Home » Press » Press Releases » Now is the time. Rio+20 must succeed International experts call upon their governments: Now is the time. Rio+20 must succeed Press Release of 4 July 2011 One year before Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), 13 high-ranking international experts from seven countries call upon their governments in a joint statement to prepare concrete summit results. World leaders should rise to the occasion and agree…
Home » Press » Press Releases » New European approach to global development Think-tanks call for new European approach to global development Press Release of 16 September 2010 The European Think-Tanks Group, meeting in Königswinter near Bonn, call today for a new Europe-wide approach to global development. Gathering for a debate with Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development, and Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UN’s climate body, the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Ines Dombrowsky Ines Dombrowsky new Head of Department at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 1 September 2010 Today, Ines Dombrowsky assumes her new position as Head of the Department “ Environmental Policy and Management of Natural Resources ” at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in Bonn. She succeeds Imme Scholz , who was…
Home » Press » Press Releases » 46th Postgraduate Course starts 46th Postgraduate Course starts on 1 September 2010 Press Release of 1 September 2010 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) trains German young professionals in its Postgraduate Training Programme for Development Cooperation. Alumni of the Training Programme are, among others, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment…
Home » Press » Press Releases » DIE and GIZ organise regional formats as part of the programme Managing Global Governance German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and GIZ organise regional formats as part of the programme Managing Global Governance Press Release of 29 September 2011 Since the year 2007 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale…
Home » Press » Press Releases » New Layout of DIE-Publications New Layout of DIE-Publications “Briefing Paper” and “Analysen und Stellungnahmen” Press Release of 11 June 2010 As of now on, we are pleased to present our publications Briefing Paper and Analysen und Stellungnahmen in a new and more appealing design. We kept the four-sided format. Both series will take up the discussion of current questions and controversies of development policy, take position, and will…
Home » Press » Press Releases » European Think-Tanks Group European Think-Tanks Group publishes Policy Brief on the European External Action Service Press Release of 2 June 2010 Earlier this year, four of Europe’s leading think-tanks – German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) and the European Centre for Development…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the RSA Stellv. Außenminister Südafrikas zu Besuch beim Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) S.E. Ebrahim I. Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation of the Republic of South Africa, hält sich auf Einladung der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung vom 16. bis 22. Mai 2010 zu politischen Gesprächen in Deutschland auf. Am 19. Mai wird Minister Ebrahim…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Open Letter European Think-Tanks Group sends Open Letter to EU Commission Press Release of 10 May 2010 Earlier this year, four of Europe’s leading think-tanks – German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) – joined forces…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Recommendations for the Petersberg Climate Dialogue Recommendations for the Petersberg Climate Dialogue – Climate Policy Post-Copenhagen: Action at three levels offers prospect of success Press Release of 29 April 2010 The German Advisory Council on Global Change ( Wissenschaftliche Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen - WBGU) today submitted the Policy Paper " Climate Policy Post-Copenhagen: A Three-Level Strategy for…
Home » Press » Press Releases » DIE-Director Messner elected as Chair of PIK’s Scientific Advisory Board DIE-Director Messner elected as Chair of PIK’s Scientific Advisory Board Press Release of 22 February 2010 Today, the Scientific Advisory Board of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has elected Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), to its Chair. The international membership…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Postgraduates started 11-week field research Postgraduates of German Development Institute started 11-week field research in Africa Press Release of 17 February 2010 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has trained young German professionals in the Institute’s Postgraduate Training Programme to pursue career opportunities with development organisations in Germany and abroad. Alumni…
Home » Press » Press Releases » EU international cooperation agenda Die globalen Herausforderungen brauchen eine stärkere europäische Antwort: EU-Memorandum veröffentlicht Pressemitteilung vom 04.02.2010 Bonn, London, Madrid, Maastricht . Nachdem die bulgarische Ersatzkandidatin für die EU-Kommission gestern im EU-Parlament auf große Zustimmung stieß, steht der Wahl der neuen EU-Kommission am 9. Februar nichts mehr im Wege. Während sich in Brüssel die neue EU-Kommission…
Home » Press » Press Releases » GDI ranked one of the top Think Tanks German Development Institute once again ranked one of the top Think Tanks Press Release of 1 February 2010 Once again, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is part of the Global “Go-To Think Tanks” ranking. The German Development Institute is one of the leading Think Tanks in the world and ranks among the top 10 “International Development Think Tanks”. Of…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Science Council welcomes positive developments Wissenschaftsrat begrüßt positive Entwicklung des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Pressemitteilung vom 25.11.2010 In der vom Wissenschaftsrat (WR) im November 2010 verabschiedeten Stellungnahme zur „ Umsetzung der Empfehlungen aus der zurückliegenden Evaluation des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) “ fällt die Bewertung der Weiterentwicklung des DIE äußerst…
Home » Press » Press Releases » European Consultation of “Human Development Report” European Consultation of “Human Development Report” at German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Press Release of 23 November 2011 On 24 November 2011, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) will host the European Consultation about the 2012 and 2013 Human Development Reports . The international workshop is…
Home » Press » Press Releases » 100. Kuratoriumssitzung 100. Kuratoriumssitzung des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Pressemitteilung vom 06 . 12 . 2011 Am 8. Dezember 2011 hat das Kuratorium des Deutschen Instituts für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) seine 100. Sitzung. Seit den Anfängen des Instituts leistet das Kuratorium einen beratenden Beitrag zur laufenden Arbeit des DIE. „Die Tätigkeit des Kuratoriums stellt eine wichtige Komponente für unser Institut…
Home » Press » Press Releases » German Development Institute ranked Top Five Development Think Tank Global Go-To Think Tanks: German Development Institute ranked Top Five Development Think Tank Press Release of 20 January 2012 An impressive success for the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE): For the fourth consecutive time DIE has been selected as one of the best think tanks and research institutions in several categories. The…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Messer appointed to Scientific Advisory Board EU Commissioner Piebalgs appoints DIE-Director Messner to his Scientific Advisory Board Press Release of 2 February 2012 EU Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs appointed DIE-Director Dirk Messner to his new “Scientific Advisory Board on EU development policy”. The Board, which will be comprised of 5 to 7 core academics, will support Commissioner Piebalgs in the effective translation of…