{"id":10461,"date":"2025-04-08T13:25:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/?p=10461"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:44:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:44:33","slug":"berlin-forum-on-global-cooperation-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/berlin-forum-on-global-cooperation-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">From Disruption to Transformation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Monday, 26. May 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9:00 am\u00a0\u2013 6:30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global cooperation in 2025 faces unprecedented challenges. The tasks are more pressing than ever: the return of hunger, escalating climate change, the loss of biodiversity, pandemics and increasing conflicts are jeopardising our common future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany&#8217;s commitment is needed more than ever in the face of the Trump administration&#8217;s disruptive attack on the normative, legal and financial foundations of global cooperation. The latter has withdrawn from the WHO and the Paris Climate Agreement and is fighting the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. It has cancelled its participation in the Just Energy Transition Partnerships and dismantled USAID, which had made a key contribution to many global initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Germany, a new coalition government will now shape the country&#8217;s international cooperation. Despite a uniquely high level of borrowing in the federal budget, budget cuts threaten all aspects of the international cooperation system. The previous cross-party consensus on the necessity and benefits of international cooperation is under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first Berlin Forum for Global Cooperation, organised by the Heinrich B\u00f6ll Foundation and the Humboldt University of Berlin, will lead the debate on Germany&#8217;s engagement with the Global South in this era of disruption. Never has this debate been more important than today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Programme<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>09:30 &#8211; Welcome &amp; Keynotes&nbsp;+ Q&amp;A<\/strong><br><em>The State of Global Cooperation 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Prof. Carlos Lopes<\/strong>, Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town, South Africa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Maria Fernada Espinosa<\/strong>, Former&nbsp;Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ecuador, President of the UN General Assembly 2017-19&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11:00 &#8211; Panel with the keynote speakers&nbsp;and Political Representatives<\/strong><br><em>Germany&#8217;s role in global cooperation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Moderation:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Imme Scholz<\/strong>, Director, Heinrich B\u00f6ll Stiftung Berlin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12:30 &#8211; Lunch Break &amp; Networking&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>14:00 &#8211; Deep Dives<\/strong><br>Four Deep Dives into aspects of Germany&#8217;s North-South cooperation in the economic transformation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Development finance on the brink: What is the way forward?<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>International climate cooperation &#8211; The role of Germany in times of uncertainty<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>From crisis to resilience? The future of Humanitarian Aid<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reinventing Germany\u2019s global cooperation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>16:00 &#8211; Closing Session<\/strong><br><em>\u201cPopcorn\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;with young voices (Centre for Rural Development&nbsp;graduates) from deep dives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>17:00&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Keynote + Q&amp;A<\/strong><br>Sustainable development and the crisis of US hegemony<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Adam Tooze<\/strong>, &nbsp;Historian, Commentator, Editor of magazine &#8220;Surplus&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>18:00 &#8211; Networking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cooperation partner:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Heinrich-B\u00f6ll Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Format:<\/strong><br>Participation is possible both on-site and digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Registration:<\/strong><br>For more information and registration, please visit this website: <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.boell.de\/de\/event\/berlin-forum-fuer-globale-zusammenarbeit-2025\">https:\/\/calendar.boell.de\/de\/event\/berlin-forum-fuer-globale-zusammenarbeit-2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Disruption to Transformation Monday, 26. May 2025 9:00 am\u00a0\u2013 6:30 pm Global cooperation in 2025 faces unprecedented challenges. The tasks are more pressing than ever: the return of hunger, escalating climate change, the loss of biodiversity, pandemics and increasing conflicts are jeopardising our common future.&nbsp; Germany&#8217;s commitment is needed more than ever in the face of the Trump administration&#8217;s disruptive attack on the normative, legal and financial foundations of global cooperation. The latter has withdrawn from the WHO and the Paris Climate Agreement and is fighting the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. It has cancelled its participation in the Just Energy Transition Partnerships and dismantled USAID, which had made a key contribution to many global initiatives. In Germany, a new coalition government will now shape the country&#8217;s international cooperation. Despite a uniquely high level of borrowing in the federal budget, budget cuts threaten all aspects of the international cooperation system. The previous cross-party consensus on the necessity and benefits of international cooperation is under pressure. The first Berlin Forum for Global Cooperation, organised by the Heinrich B\u00f6ll Foundation and the Humboldt University of Berlin, will lead the debate on Germany&#8217;s engagement with the Global South in this era of disruption. Never has this debate been more important than today. &nbsp; Programme:&nbsp; 09:30 &#8211; Welcome &amp; Keynotes&nbsp;+ Q&amp;AThe State of Global Cooperation 2025 11:00 &#8211; Panel with the keynote speakers&nbsp;and Political RepresentativesGermany&#8217;s role in global cooperation 12:30 &#8211; Lunch Break &amp; Networking&nbsp; 14:00 &#8211; Deep DivesFour Deep Dives into aspects of Germany&#8217;s North-South cooperation in the economic transformation: 16:00 &#8211; Closing Session\u201cPopcorn\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;with young voices (Centre for Rural Development&nbsp;graduates) from deep dives 17:00&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Keynote + Q&amp;ASustainable development and the crisis of US hegemony 18:00 &#8211; Networking Cooperation partner:&nbsp;Heinrich-B\u00f6ll Foundation Format:Participation is possible both on-site and digital. Registration:For more information and registration, please visit this website: https:\/\/calendar.boell.de\/de\/event\/berlin-forum-fuer-globale-zusammenarbeit-2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,80,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10461"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10472,"href":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10461\/revisions\/10472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sle-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}