Global Solutions Initiative
| Formation | 2017 |
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| Founder | Dennis J. Snower |
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| Website | www |
The Global Solutions Initiative is a think tank network that advises international organizations such as the Group of Twenty (G20), the OECD and others on global issues such as climate change, social injustice, and migration, and makes research-based policy recommendations to address these global challenges. The secretariat is based in Berlin, Germany. The Global Solutions Initiative was founded in 2017 by Dennis J. Snower on the occasion of the German G20 presidency. Dennis J. Snower is also president of the initiative. Since the German G20 presidency, the initiative has also supported the Argentine (2018) and the Japanese (2019) G20 presidencies.
Structure and objective
The backbone of the Global Solutions Initiative are think tanks that are part of the so-called T20 network.[1]. The associated think tanks and universities have joined the initiative in the "Council for Global Problem-Solving" (CGP). This council formulates research-based policy recommendations for the G20, which are submitted annually to the respective G20 president via the T20. The recommendations refer to the priorities of the G20 and T20 (e.g., climate change, social inequality, data society, migration, gender justice, cooperation with Africa, future of work, further development of multilateralism, global health care, food and energy security). On the "G20 Insights Platform", the Global Solutions Initiative makes the recommendations available to the public. The research coordinator of the Global Solutions Initiative is the Institute for the World Economy (IfW) in Kiel, Germany.
The Global Solutions Initiative is committed to ensuring that the "recoupling" of economic, technological, and social progress is at the heart of politics, business, and social interaction[2][3]. To achieve this, there must be a paradigm shift in business and society towards sustainability[4]:
"Technological and economic progress need to be reconnected to social progress, and this must become a core task of the state, cooperating states, the economy and civil society. The neoliberal division of labor — consumers look out for their own interests, companies look out for their profits and the state creates rules that optimize the use of resources — is obsolete. The “re-coupling” of economy and society is the prerequisite for a fresh start, one that will overcome the weaknesses of unregulated capitalism and the global challenges as well. This is not about an unimaginative redistribution mechanism. Rather, recoupling means focusing on future-oriented education and life-long learning, with an emphasis on social solidarity and personal empowerment so that people can shape their own lives independently. In other words, this means all actions must include a social dimension."
— Dennis J. Snower, Markus Engels, "How German Reunification Could Change Global Capitalism Today", Fair Observer (1 October 2019)
Leadership
The Founder and President of the Global Solutions Initiative is Dennis J. Snower. Since the academic year 2019/20 he has been Professor of Macroeconomics and Sustainability at the Hertie School in Berlin. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government (Oxford University), Non-resident Fellow of the Brookings Institution and Visiting Professor at University College London and Birkbeck College, Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (London), at the IZA (Institute for the Future of Work, Bonn/Germany) and at the CESifo (Munich). Until 2019 he was President of the Institute for the World Economy (IfW) in Kiel, Germany. The Secretary General of the initiative is Dr. Markus Engels, who has worked for the German Bundestag, the Social Democratic Party of Germany and the European Parliament. The Managing Director of the Global Solutions Initiative Foundation is Susanne Staufer, who has worked for the UNESCO, the European Academy of Bavaria, and for Verlag Der Tagesspiegel.
Activities and publications
Once a year, the Global Solutions Initiative organizes the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin, which takes place in the middle of each G20 presidency. Heads of government, ministers, representatives of international organizations and global civil society, as well as business representatives and leading scientists are invited to this conference to discuss concrete solutions for sustainable multilateralism[5]. Among others, German Chancellor Angela Merkel[6][7][8][9], German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz[10], and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas[11][12] have participated in the summit, as have the EU Vice-Commission Presidents Frans Timmermans[13] and Valdis Dombrovskis, the Nobel Laureates Georg A. Akerlof, James Heckman, Edmund Phelps, the OECD G20 Sherpa Gabriela Ramos, the president of the Global Summit of Women Irene Natividad, and the founder of the African technology group Janngo, Fatoumata Ba[14]
The Global Solutions Initiative also offers an annual scholarship program for young leaders from around the world who are committed to the initiative's recoupling narrative. As part of the "Young Global Changers" (YGC) program, up to 100 young people from research, policy consulting, business, and civil society are invited to the Global Solutions Summit and attend a summer school beforehand.
Regularly, the initiative publishes the Global Solutions Journal, which brings together articles from writers from academics, business, and civil society, working on implementable ideas for solutions for global issues. The journals are published at the annual Global Solutions Summit and in the context of official T20 events.
Funding
The Global Solutions Initiative is financed through collaborations with partners, such as Stiftung Mercator and Robert Bosch Stiftung, Hertie School, Tagesspiegel, Bertelsmann Stiftung, German environment foundation, the German Corporation for International Cooperation, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Senate of Berlin, the Federal Foreign Office and PwC International. Media partners besides the Tagesspiegel are Bloomberg, Deutsche Welle, and the local Berlin radio station Radio Eins.
References
- ↑ Bertelsmann Stiftung. "The G20: 9 facts and figures" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Ewing, Jack (June 7, 2018). "Group of 7 Looks for Relevance as It Gathers in Canada". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Japan Spotlight. "Restoring Social Cohesion – a Crucial Issue for the G20 in 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Snower, Dennis J.; Engels, Markus (October 1, 2019). "How German Reunification Could Change Global Capitalism Today". Fair Observer. Fair Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Bradford, Colin (June 8, 2018). "What Happened in Berlin: Argentina is Present at a Transition in the Future of Politics". T20 Argentina. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Augustin, Mathilde (March 21, 2019). "To partner with Africa, German Chancellor Merkel says Europe must be a good listener". The Toronto Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ "Angela Merkel resists US pressure to ban Huawei as Germany launches 5G auction". South China Morning Post. March 20, 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Gale, Earle (May 30, 2018). "Merkel urges Rome to back eurozone". China Daily. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Nasr, Joseph; Nienaber, Michael; Escritt, Thomas; Jones, Gareth (May 28, 2018). "Germany's Merkel laments fraying of multilateral order". Reuters. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Jennen, Birgit (May 29, 2018). "German Finance Chief Says Italy Will Stick to Pro-Europe Stance". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Newmyer, Tory (May 30, 2018). "Analysis | The Finance 202: White House offers mixed messages with latest about-face on tariffs". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ huaxia (May 29, 2018). "German FM hits back at U.S. plan to raise tariffs on imported cars". Xinhua. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Carrel, Paul; Blair, Edmund (March 18, 2019). "Tech giants will have to be regulated in future: EU's Timmermans". Reuters. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Augustin, Mathilde (March 21, 2019). "To partner with Africa, German Chancellor Merkel says Europe must be a good listener". The Toronto Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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