German Institute for Development Policy
| German Institute for Development Policy
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| legal form | gGmbH |
| founding | 1964 |
| Seat | Bonn , Germany |
| management | Imme Scholz
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| Number of employees | 142 |
| Website | www.die-gdi.de |
The German Development Institute gGmbH (DIE) is a think tank on issues of global development and international development policy based in Bonn .
Conception and objectives
The organization relies on cooperation in high-performance research networks with partner institutes in all regions of the world. The DIE has relied on the interplay of research , advice and training since it was founded . On the basis of independent research, DIE advises the federal government and other public institutions in Germany , the European Commission , international organizations and governments in developing countries on current issues relating to cooperation between industrialized and developing countries.
As part of the nine-month postgraduate program, the organization prepares German and European university graduates for demanding tasks in development cooperation and aims to qualify future top performers. The approximately 900 DIE alumni form a global network that makes it easier for the institute to anchor its research results and advisory services in German, European and worldwide development policy networks.
Since 2007 the organization has been training highly qualified managers from the eight anchor countries Egypt , Brazil , China , India , Indonesia , Mexico , Pakistan and South Africa at the Global Governance School . Thanks to their growing economic and political importance, these countries play an increasingly important role in their region as well as in shaping globalization politically .
Around 100 employees work in the organization, around two thirds of them on the scientific staff. The institute was headed from 2003 to 2018 by Dirk Messner (Director).
tasks
- Research in the field of development theory and development policy ,
- Advising German and international actors in development cooperation ,
- Training of university graduates as part of a nine-month postgraduate program for a career in the professional field of development cooperation . In addition, the German Development Institute has been training highly qualified executives from the eight emerging powers Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Egypt, Mexico, Pakistan and South Africa at the Global Governance School since 2007.
founding
The organization was founded in 1964 as a non-profit company with limited liability in Berlin and has been based in Bonn's tulip field since 2000 . The work is financed from tax revenues; 75% of the shareholders are the Federal Republic of Germany and 25% the State of North Rhine-Westphalia . Its work is based on the institute's scientific independence. The DIE works on the following future issues of development policy and on the following world regions:
- Bi- and multilateral development policy
- Competitiveness and social development
- Governance, statehood, security
- Environmental policy and resource management
- World economy and development finance
- Asia
- Latin America
- Near and Middle East, North Africa
- Central and Eastern Europe, former countries of the Soviet Union
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
The organization's research is theory-led, interdisciplinary, empirically supported and application-oriented. A large part of research and training takes place in developing countries.
The organization is a member of the working group of departmental research institutions .
Library and documentation
The library has the character of a public reference library with approx. 48,000 volumes, 150 national and international journals as well as the most important German and English daily and weekly newspapers. The DIE attaches particular importance to the content evaluation and recording of national and international specialist journals. The evaluation is based on the research and advisory focus of the institute and the guidelines of the specialist information network for international relations and regional studies.
The organization is a member of the Specialized Information Network for International Relations and Area Studies (FIV-IBLK). The cataloging takes place in the network database World Affairs Online (WAO) and can also be searched via the specialist portal IREON. The DIE inventory can be researched in the IBLK catalog of the Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog (KVK).
Web links
- Official website
- FIV Fachinformationsverbund International Relations and Area Studies
- IREON specialist portal for international relations and area studies
- IBLK partial catalog / Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog (KVK)
- Profile of the DIE in the Think Tank Directory Germany