Debate

GPPi's work seeks to foster strategic communities around pressing policy issues by bringing together the public sector, business and civil society.

We use the results of our research and consulting to foster public debate on key issues in global politics. We do so through events, our publications, media outreach and presentations at conferences and other discussion fora. Through our executive education seminars, and training programs, we further encourage policy entrepreneurship.

Our activities are supported by, among others, the European Commission, the Dräger Foundation, the Robert Bosch Foundation, the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. Our past and present partners include the Harvard CES Berlin Dialogues, the ZEIT Foundation and the Hertie School of Governance.

Current projects

January 2010 – Ongoing

Transatlantic Energy Governance Dialogues

This program promotes dialogue on energy security and governance issues and contributes to establishing a transatlantic strategic community.

October 2012 – ongoing

Global Debate and Public Policy Challenge (GDPPC)

GDPPC offers undergraduate students from across the globe the opportunity to explore the most pressing issues of our time. The 2012-2013 theme is "Digital Freedom and its Limits."

February 2013 – April 2014

Security and Development: A Transatlantic Civil Society Dialogue

The dialogue is a process for civil society organizations in the EU and the US to provide constructive input into the official EU-US Development Dialogue on policies for addressing the nexus of security and development, particularly around fragile states, peace- and state-building.

November 2003 – ongoing

Global Atlanticists

This program was created to support the creation of a transatlantic community of policymakers willing and able to work together on responses to global problems.

March 2012 – Ongoing

Zukunftsbrücke: Chinese-German Young Professional Campus

This project aims to provide a platform for intellectual and cultural exchange in order to foster mutual understanding among young professionals in China and Germany.

Completed projects

January 2012 – May 2013

Global Governance 2022

How should the system of global governance be designed in the year 2022 in order to effectively and legitimately tackle the most pressing global challenges in the decade ahead and beyond? This is the question that the 24 GG2022 fellows tackle using the methods provided by future research.

January 2010 – January 2011

Global Governance 2020

The GG2020 program brings together young leaders from China, Germany and the US to develop scenarios for the future of international institutions.

August 2010 - September 2010

Global Climate Governance 2020

The seminar's goal was to enable participants to sketch out different development paths into the future and draw political implications for today's climate policy making.

December 2009 – February 2010

Opinion Pieces for the 2010 Munich Security Conference

Founded in 1962, the Munich Security Conference is one of the premier international events bringing together cabinet ministers, senior civilian and military officials, academics and journalists ...

September 2009 - December 2009

Sino-German Expert Workshop Series: EU-China cooperation in climate change mitigation and nuclear non-proliferation

Patterns of inter-bureaucratic networks

January 2007 - August 2007

Hertie School Executive Education Seminar 2007

This seminar took stock of partnerships in which international organizations, state agencies, NGOs and businesses work together to address pressing global problems and promote sustainable development.

June 2006 - January 2007

Risk and Opportunity

Spurring Private Investment in Post-Conflict Economies

January 2004 - September 2006

Hertie School Executive Education Seminar on Global Public Policy

GPPi conceptualised the Hertie School of Governance’s first ever executive seminar on global public policy.

February 2005 - May 2005

Foreign Policy Debates

In 2005, GPPi organized the Foreign Policy Debate series in support of its efforts to prepare the ground for a German language edition of ...

June 1999 – December 1999

Global Public Policy Case Studies

In 1999, the team for what was then the Global Public Policy Project commissioned case studies on new forms of collaboration between the public sector, civil society and business.