Completed projects

Towards Global Partnerships 2011

GPPi, together with the UN Global Compact Office, developed the Secretary-General’s report "Towards Global Partnerships," presented at the 66th session of the General Assembly.

Sino-African Energy Relations

In partnership with Climate Focus, this project analyzed the opportunities and challenges connected with increased Chinese involvement in Africa's renewable energy sector.

UN-Business Partnerships since 2000

This project aims both to summarize the evolution of UN-Business partnerships over the last ten years while also drawing out key trends shaping the...

Uniting on Food Assistance

Promoting Evidence-Based Transatlantic Dialogue and Convergence

Joint Stakeholders in Global Energy Governance? Prospects for joint global problem-solving between the EU and China

The common dependency on energy, shared by societies around the world, entails policy challenges of global nature and scope...

Role and Success Factors of Round Tables

In Germany and abroad, traditional governmental and administrative functions are reaching their limits...

Common Objective, Diverging Regimes?

Prospects and Challenges in Building a Global Carbon Market

Changing Rules of the Game

Global Energy Governance in the 21st Century

"Towards Global Partnerships": Development of the Secretary-General’s Report

Developing the UN Secretary-General's Report "Towards Global Partnerships", presented at the 64th session of the General Assembly...

Learning in EU Peace Operations?

This research project analyzed organizational learning in EU civilian crisis management operations.

The European Union, China, and Global Governance

Perceptions, Misperceptions, and Convergences

Raising the Bar

Enhancing transatlantic governance of disaster relief and preparedness

The Role of Private Donors in International Development

Private donors are playing an increasingly significant role in international development...

The New Protectorates

International Administration and the Dilemmas of Governance

‘Brusselisation’ and the emergence of a strategic culture in the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP)

With the 10th anniversary of the British-French St. Malo summit in December 2008 it is time to take stock on how...

"Towards Global Partnerships": Development of the Secretary-General’s Report

Developing the UN Secretary-General’s Report "Towards Global Partnerships", presented at the 62nd session of the General Assembly...

Corporate Engagement in Disaster Preparedness and Humanitarian Response

In recent years commercial actors have begun to play a growing role in development assistance and conflict prevention.

Teaching Case Development for the Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance

GPPi developed a teaching case for the Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance 2006 organized by the ZEIT Foundation Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius.

Learning to Build Peace? Developing a Research Framework

The United Nations, Transitional Administration, Strategic Planning and Organizational Learning

Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development History Project

MMSD was an independent two-year process of research and consultation in the mining and minerals sector, which was officially completed in 2002...

The U.N. and Partnerships

Taking Stock and Sketching a Way Forward

SEED Initiative Research & Learning Channel

The Seed Initiative aims to inspire, support and build the capacity of locally-driven entrepreneurial partnerships...

Exploring and analyzing accountability in global governance

Accountability has emerged as one of the key approaches in the search for new modes of democratic governance beyond the nation-state...

The World Commission on Dams

Teaching Case for the Hertie School of Governance

The Kimberley Process

Teaching Case for the Hertie School of Governance

The Financial Action Task Force

Teaching Case for the Hertie School of Governance

The Partnership Principle

New Forms of Governance in the 21st Century