Sustainable Futures

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  • MGG Conference in Mexico: The Power of Cooperation: Shaping a positive narrative of global governance

    Conference Participants
    Conference Participants ©DIE

    On 25-26 July, the Managing Global Governance (MGG) network organised together with the Mexican Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AMEXCID) and the research organisation Instituto Mora the conference „The Power of Cooperation: Shaping a positive narrative of global governance“. It took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico City.

    Alumni of all years of the MGG Academy, – the training and dialogue format of the MGG network – partners from the MGG network, and guests from politics, academia, civil society, and the private sector discussed how to hold open spaces for dialogue in times of increasing polarisation and nationalist tendencies. The discussions focused on the direct exchange between all stakeholders, the agreement on problems and possible solutions and the work in multi-sectoral networks in the fields of migration and international development cooperation.

    The conference was part of a series of events in all MGG partner countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa) to examine positive narratives of global governance. The conference in Mexico built on the discussions in India (28 – 29 April 2019) and its results will feed into the follow-up event in Brazil (18 – 20 September 2019).

    The great interest in the discussion is documented by related media coverage.

  • MGG Konferenz in Mexiko: The Power of Cooperation. Shaping a positive narrative of Global Governance

    Konferenzteilnehmende
    Konferenzteilnehmende, ©DIE

    Zusammen mit der mexikanischen Agentur für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit AMEXCID (Agencia Mexicana de Cooperación International) und der Forschungseinrichtung Instituto Mora veranstaltete das Managing Global Governance (MGG) Netzwerk am 25. und 26. Juli 2019 die Konferenz „The power of Cooperation: Shaping a positive narrative of Global Governance“ im mexikanischen Außenministerium in Mexiko-Stadt.

    Absolventinnen und Absolventen aus allen Jahrgängen der MGG Academy – dem Trainings- und Dialogformat des MGG-Netzwerks – diskutierten gemeinsam mit Partnern aus dem MGG-Netzwerk sowie Gästen aus Politik, Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft, wie ein fairer Dialog in Zeiten zunehmender Polarisierung und nationalistischer Tendenzen geführt werden kann. Der direkte Austausch zwischen den beteiligten Akteuren, die Verständigung über Probleme und Lösungsoptionen und die Arbeit in multisektoralen Netzwerken in den Themenbereichen Migration und internationale Entwicklungszusammenarbeit standen dabei im Vordergrund.

    Die Konferenz war Teil einer Serie von Veranstaltungen in allen MGG-Partnerländern (Brasilien, China, Indien, Indonesien, Mexiko, Südafrika), die einem positiven Narrativ von Global Governance nachspüren. Die Konferenz in Mexiko griff die Diskussion aus der vorangegangenen Konferenz in Indien (28. – 29. April 2019) auf. Ihre Ergebnisse werden in die Folgeveranstaltung in Brasilien (18. – 20. September 2019) einfließen.

    Das große Interesse an der Diskussion wird unter anderem durch die mediale Verarbeitung der Veranstaltung dokumentiert.

     

  • Start of the MGG Academy 2019

    Photo: MGG Academy 2019 Participants
    MGG Academy 2019, © Neil Baynes

    On 19 August, the MGG Academy 2019 has kicked-off at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), bringing together 23 participants from Brazil, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa. The MGG Academy is a four-month dialogue and training course for young professionals from governmental institutions, research institutions, civil society and the private sector that aims to develop the competencies of future change-makers to address global challenges. On 23 August, the participants hosted the Global Village for colleagues from DIE and other institutions in Bonn. They set up stalls that showcased facts and current issues in their countries. The informal event was also an opportunity to socialise and get to know the participants and their cultures through food, art, and various activities.

     

  • Start der MGG Academy 2019

    Photo: MGG Academy 2019 Participants
    MGG Academy 2019, © Neil Baynes

    Am 19. August startete die MGG Academy 2019 mit 23 Personen aus Brasilien, China, Deutschland, Indien, Indonesien, Mexiko und Südafrika. Die MGG Academy ist ein viermonatiger Dialog- und Ausbildungskurs für Nachwuchsführungskräfte in Regierungseinrichtungen, Forschungsinstituten, der Zivilgesellschaft und dem Privatsektor. Sie zielt darauf ab, die Kompetenzen künftiger Transformationsakteure für die Bearbeitung globaler Herausforderungen zu stärken. Am 23. August lud der neue Kurs die Belegschaft des DIE sowie Personen aus anderen Institutionen in Bonn zu einem „Global Village“ ein. In Form von Ständen stellten die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer aktuelle Themen und Informationen aus ihren Heimatländern vor. Die informelle Veranstaltung bot eine gute Gelegenheit sich gegenseitig kennenzulernen und sich über Kultur, Kunst, Essen und weitere Aktivitäten auszutauschen.

  • DIE and SDSN Germany at the HLPF in New York

    The Sustainable Development Goals

    For DIE and the Secretariat of SDSN Germany Adolf Kloke-Lesch, Silke Weinlich and Janina Sturm participated in this year’s High Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York as members of the German delegation. The purpose of the forum, which took place on 9-18 July this year, is to annually review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

    This year, also first results of the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) were presented, in the preparation of which the DIE was involved. The GSDR formulates recommendations from the perspective of science and will be presented in its entirety for the first time in September 2019 to the heads of state and government of the UN Member States.

    At the margins of the High Level Political Forum, many side events took place. SDSN Germany organized a disucssion on spillover effects in the implementation of the SDGs together with GIZ organized. DIE hosted a side event that presented the results of a study on earmarked funding in the multilateral development system (in preparation). International organisations such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organisation (WHO) or the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) possess multilateral assets, which assign them unique roles in implementing the 2030 Agenda. The current way of the funding the UN development system however makes this more difficult: A majority of earmarked contributions come with geographic or thematic specifications and lead to fragmentation, supply-orientation, competition, and underfunding of multilateral core activities. In spite of some more helpful varieties that foster cooperation and innovation, the majority of earmarked funding in the UN development system runs counter to the demands of the 2030 Agenda for transformative, integrated, and comprehensive approaches. At the New York Office of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, about 20 representatives of international organisations and member states discussed how ongoing reform processes could bring about progress.

    In addition to this year’s HLPF, there was also the first Senior Level Meeting (SLM) of the Global Partnership for Development Effectiveness (GPDE), involving government representatives from developing, newly industrialising and industrialised countries, as well as civil society and other non-governmental organisations stakeholders, including DIE. They met for the first time at the United Nations Headquarter. Partners of DIE’s Managing Global Governance (MGG) network participated in discussions on effectiveness in South-South cooperation.