The development of the United Nations (UN) is historically intertwined with that of many countries belonging to the “Global South“ and their concerns. How can today’s relation between the UN Development System and South-South Cooperation be best described, and how has it been changing due to greater economic power and more intense cooperation within the…
The long lasting and intensive cooperation of French and German development politics dates back to the signature of the Élysée treaty in 1963. The treaty of Aachen, which was signed in January 2019, is designed to strengthen this cooperation and enhance joint opportunities to achieve global sustainable development – both regarding the cooperation with bilateral…
DIE and its partner, the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), were involved in two sessions of the Climate and SDGs Synergy Conference. The conference was organised by UN DESA and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC) and took place from 1-3 April in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the capacity building session, Gabriela Iacobuta (DIE) presented…
On 9 April 2019 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) jointly organised the expert roundtable „Digital Trade, WTO Reform, and Trade and Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth” in Tokyo. The roundtable took place on the eve of the second session…
On 9 April 2019, Brot für die Welt, Misereor and SDSN Germany organised a panel discussion with the candidates for the forthcoming European elections Katarina Barley (SPD), Ska Keller (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Daniel Caspary (CDU), Özlem Demirel (Die Linke) and Till Mansmann (FDP) which took place in the French Peace Church in Berlin. The panelists…