Mit den gegenwärtig zunehmenden Anforderungen und Erwartungen an Europa, stellt sich die Frage, wie die Europäische Union (EU) ihre Rolle als globaler Akteur besser und wirkungsvoller wahrnehmen kann. Auch die dramatische Zuspitzung der Ereignisse in der Europäischen Nachbarschaft und die...

In Europe, current efforts of achieving “policy coherence” and adopting “whole of government” or “joined-up” responses to global crises increasingly involve and entwine both the national and the European Union (EU) levels in the common performance of tasks. To better understand these...

In her “farewell letter” to EU-Council President Tusk, UK Prime Minister (PM) May stated that the UK “wants to make sure that Europe is capable of projecting its values and leading in the world.” What exactly this means for British engagement in European external relations and...

Vor Mitarbeiter/innen des Entwicklungsministeriums bekräftigte Premierministerin May am 27. März, dass ihr Land sich nicht vor seiner internationalen Verantwortung drücken wolle. Was genau dies für die britische Kooperation mit Entwicklungsländern und die europäische...

Deutschland und das Vereinigte Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland (UK) sind im Hinblick auf Ausgaben für die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (Official Development Assistance - ODA) die zweit- bzw. viertgrößten Geber weltweit. Bei internationalen politischen Debatten über globale...

Although geographically distant, there is considerable convergence in the development policy priorities of Germany and the Republic of Korea (hereafter: Korea) - and indeed scope for cooperation between them. Whereas Germany was a founding member of the international development cooperation...

The key tools and governance approaches for international cooperation for sustainable development (hereafter, international cooperation) were set up in a markedly different time and age. International cooperation - with official development assistance (ODA) as the dominant means of...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a critical juncture for global development. Under the label of "Team Europe", the EU has sought to mobilize rapid development assistance to support partners in addressing the impacts of the crisis, while promoting joined-up approaches among European actors to assert...

2015 is the deadline by which the 193 UN Member States have committed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and when discussions on a possible future framework will have to be concluded. Since the MDGs were designed in the 1990s the world has witnessed profound changes, and the...