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Training towards sustainability for the public sector during and after the pandemic

Online, 27. October 2020

Since 2018, Schools of Public Administration (SPAs) from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa, the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) and further partner institutions from the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Network have joined forces to strengthen capacities to train civil servants towards sustainability.…

What does a more assertive European Parliament mean for EU development policy?

Burni, Aline / Niels Keijzer / Benedikt Erforth (2020)
The Current Column, 26. October 2020

While in the past there was a perception that the European Parliament merely rubber-stamped the Council’s agreements, the current legislature is more imposing and confrontational.

Investment Facilitation Book Project

Online, 26. October 2020

The virtual Workshops to discuss the contributions to the Book Project “Law, politics and economics of international disciplines on investment facilitation” are jointly organised by the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Center for International Economic Law and Policy (CIELP), Law…

E-Procurement, Dialogue und Cooperation as Drivers for SPP

Online, 26. October 2020

For the third successive year, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in collaboration with the Service Agency Communities in one World (SKEW) hosts the international Dialogue Forum on Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) from 26 to 28 October 2020. Though Coronavirus forces us to meet up…

Dialogue 1: ODA graduation in times of changing global relations and partnerships

Scholz, Imme / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (2020)
External Publications

发展合作 援助新体系的挑战 (德)斯 (Challenges to the New Development Cooperation Assistance System)

Klingebiel, Stephan (2020)
External Publications

Europe’s role in post-COVID MENA

Online, 13. October 2020

The Covid-19 Pandemic has increased socio-economic vulnerability, with the potential to undermine social justice and peace across the MENA . Whether this results in increased pressure on Europe’s border security, asylum and health systems is unclear, but the demand for Europe to act in support of vulnerable communities in MENA countries…

Governing water sustainably in mining and post-mining landscapes

Online, 08. October 2020

Mining has the potential to offer rare employment opportunities in rural areas and, arguably, boosts national economies. However, it also carries vast social and environmental risks, many of them related to water contamination and worsening water scarcity. How risks and benefits of mining and mining-related water use are allocated touches…

A new lifeline for the G20? The role of African and European actors in enhancing its legitimacy and effectiveness

Barana, Luca / Daniele Fattibene / Christine Hackenesch / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Bernardo Venturi (2020)
External Publications

Protest potentials in post-COVID Mena

Online, 06. October 2020

In the months prior to the Covid-19 crisis , mass protests in Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon and Sudan seemed to foreshadow a second Arab Spring. Persistent inequality and a series of events that visibilised the rampant state corruption had sparked widespread protests across the region. These protests demonstrated how a generation of young people…

Strengthening the EU’s Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding Capabilities

Bergmann, Julian / Mark Furness (2020)
The Current Column, 05. October 2020

In previous crisis contexts, the EU has a role to play in support the movements. In doing so, the EU needs to ensure that it is not stuck in crisis mode.

What can we learn from regional initiatives on investment facilitation

Online, 05. October 2020

This is the fifth of a webinar series on investment facilitation for development, held in the framework of a joint ITC/DIE project on Investment Facilitation for Development. The webinar will be conducted in an interactive manner and allow for questions by participants. The emergence of regional initiatives such as the MERCOSUR Protocol,…

Dealing with interlinkages: a focused approach for implementing the SDGs and overcoming the COVID-19 crisis

Scholz, Imme / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Robert Lepenies / Alex Goday-Faúndez / Felix Moronta Barrios / Anet Režek Jambrak / Armand Ketcha Malan Kablan / Tolu Oni / Moritz Riede / Yoko Shimpuku / Teresa Stoepler (2020)
External Publications

Christina Rademacher-Schulz

Christina Rademacher-Schulz is an Ethnologist and former Senior Researcher of the Research programme "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace".

Mario Negre

Mario Negre is Economist and former Senior Researcher of the Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems".

Lukas Frucht

Lukas Frucht is Geographer and former Researcher of the Research Programme "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace".

The transition towards a green economy and its implications for quality infrastructure

, 30. September 2020

The transition towards a green economy has become an urgent need. It implies accelerated diffusion of manifold green technologies, which in turn generates opportunities for domestic value creation in terms of learning, localization of supply chains, and employment. A pre-condition for the effective development and diffusion of green…

A post-COVID social contract for the MENA region?

Online, 29. September 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has endangered fragile social contracts across the MENA region . The sharp economic downturn caused by the pandemic has reduced state revenues and had severe impacts on both formal and informal economic sectors. The demand for social protection has increased just as governments’ abilities to deliver has been…

How the European Green Deal should reshape Africa-EU relations

Högl, Maximilian / Christine Hackenesch / Gabriela Iacobuta (2020)
The Current Column, 28. September 2020

Ursula von der Leyen reiterated the European Green Deal’s importance as the flagship of the new EU Commission. The partnership with Africa is particularly important in this regard.

Eva Binkert

Eva Binkert is Political Scientist and Researcher in the Research Programme "Transformation of Political (Dis-)order: Institutions, Values & Peace".