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…
On 4 April, the workshop „Preferences, attitudes and environmental impacts of the new middle classes“ takes place at DIE. The workshop aims to uncover effective combinations of policies to change towards sustainable lifestyles with a special focus on behavioural approaches. The research group “Sustainable Middle Classes in Middle Income Countries: Transformation of Carbon Consumption Patterns…
The Roundtable “Investment Facility for Sustainable Development”, organized by DIE on 19 March 2019 in Berlin, brought together senior experts from governments, international organizations and academia. The aim was to discuss options on how current discussions on an international framework for investment facilitation can better promote sustainable development. Investment facilitation is a new issue on…
Together with GIZ’s Governance Cluster in Morocco, Annabelle Houdret (DIE) organized a workshop in Rabat on 22 February . She introduced the concept of a new social contract and showed how it can be used as a tool for analysis and planning in development cooperation. Prof. Kamal ElMesbahi, a Moroccan economist (Transparency Maroc), then analyzed…
On 11 February, the 9th meeting of the Extended Leadership Council 9th meeting of the Extended Leadership Councilof SDSN Germany took place at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung. The topic of the session was “Sustainability in times of populism – answer or victim?”. The members of the Council discussed this highly topical issue with Nina…