Kategorie: From the institute

Imme Scholz at council meeting of Foundation Environment and Development

  Imme Scholz, Acting Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), took part in the council meeting of the Foundation Environment and Development North Rhine-Westphalia on 6 June. The government of North Rhine-Westphalia created the foundation in 2001 with to promote civil society engagement for sustainable development. Projects range from…

Certification as family-conscious institute: audit berufundfamilie

For the third time, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) received its certification as a family-conscious institute by the audit workandfamily (berufundfamilie). The certificate was handed over to Horst Jobelius, head of general administration at DIE (see picture). The audit workandfamily increases the awareness for the opportunities of balancing work and…

Farewell to Gabriele Kahnert

On 8 May, Gabriele Kahnert retired as Head of Service Facilities after 19 years. More than 120 guests participated in the farewell reception, among them colleagues and long-time companions. Among the speakers were Dr Imme Scholz, Acting Director of DIE, representatives of all organizational units of the institute as well as the former Head of…

News from SDSN Germany

SDSN Germany organised in cooperation with adelphi and the German Federal Foreign Office, a launch event on the new essay series of adelphi “Driving Transformative Change: Foreign Affairs and the 2030 Agenda” in Berlin on 30 April. The implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development can prevent conflict and safeguard global stability – and,…

Campus Prize for Anna Schwachula

Anna Schwachula, researcher in the programme Inter- and transnational cooperation with the Global South, has won the Campus Prize of the University of Bremen. The Campus Prize honours outstanding theses written on the Bremen campus that are thematically dedicated to the sustainable use of resources as well as the protection of the environment, the climate,…