In co-operation with Reporters Without Borders, we are pleased to invite you to the second event in the discussion series on human rights and governance in the digital space. The focus is on the following questions: What can digital governance in the digital realm look like, that includes

Conference “RELAUNCHING EUROPE BOTTOM UP” (June 7, 2017) European Solidarity Centre, 1 Solidarity square, 80-863 Gdańsk The European Union needs a vital relaunch and, most urgently, a solidary solution of migration challenges. The impact of migration is most strongly felt at the local municipality level. Multi-stakeholder, municipality-led programs for

Another America – another Europe A transatlantic dialogue on the sustainable development of two continents. Lecture and discussion session of the SDSN Germany and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation with Jeffrey Sachs and Gesine Schwan in Berlin on May 31, 2017. What is wrong with the previous models of

Our president Gesine Schwan held the Dahrendorf Lecture on the issue of Society and Democracy in Germany on April 28, 2017 in Oxford. Read her entire speech here.

On June 7, 2017, our conference calls for “Relaunching Europe Bottom-Up – From Refugee Integration to Common Sustainable Development: Solidarity and Innovation through European Communities and Regions.” Be a part of it. The aim of the conference is to publicly demonstrate the potential for European solidarity and initiative

  The 2017 OECD Global Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum took place on 30 – 31 March in Paris, France. Government ministers, business leaders and civil society representatives discussed issues including the cost of corruption to society, the use of political donations to buy influence, the role of export

Find here impressions from our Trialog series’ first session of March 6, 2017 in Berlin on the leitmotiv competitiveness.

This year, the August-Bebel-Siftung awards its prize to the political scientist and president of the HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Governance Platform Gesine Schwan. The August-Bebel-Stiftung, founded by literary Nobel Prize laureate Günter Grass in 2010, aims to promote people who, like August Bebel, have earned themselves a reputation for social justice.

In cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, the first event “Shrinking Cyberspace – Civil Society and Human Rights in the Digital Age – The Example of Africa” ​​took place on February 28, 2017 in Berlin. This event discussed the growing limitations in the digital space – “Shrinking Cyberspace” – which