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  • Zertifizierung als familienbewusstes Institut: audit berufundfamilie

    Beruf und Familie Zertifikatsverleihung 2019 Berlin, © berufundfamilie, Thomas Ruddies, Christoph Petras

    Zum mittlerweile dritten Mal hat das Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) die Zertifizierung des audit berufundfamilie erfolgreich durchlaufen. Das Zertifikat wurde am 25. Juni 2019 in Berlin feierlich an den Leiter der allgemeinen Verwaltung, Horst Jobelius übergeben. Mit dem audit berufundfamilie wird am DIE die Aufmerksamkeit für die Möglichkeiten der Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie erhöht, ein Beitrag zur familienbewussten Kultur des DIE geleistet und das DIE als attraktiver Arbeitgeber sichtbar.

  • DIE-UNIDO Roundtable on Global Value Chains for Inclusive Development: FDI, Investment Facilitation and Linkage Creation

    Group Photo of Roundtable Participants
    Roundtable Participants

    DIE together with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) organised a roundtable discussion on the role of policies to facilitate foreign direct investment (FDI) and create linkages between domestic and multinational companies with the aim of promoting inclusive global value chains. The roundtable took place in Tokyo on 28 May 2019 and was hosted by the United Nations University. In her keynote address, the Ethiopian Minister for Trade and Industry, H.E. Ms. Fetlework Gebregziabher Abrha, emphasised that FDI offers a number of benefits for host economies. However, in order to promote more value addition strong domestic capacities are needed in host countries. The roundtable discussed the experiences of ASEAN countries in building linkages between domestic and multinational companies that could be useful for other regions as well. Furthermore, developing countries face the challenge to attract FDI. Axel Berger, Senior Researcher at DIE, discussed the opportunities and challenges of an international investment facilitation framework, currently being discussed at the World Trade Organization, to promote FDI that supports sustainable development in developing countries.

  • Farewell to Gabriele Kahnert

    Photo: Gabriele Kahnert with LaudatorsOn 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 Division of BMZ, Michaela Zintl, and the Deputy Secretary-General of the German Academic Exchange Service, Rudolf Boden.

    All speakers expressed their deep appreciation for Mrs. Kahnert’s outstanding professionalism as well as for her human warmth. Both have been of inestimable value in the institute’s growth process over the last 15 years, which would not have been possible otherwise. Many colleagues from related institutes also benefited from her extensive experience over the years.

    DIE and the entire team express their deep gratitude to Gabriele Kahnert for her achievements and wish her all the best for her well-deserved retirement!

  • Gabriele Kahnert verabschiedet

    Photo: Gabriele Kahnert mit Laudatoren

    Am 08. Mai wurde Gabriele Kahnert nach 19 Jahren als Leiterin der Serviceeinrichtungen des DIE verabschiedet. Zu dem Empfang erschienen mehr als 120 Gäste, darunter langjährige Weggefährten sowie Kolleginnen und Kollegen.

    Zu den Rednern gehörten, neben der kommissarischen Direktorin des DIE, Dr. Imme Scholz, und Vertreterinnen und Vertretern aller Teams auch die ehemalige Referatsleiterin des BMZ, Michaela Zintl, sowie der Direktor der Zentralen Verwaltung und Stellvertretende Generalsekretär des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes (DAAD), Rudolf Boden. Alle Redner drückten ihre Wertschätzung für Frau Kahnerts hohen Grad an Professionalität und menschlicher Wärme aus, ohne die das Institut den Wachstumsprozess der letzten 15 Jahre nicht bewältigt hätte. Auch ihre Kolleginnen und Kollegen in verwandten Instituten konnten von Ihrer langjährigen Erfahrung stets profitieren.

    Das DIE und sein gesamtes Team danken Frau Kahnert für alles Geleistete und wünschen ihr alles Gute für den hochverdienten Ruhestand!

  • T20 Summit: Supporting the G20 through policy advice, dialogue and research collaboration

    Photo: Panel with DIE-Researcher Ulrich VolzOn 26 and 27 May 2019, researchers from a broad range of countries met in Tokyo, Japan, for the annual T20 Summit. The T20 Summit is the main meeting of the Think20 (T20), a network of research institutes and think tanks from the G20 countries which provide research-based recommendations to the G20. The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) chaired the T20 process together with the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) in 2017. Supported by the Managing Global Governance programme, DIE initiated the T20 Africa Standing Group together with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).

    Researchers from DIE have co-chaired the Task Force on Cooperation with Africa as well as the Trade, Investment and Globalization Task force and have participated in the production of various T20 Policy Briefs in order to influence the policy process towards the Leaders’ Summit of the G20 on 28 and 29 June in Osaka, Japan.

    At the T20 summit, DIE researchers participated in various panels. Ulrich Volz spoke on a panel on financing for sustainable development, where he highlighted the urgency to mainstream sustainable finance. Since science, technology and innovation are crucial cross-cutting issue in nearly all SDGs, Kathrin Berensmann underlined that the New Technology Bank for LDCs assumes an essential role in promoting capacity building in these countries. Christine Hackenesch moderated a panel on G20 – Africa cooperation in the agriculture sector, one of three thematic panels organized by the T20 Africa Standing Group. Axel Berger argued that the G20 should provide guidance for ongoing investment facilitation discussions for sustainable development from the unilateral to the multilateral level.

    Please visit the G20 Special on the DIE-website or the Future of Globalisation Blog for more information about the our work on G20 / T20.

    In 2017, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), together with the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), headed the T20 process. With the support of the Managing Global Governance Programme, DIE initiated the T20 Africa Standing Group with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).