The four month dialogue and training programme will, for the first time in 13 years, not take place in Bonn.

EU development policy: evolving as an instrument of foreign policy and as an expression of solidarity

Furness, Mark / Luciana-Alexandra Ghica / Simon Lightfoot / Balázs Szent-Iványi (2020)
External Publications

Good news from countries around the global south in times of COVID-19

Ruppel, Samantha / Alena Sander (2020)
External Publications

Sustainability transformations: socio-political shocks as opportunities for governance transitions

Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke / Maja Schlüter / Per Olsson / Carl Folke / Stefan Gelcich / Claudia Pahl-Wostl (2020)
External Publications

Monitoring in German bilateral development cooperation: a case study of agricultural, rural development and food security projects

Römling, Cornelia / Sarah Holzapfel (2020)
Discussion Paper 18/2020

Monitoring and evaluation to increase evidence and thus aid effectiveness remains a challenge in the development community. This analysis of German bilateral development cooperation projects highlights quality challenges in German reporting and recommends adjustments for a more effective M&E system.

Partner and Alumni Network

Partner and Alumni Network Jump to: Partner and Alumni Network National Alumni Conferences 2019 National Alumni Conferences 2018 Global Alumni Conferences 2017 National Alumni Conferences 2016 National Alumni Conferences 2020 Partner and Alumni Network The MGG Programme has created a strong partner network and a growing alumni network after ten years of running the programme. The overarching objective of MGG is to contribute to transformative change at the global and…

Building Back Better

Online, 14. July 2020

Facilitated by the German Development Institute’s Managing Global Governance Programme (MGG), the National Schools of Public Administration of Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa have been collaborating over the past few years in order to strengthen knowledge exchange and learning among them. On July 14, 2020 a group…

Sustainability standards and global governance: experiences of emerging economies

Negi, Archna / Jorge Antonia Pérez-Pineda, Jorge Antonia / Johannes Blankenbach (Eds.) (2020)
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