Events 2008Please note that participation in all non-public events is by invitation only. PREVIOUS EVENTS: Public Panel Discussion at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Berlin, September 23, 2008 In the past years, India and China have risen to global economic powers. Their dynamic economies achieved high growth rates during several years. Thus, both countries have increased their share in world trade considerably. Moreover, with huge foreign currency reserves and active investment policies, the new Asian economic powers have gained considerable influence in the international finance and currency relations. Last but not least does this success in development involve a clear reduction of poverty in China and India, yet their economic rise increasingly alarms the established industrial countries. India and China are being perceived as rivals in the competition on sharing the global prosperity, sometimes even as a threat due to their sheer size.
Kassel Summer School: Shaping World Economy International Summer School, co-organised with the University of Kassel August 25-29, 2008, Hofgeismar/Kassel The shaping of Globalization is one of the main challenges of our time. The objectives and instruments how to shape the ongoing globalization process in a social and democratic way is heavily debated. In our working context we are frequently confronted with the effects of globalization without having enough time to have a closer look on the problems and to analyze political options to deal with them.
The Summer School provides an opportunity to learn more about economy and globalization and the ways and means of how to shape globalization. download programme 1st TERI FES Forum on Climate Policy Dialogue: International Conference and Public Panel Discussion, co-organised with The Energy and Resources Institute TERI, May 13-14, 2008 in Bonn The “TERI FES Forum on Climate Policy Dialogue” is a new format that invites policy makers and scholars from think tanks and academia in industrialized and developing countries to discuss key issues of global climate governance. Conference venues alternate between industrialized and developing countries. The launch of the Forum was held in Bonn in May 2008.
Decent Work and Fair Globalization - A Dialogue between industrialised and emerging economies International conference, co-organised with the International Labour Organization ILO May 5, 2008, 9:30-19:00 hrs in Berlin (by invitation only) The conference will discuss the nexus of decent work and a fair globalization in the light of the Dresden and Heiligendamm resolutions. Based on the well-founded assumption that open markets require social protection, the adherence to social standards and the availability of decent work in order to avoid the spread of protectionist tendencies, the conference will take up the call by the G8 members to develop strategies to put the Decent Work Agenda into practice. 7th FES-SWP North-South Dialogue: Beyond ‘Heiligendamm’ - The G8, emerging powers and Global Security Governance Public Panel Discussion co-organised with German Institute for Foreign and Security Affairs April 21, 2008 This year’s FES-SWP Dialogue will focus on the most visible example of these new initiatives: the outreach process of the G8, since 2007 also known as “Heiligendamm process”. By inviting Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa to specific sessions of its summits, the G8 acknowledges that pressing global problems cannot be solved without the involvement of emerging powers. So far, however, the agenda of the Heiligendamm process is restricted to economic, development and climate issues. In order to look beyond this defined focus, the Dialogue intends to explore the potential of consensus and cooperation in one of the most intractable and controversial fields of global governance: international security.
Promoting Full Employment and Decent Work For All- Series of Seminars during the 46th Session of the Commission for Social Development New York, February 4-6, 2008 ProgramResolution of the Commission for Social Development Overcoming the Legitimacy Gap of Globalization by Promoting Social Policies and Decent Work New York, December 11, 2007 ProgramRemarks by the UN Deputy Secretary-General Speech by DGB President Michael Sommer Understanding the United Nations- FES New York Fall Academy for Young International Policy Analysts New York, November 12-16, 2007 ProgramNew Challenges in Financing for Development New York, October 4-5, 2007 ProgramConference Report Global Energy Security - Prospects for Cooperation Berlin, September 19, 2007 Global Economic Imbalances – A Need for Global Governance beyond the G-8? Berlin, June 6-7, 2007 download "Growth with Responsibility in a Globalized World - Findings of the Shadow G-8" FES/WTO Asia Regional Dialogue on “What future for the Multilateral Trading System? Manila, 4-5 June 2007 6. FES-SWP North-South Dialogue: May 15, 2007 Berlin (Germany) “Regional Perceptions of Asian Powers for Global Change” 26-27 April 2007 Singapore Rising Powers – Challenges for the international Development Cooperation? International Conference, co-organised by German Development Institute (DIE-GDI) March 29, 2007, Berlin See also: Shadow G8 Meeting The group met on February 9, 2007, at Columbia University in New York. Second event at the United Nations in New York on April 17, 2007, where the findings of the first meeting were discussed with the German Federal Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul. See also: "Growth with responsibility in a globalized world" download The Fifth Shanghai Workshop on Global Governance January 23 - 24, 2007 Shanghai, PR China World Social Forum January 20-25, 2007 Nairobi (Kenya) |
