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Global Transformation towards Sustainability

Bonn, 18. March 2020

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the University of Bonn are partners in the Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research . In a joint Spring School we invite African Germany-Alumni from any field of study and Alumni of the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Academy of the DIE to come to…

The role of a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development in facilitating sustainable fdi

Webinar, 19. March 2020

Please register here if you are interested in attending this webinar. This webinar is part of a webinar series. Upcoming topics and dates will be published soon. Negotiations on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development are beginning in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 12 March 2020 among 100 WTO members.…

PRODIGEES – Digitalisation and Sustainability

, 31. March 2020

On March 30, 2020 members from the MGG network and beyond held the kick-off meeting for the new EU Horizon2020 project PRODIGEES “ Promoting Research on Digitalisation in Emerging Powers and Europe Towards Sustainable Development ”. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the meeting was not held in Berlin, as originally planned, but as a series…

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

Vier Punkte, wie die Entwicklungspolitik der Corona-Pandemie begegnen sollte

Pressemitteilung vom 06.04.2020: Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Direktorin des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik in Bonn, formuliert Vier-Punkte-Plan, wie die deutsche und internationale Entwicklungspolitik der Corona-Pandemie begegnen sollte

Das entwicklungspolitische System unter Druck: eine ganzheitliche Perspektive

Gonsior, Victoria / Stephan Klingebiel (2020)
External Publications

Optionen für eine deutsch-französische Führungsrolle in der internationalen Geberkoordinierung

Kaplan, Lennart (2020)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 5/2020

Im Rahmen der Agenda 2030 sehen sich Deutschland und Frankreich ähnlichen Herausforderungen gegenüber. Vor dem Hintergrund diskutiert dieses Papier Möglichkeiten und Hindernisse für eine deutsch-französische Führungsposition in der europäischen und internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit.

A multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development: issues concerning implementation

Webinar, 30. April 2020

Negotiations on a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development will start in the World Trade Organization (WTO) among 101 WTO members as soon as circumstances permit. The main objective of the negotiations is to increase the flow of sustainable foreign direct investment with a view towards advancing sustainable…

Assuring equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments

Stamm, Andreas / Jeffrey Orozco (2020)
The Current Column, 04. May 2020

The Costa Rican government has proposed to the WHO that it should lead a global effort to pool intellectual rights on technologies that are useful against Covid-19.

Asegurar el acceso equitativo a las vacunas y tratamientos de COVID-19

Stamm, Andreas / Jeffrey Orozco (2020)
The Current Column, 04. May 2020

El Gobierno de Costa Rica ha propuesto a la OMS que encabece un esfuerzo mundial para aunar los derechos intelectuales sobre las tecnologías para la detección, prevención, control y tratamiento del Covid-19.

EU-Konjunkturprogramm, Covid-19, Nachhaltige Entwicklung und Klimawandel

Online, 11. May 2020

Der jüngste Gipfel der EU Staats- und Regierungschefs hat die Europäische Kommission mit der Entwicklung eines EU-Wiederaufbauplans beauftragt, um die Wirtschaft aus der durch die Covid-19 Pandemie verursachten Rezession zu holen. Dieser Plan soll mit dem nächsten Haushalt der EU, dem sogenannten Mehrjährigen Finanzrahmen (MRF) für die…

Holzapfel, Sarah

Senior Researcher, Research Programme "Inter- and transnational cooperation".

The marginalised as the weakest link in pandemics

Broocks, Anne-Katrin / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2020)
The Current Column, 11. May 2020

How is the spread of the coronavirus related to marginalisation? An analysis of Guayaquil, the major Ecuadorian city bearing the brunt of Covid-19.

Sustainability after COVID-19

Online, 12. May 2020

Are there trade-offs or synergies between financing economic recovery and transitioning towards sustainability? Which areas, sectors or activities should be prioritized in a Green New Deal, given the economic crisis and competing claims? What could a Green Deal look like in a developing country context? On 12 May we discussed on these…

Concrete measures to facilitate sustainable FDI and CSR

Online, 12. May 2020

The workshop made an input into the negotiations of a framework on investment facilitation for development at the WTO. The workshop was open to all WTO delegates and government representatives from capitals. Another workshop on the development dimension of a multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development, scheduled for…

The Conservation Revolution

Online, 19. May 2020

Conservation needs a revolution. This is the only way it can contribute to the drastic transformations needed to come to a truly sustainable model of development. The good news is that conservation is ready for revolution. Heated debates about the rise of the Anthropocene and the current ‘sixth extinction’ crisis demonstrate an urgent…

The AU-EU summit in October 2020

Online, 28. May 2020

Coping with the Corona crisis will significantly shape the cooperation between Germany and the EU with African partners in the coming months and years. Cooperation with Africa has been gaining in importance in the EU in the face of migration policy and increasing economic and geopolitical competition with China, Russia and other actors.…

Integrating an international framework on investment facilitation for development into the WTO

Webinar, 28. May 2020

This was the fourth of a webinar series on investment facilitation for development, organized jointly by ITC and DIE. Negotiations on an international framework on investment facilitation for development will start in the World Trade Organization (WTO) among 101 WTO members as soon as circumstances permit. How such an international…

Towards a digital partnership between the EU and the AU

Online, 28. May 2020

Digitalisation shapes the transformations, evolutions and revolutions in our economy, and influences the way we work, live, and interact. Digitalisation creates numerous opportunities. Yet, if poorly managed, digitalisation and automation can lead to massive job losses, alongside rising fears among citizens and lawmakers when it comes to…

How to respond inclusively to COVID-19 in the interests of the common good

Cordes, Andrea / Jacqueline Götze (2020)
The Current Column, 02. June 2020

Decisions on governing the pandemic must be inclusive and oriented to the global common good. However, it is questionable whether this criterion is always fulfilled.