Home » Press » Press Releases » Postgraduates started 11-week field research Postgraduates of German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) started 11-week field research Press Release of 14 February 2012 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…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Wasser, Energie und Land besser managen Wasser, Energie und Land besser managen: Kommissar Piebalgs begrüßt Veröffentlichung des Europäischen Entwicklungsberichts Pressemitteilung vom 16.05.2012 EU-Entwicklungskommissar Andris Piebalgs hat die Veröffentlichung des Europäischen Entwicklungsberichts 2011/2012 begrüßt, der heute in Brüssel präsentiert wird. Der Bericht behandelt die wichtigsten aktuellen Entwicklungsfragen aus europäischer…
Home » Press » Press Releases » South-South cooperation: new opportunities for development policy? South-South cooperation: new opportunities for development policy? – Book presentation ‘Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers’ in New York Press Release of 28 June 2012 On 5 July 2012, the new publication ‘ Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: new partners or old patterns? ’ by Sachin Chaturvedi, Elizabeth Sidiropoulus, and Thomas Fues will be presented at the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » 48th Postgraduate Course starts 48th Postgraduate Course of the German Development Institute starts on 3 September 2012 Press Release of 1 September 2012 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…
Home » Press » Press Releases » PIK appointed Messner to Scientific Advisory Board PIK appointed DIE-Director Messner to Scientific Advisory Board Press Release of 03 January 2009 The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in January 2009 appointed DIE-Director Dirk Messner to its Scientific Advisory Board . At the Potsdam’s Telegraphenberg campus – Albert Einstein’s old place of activity – PIK addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global…
Home » Press » Press Releases » DIE with new Department: Training German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) with new Department: Training Press Release of 5 January 2009 As of 1 January 2009 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has a new Department VI – Training . The Postgraduate Training Programme and the Global Governance School are assigned to this department. Head of the department…
Home » Press » Press Releases » DIE ranked as one of the top Think Tanks German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) ranked as one of the top Think Tanks Press Release of 19 January 2009 For the first time, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) is part of the Global “Go-To Think Tanks” rankings and trends report. The German Development Institute is one of the leading Think Tanks in the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Launch of the fifth course of the Global Governance School Launch of the fifth course of the Global Governance School - GGS 5 Press Release of 2 February 2009 Today the fifth course of the Global Governance School (GGS) started at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). The 22 participants from Egypt, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa are highly qualified young…
Home » Press » Press Releases » DIE-Postgraduates start 3-month research trip DIE-Postgraduates start 3-month research trip Press Release of 16 February 2009 Since 1965 the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) trains German young professionals in its Postgraduate Training Programme for Development Cooperation . Alumnis of the Training Programme are, among others, Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations…
Home » Press » Press Releases » New Chairs at WBGU New Chairs at WBGU – Climate protection and development policy will be further linked The members of the German Advisory Council on Global Change ( Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen WBGU ) elected Hans Joachim Schellnhuber as the new Chair and Dirk Messner as new Vice Chair on 27 February 2009. Schellnhuber is director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz in Berlin Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz in Berlin Press Release of 9 March 2009 As a consequence of the world financial crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly established the UN-Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System in the fall of 2008. The Commission is chaired by Joseph Stiglitz, the 2001-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. In the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » A Memorandum for the G20-Summit A Memorandum for the G20-Summit Press Release of 31 March 2009 Scholars from Europe and Emerging Powers on Reform Needs of Global Economy Under the leadership of Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut fuer Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), authors from Europe, the USA and emerging economies came together to explore common ground on reform needs of the global economy. On the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Alumni of DIE-Postgrad-Programme will become Managing Director of gtz Alumni of DIE-Postgrad-Programme will become Managing Director of gtz Press Release of 27 April 2009 The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has been training Germany’s young professionals in the field of development policy since 1965. With the appointment of Hans-Joachim Preuß as the new Managing Director of gtz - Deutsche…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Griefs for Jörg Meyer-Stamer In Memoriam: the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) griefs for Jörg Meyer-Stamer On the eve of 1 May 2009 Jörg Meyer-Stamer, having reached the age of only 50, unexpectedly died of a grave illness. Jörg Meyer-Stamer worked at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) from 1988 to 1998. The institute’s staff members mourn the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » UN-Krisenkonferenz wegen Streits auf Ende Juni verschoben UN-Krisenkonferenz wegen Streits auf Ende Juni verschoben Pressemitteilung vom 26.05.2009 Am 26. Mai 2009 beschlossen die UN-Mitgliedstaaten ohne Gegenstimmen, die bislang für Anfang Juni vorgesehene UN-Konferenz zu den Folgen der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise für die Entwicklungsländer " Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development " (siehe…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik Press Release of 5 June 2009 Bonn, 4 June 2009. Imme Scholz is the new Deputy Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). This information was relayed today by Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute. Scholz…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Alumni Imke Harbers wins Rudolf Wildenmann Prize Alumni of DIE-Postgrad-Programme wins Rudolf Wildenmann Prize Press Release of 16 June 2009 Ms. Imke Harbers, alumni of the 40th course of the 1985/86 Postgraduate Training Programme of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) has been awarded the renowned Rudolf Wildenmann Prize of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). She wins the…
Home » Press » Press Releases » International team of researchers analyse International Summits International team of researchers analyse International Summits Press Release of 6 June 2009 The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Brookings Institution have launched an innovative project entitled National Perspectives on Global Leadership . One significant output of this project is Soundings, a series of commentaries on public perceptions of…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Appeal to G8 Appeal to G8: We need an “International Panel on Systemic Risks in the Global Economy” Press Release, 8 July 2009 Today, an international team of researchers under the leadership of Dirk Messner , Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), published an appeal to the world leaders participating in the G8 summit in L'Aquila in the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau : we…
Home » Press » Press Releases » Globaler Pakt für den Klimaschutz gefordert Globaler Pakt für den Klimaschutz gefordert Pressemitteilung vom 27.07.2009 Ende Mai 2009 fand in London das zweite Nobelpreisträger-Symposium zur globalen Nachhaltigkeit ( St. James’s Palace Nobel Laureate Symposium ) statt. Rund sechzig namhafte Wissenschaftler, darunter DIE-Direktor Dirk Messner und mehr als zwanzig Nobelpreisträger sowie hochrangige Vertreter aus Wirtschaft und Politik…