Recent publications

Wade Hoxtell, Maximilian Norz, Julia Steets (2013)

UN-Business Partnerships: A Handbook

Handbook for the United Nations Global Compact Office

Wolfgang Reinicke (2012)

Griechenland, Symptom der globalen Demokratiekrise

Welt Online, 15 June 2012

Wolfgang Reinicke (2012)

Purpose Beyond Power

Project Syndicate, 14 June 2012

Wolfgang Reinicke (2012)

Etre élu pour faire quoi...

Les Échos, 14 June 2012

Julia Steets (2010)

Accountability in Public Policy Partnerships

Palgrave Macmillan (UK) / Macmillan (US)

Networks & Partnerships

Networks and partnerships bringing together governments, international organizations, NGOs and business to address pressing challenges in fields as diverse as health, security and finance have become an increasingly important phenomenon in global governance and development. GPPi pioneered research and consulting work on public private partnerships and global public policy networks, and continues to develop and evaluate strategies for improving the effectiveness and accountability of networks and partnerships.

Current projects

January 2013 – May 2013

Contribution to UN Consultations for the Post-2015 Development Framework

GPPi is participating in consultations between Former German President Horst Köhler and GIZ regarding a new UN development framework for 2015 and beyond.

March 2013 – June 2013

Towards Global Partnerships 2013

Together with the UN Global Compact Office, GPPi is currently developing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s report on cooperation between the UN and the private sector.

March 2006 – ongoing

Networking United Nations Private Sector Focal Points

GPPi coordinates content for the UN-Business Focal Point newsletter and assists the UN in the preparation of the UN Private Sector focal Points annual coordination meetings.

Completed projects

December 2011 – May 2013

Developing a Governance Typology of UN-Business Partnerships

This project developed a governance-based typology of UN-business cooperation to provide guidance to UN partnership practitioners on designing and implementing more effective partnerships.

May 2010 – September 2010

UN-Business Partnerships since 2000

This project aimed both to summarize the evolution of UN-Business partnerships over the last 10 years while also drawing out key trends shaping the...

April 2011 – August 2011

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.

December 2009 – December 2010

Global Review of Cause-Related Marketing Alliances

This comprehensive review examined how UNICEF can use cause-related marketing to fulfill its mission and create the best results for children.

October 2009 – January 2010

Evaluation of the UN Secretariat’s Business Partnerships on Climate Change

GPPi supported the Inspection and Evaluation Division of the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) with an evaluation of the UN’s business partnerships in the area of climate change.

June 2009 – January 2010

Role and Success Factors of Round Tables

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

October 2009 – December 2009

Review of Public-Private Partnerships Promoting Labour Market Integration of Disadvantaged Groups

Today the world faces the largest and best educated generation of young people in history, more than one billion between the ages of...

February 2009 – December 2009

Public-Private Partnerships for Education

GPPi supported the International Institute for Educational Planning in conducting research on including private actors to finance the expansion of education and to improve the quality of education.

January 2009 – July 2009

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...

October 2008 - May 2009

UNICEF Global Strategy for Collaborative Relationships and Partnerships

Partnerships contribute to UNICEF’s work through a wide range of activities, focusing on the implementation of programs, the mobilization of resources, as well as...

September 2006 - July 2007

Principles For a "Best Practice" Strategy in the Use of Public-Private Partnerships in German Development Assistance

Public-private partnerships (PPP) represent a new and promising instrument in German development assistance, with over two thousand PPP projects ...

November 2005 - November 2006

Review of the Global Reporting Initiative

During the past decade, reporting on non-financial indicators ("sustainability reporting") has seen tremendous growth...

January 2006 - June 2006

Partnering for Youth

Towards a Partnership Strategy for the ILO

October 2005 - June 2006

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...

January 2004 - May 2006

Seed Initiative Research & Learning Channel

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

January 2005 - September 2005

The UN and Partnerships

Taking Stock and Sketching a Way Forward

January 2005 - September 2005

The Kimberley Process

Teaching Case for the Hertie School of Governance

January 2005 - September 2005

The Financial Action Task Force

Teaching Case for the Hertie School of Governance

May 2004 - December 2004

The World Commission on Dams

Teaching Case for the Hertie School of Governance

November 2003 - July 2004

The Partnership Principle

New Forms of Governance in the 21st Century

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.