Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)

🎙 متوفر أيضًا باللغة العربية!

لا مكان للاختباء مع مقدمه Karam Shoumali
يقدّم لكم شهادات وتقارير الناجين من تحقيقنا في واحدة من أبشع الجرائم في التاريخ الحديث: استخدام الأسلحة الكيميائية في #سوريا.

ستمع إلى جميع الحلقات السبع: https://anchor.fm/nwth/




🎙 Out now in Arabic!

The podcast with Karam Shoumali presents testimonies of survivors & witnesses of one of the most heinous crimes in modern history: the use of chemical weapons in .

You can also listen to all 7 episodes in English: https://anchor.fm/gppi/

🥳 Big news: We’re now accepting applications for our fellowship program!

The Transatlantic Digital Debates (TDD) is a fellowship program that brings together 18 young professionals from the US & Germany to tackle pressing tech policy issues. Our goal: to help them engage in open & thought-provoking discussions on how to shape our changing digitized societies.

Over the course of 2022, the TDD 2022 fellows will meet for two dialogue sessions to tackle two key issues:
🔹 The regulation of online platforms
🔹 Data governance

Sound like something up your alley? We’re looking for:
⭐️ Young professionals who are…
⭐️ interested in data & tech policy…
⭐️ with good English skills…
⭐️ and some prior experience.

Sound like you or someone you know? Share and apply by March 20! https://www.transatlanticdigitaldebates.net/apply/

Heads up: We're now on Instagram! 🥳 Follow us for an inside look at our projects, research endeavors, staff profiles, office shenanigans & the occasional corny joke.

👉 https://www.instagram.com/gppi_berlin/

Global leaders have pledged to prioritize crisis prevention – but is their money where their mouth is?

In a new study, GPPi's Philipp Rotmann, Melissa Li & Sofie Lilli Stoffel dissect the data to see who spends what, where & when.

Where do the 💰 trails lead?

Follow the Money: Investing in Crisis Prevention What the Data Tells Us About How Germany, US, UK and EU Are Spending Money to Prevent Crises

Say hi to Marcus, our new Peace & Security intern! He's helping us with some new projects we're cooking up.

Fun facts about Marcus: he's in a band! 🎸 And when he's not slapping the bass, he's often throwing down with some Muay Thai boxing 🥊

His bio: https://www.gppi.net/team/marcus-woodcock

An essential part of the program: food (+ learning how it’s done in different countries)!

On Days 3 & 4 of the GGF Croatia session, the fellows met up for a World Café, shared feedback on the program & made Liz proud with their Guacamole.

Now off to Split!

Day 2 of the session & we're fully in the GGF experience!

After a warm greeting from Henry Alt-Haaker, the fellows reflected on what's shaped their countries over the last decade & shared their thoughts (incl. through song!)

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👋 from Croatia!

Yesterday, Team made its way to the 🇭🇷 coast. As a last hoorah, we'll spend our final GGF session in Split & Brač. Over the next week, our 27 fellows will explore country cases, try out storytelling methods & reflect on the last 1.5 years.

For more about the fellows & their working group reports, visit our website: https://www.ggfutures.net/ggf-2035

A few weeks ago, Germany’s independent Commission on the Root Causes of Displacement presented its recommendations. What do these mean in light of what’s going on in ? We asked our colleague Julia Steets (a member of the Commission) for her take.

🔹 For one, the Commission suggests an Alliance for Resettlement. Each member country should take in a number of refugees that corresponds to 0.05%+ of its own population (per year). For Germany, this totals around 40k resettlement spots annually. This year, part of these could go to vulnerable individuals who are still in Afghanistan.

🔹 The Commission also calls for a greater focus on internal displacement. The German government should prioritize support for at-risk individuals who have not left and will not/cannot leave Afghanistan. But it needs to make sure that those who deliver support stick to humanitarian principles when dealing with the Taliban - even if that slows down the delivery of aid.

🔹 Another suggestion by the Commission: Set up a German inter-ministerial Council for Peace, Security and Development. While too late to help address the situation in Afghanistan now, such a joint decision-making body could help Germany take more strategic and coherent decisions in the future.

For more on the Commission's recommendations, read the full report (in German or English):

Preventing Crises, Creating Prospects, Protecting People A report by the German Commission on the Root Causes of Displacement.

👋 Say hi to Victor, GPPi's newest intern! Victor is lending a hand with our work in Global Order and Rights & Democracy. Off the clock, Victor likes to explore the many lakes around Berlin. His favorite: Liepnitzsee.

Check out his bio: https://www.gppi.net/team/victor-brechenmacher