Stephan Klingebiel, currently Head of Research Programme „Inter- and Transnational Cooperation with the Global South“, is going to lead UNDP’s (United Nations Development Programme) Policy Centre for Global Development Partnerships in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The Centre is part of UNDP’s Global Policy Network. Stephan Klingebiel will assume his new position on 16th June 2019;…
On 31 December 2018, Dr Klaus Billerbeck, one of the first directors of DIE, died at the age of 91 years in Pullach. Klaus Billerbeck shaped the institutional relationship between DIE and BMZ, its main shareholder, and – together with DIE staff – defined research, policy advice and training as its main tasks. We remember…
After the uprisings in 2011, the Moroccan government promised to reinforce citizen participation – but does this really materialize today, or are these measures purely ‘cosmetic reforms’? DIE and the Moroccan Institut National de l’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme just signed a cooperation agreement and started their common research on these questions. Where and how did initiatives…
The project „Klimalog-research and dialogue for a climate-just transformation“ is now in its second phase. Main research areas in the current period will be: (1) Challenges for the implementation of climate policies in developing and emerging countries as well as scaling up ambitions, (2) resilience of vulnerable groups to climate-related risks, specifically in the least…