While the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is under stress and demands for reform are increasingly voiced, members still use the WTO to discuss new rules. In this context, a group of more than 90 economies are engaged in so called structured discussions on investment facilitation for development. On 11 December…
Thinkers retreat at Villa la Collina, Cadenabbia, Italy, 23 to 25 November 2019, organized by DIE and the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Thinkers and policy-makers from China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa as well as from the European Union and international organisations engaged in a retreat-style policy dialogue on the future of multilateralism. Participants from DIE…
In December 2019, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) co-hosted a workshop in Geneva to prepare the next WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12). The objective was to strengthen multilateral cooperation in the context of the WTO, which is currently facing a deep crisis due to the recent shutdown of its Appellate Body.…
In 1979, the book „Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age“ by the Jewish philosopher Hans Jonas was first published. The work reflects the increasing unease since the seventies about environmental destruction and technological developments with hardly calculable risks for mankind. First to be mentioned is the threat posed by…
In the context of the UNSSC course “Multi-sectoral Country Leadership on Health and Well-being in the context of the 2030 Agenda”, Imme Scholz took part in the expert panel “Integrated approaches to delivering on the 2030 Agenda”. Civil servants from different Ministries of six Gulf countries (Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE and Qatar) participated…