Future charter

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With the future charter , the CSU- led Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has revised the guidelines of German development policy through a broad-based discussion process. Just like the sustainable development goals (SDG, Eng .: Sustainable Development Goals), and the future Charter is based on a model in which it on the one hand and developed countries are no sub-division of the world in developing and emerging countries on the other side, but that all countries are in a development process based on partnership in order to cope with the pressing challenges.

The future charter was initiated by the BMZ, then recognized by the State Secretaries' Committee for Sustainable Development, as a flagship project in 2014, and is intended to contribute to the revision of the national sustainability strategy, which in turn should provide an important reference point for the implementation of the SDGs in Germany.

Every year, the BMZ wants to take stock of the contributions made to the implementation of the future charter. The first balance sheet was published at the end of 2015.

Fields of action

Eight fields of action are defined in the future charter, for each of which the starting position and the goals are described.

Securing a life in dignity worldwide

Starting position

The future charter argues that for a life in dignity human rights must first be respected and the elementary foundations of life must be secured.

To do this, it is again necessary:

If development success did not materialize, it would often be due to a failure of politics and state institutions . Authoritarian power and rule structures are often responsible for the fact that the needs of poor or disadvantaged population groups are not taken into account.

These problems would be exacerbated if the states were weak .

aims

The central goal for the BMZ is the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by the year 2030.

Development policy must provide the partner countries with conceptual support in combating poverty.

New measurement methods for determining poverty and inequality are also important.

The industrialized countries would have to shape their international trade policy in such a way that they do not exacerbate poverty and environmental degradation, but rather reduce them.

Important tasks of development policy would also be the implementation of the right to education, the promotion of sex education and the fight against the causes of flight and displacement.

Preserve natural resources and use them sustainably

Starting position

The future charter states that we live in one world through our ecological conditions. This applies both to the industrialized countries and to the upper and middle classes of many emerging countries.

In Germany the way in which people produce and consume would be based on the overuse of natural resources.

Efforts to protect ecosystems so far have failed to meet the urgent requirements.

Economic growth in Germany and other countries would have brought social prosperity , but would come up against ecological limits.

Economic growth would be necessary in poorer countries to improve living conditions, but it is necessary to make this increase in prosperity ecologically sustainable. The required growth in the poorer countries would put the rich countries under increasing pressure to make rapid progress in ecological restructuring.

aims

Germany must be guided by the model of a “good life” for all people and future generations.

International cooperation in environmental and resource protection must be a central area of ​​political action, and Germany must campaign for social change towards sustainable production and consumption, according to the future charter.

The role of women in agriculture is seen by the Charter of the Future as central to improving food security.

Combine economic growth with sustainability and decent employment

Starting position

The production and consumption patterns, which are primarily geared towards growth, have not proven to be sustainable.

In addition, economic and financial policies in the past would not have been appropriate and would have led to growing income inequality.

The future charter recommends that economic development today should no longer be equated with the growth figures of the gross domestic product .

What is needed are economies that achieve economic, social and ecological goals in equal measure.

This would require a new understanding of the interplay between economies, growth and prosperity that is oriented towards the well-being of people and the environment.

aims

Germany must measure economic development in the future with new target values ​​and thus create incentives for a transformation towards more sustainability.

German politics should advocate the principles of the social and ecological market economy .

As a trading nation, Germany should campaign for appropriate rules for international trade and foreign direct investment.

The UN guiding principles of business and human rights should therefore be implemented quickly with a national action plan.

Demand and promote human rights and good governance

Starting position

The future charter sees the improvement of living conditions and the establishment of constitutional institutions as important prerequisites for people to be able to exercise their rights.

The state's task of guaranteeing human rights can only be achieved through functioning state institutions based on the democratic rule of law, and sustainable development would not be possible without human rights. Therefore human rights would be a central point of reference for sustainability.

Although people in more and more countries have a political "choice", their actual participation is often still very limited: In more than half of all states, people still cannot rely on state institutions, are restricted in their expression of opinion or are being restricted persecuted for political and other reasons.

Sustainable development is only possible if people can determine their own lives and develop.

aims

Compliance with human rights must be the overriding goal of German policy, demands the future charter.

In order to promote good governance , German development cooperation will support partner countries more effectively:

Balance at the end of 2015

- Strengthening human rights and gender equality
  • Support of the African Court of Human Rights, the African Human Rights Commission and the Ibero-American Association of Ombudspersons (FIO)
  • The Responsible Land Policy program aims to improve access to land for marginalized population groups. Measures in Peru , Benin and Uganda are being planned.
  • The Action Plan for Gender Equality (2016–2020) aims to promote women's access to justice and the rights of women and girls in rural development and food security. Violence against women and girls should be combated.
  • The rights of people with disabilities in developing countries are to be strengthened through a round table on inclusion .
- Rule of law, democracy and transparency
  • The secondment of development workers and specialists to 10 Transparency International country offices in Africa is funded.
  • During the UN conference on development finance in Addis Ababa , the "Addis Tax Initiative" was started with other partners with the aim of expanding cooperation with developing countries in the tax area.
- Promotion of free media
  • The Deutsche Welle Academy organizes programs to promote freedom of expression and access to information in 25 countries. Opportunities have also been created to support non-governmental organizations in the field of media development.

Create peace, strengthen human security

Starting position

According to the future charter, sustainable development is inconceivable without peace. That is why the creation of a lasting peace is a central task of international cooperation.

Fragile states affected by violent conflicts have the greatest need to catch up when it comes to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

According to the future charter, the creation of lasting peace requires changes in structures and behavior. Conversely, social and political change would often trigger conflicts, because power elites would fear for their privileges and population groups could feel excluded from political participation. It is therefore a central challenge in peacebuilding to help balance interests.

The causes of violence and fragility are seldom solely domestic in nature. For example, no country in the world can take effective action against illegal trafficking in people, weapons or drugs with national measures alone. The future charter demands that these global factors must be given greater attention than before when overcoming violent conflicts.

aims

Crisis prevention must move more into the center of German development policy. Therefore, German actors should be supported in dealing with the causes of conflict early and peacefully.

In recent years, a large number of actors have developed effective approaches to take action before, during and after violent conflict. Church and civil society organizations in particular have made important contributions to peacebuilding and crisis prevention. Germany wants to continue building on this.

Balance at the end of 2015

- Crisis prevention, civil conflict management and peace work
  • Through the Civil Peace Service (ZFD), 243 peace workers in 35 partner countries work together with local partners to promote non-violent handling of conflicts or potential conflicts.
  • In 2015, the Federal Government adopted the Small Arms Principles and introduced end-of-use controls.
  • The Federal Government is committed to the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty , with which developing countries should be able to control their arms imports more closely.
- Engagement in crisis areas
  • In the Middle East , North Africa , West Africa and the Ukraine , housing construction, water and sanitation, schools, hospitals and the establishment of the electricity supply are supported.
  • The special initiative Stabilization and Development North Africa and the Middle East promotes democracy, creates youth employment, pursues sustainable economic development and makes a contribution to stabilization.

Respect and protect cultural and religious diversity

Starting position

A development policy that focuses on the individual must also take their culture and religion seriously.

Religion and culture influenced the worldview of many people and thus represented a strong political and social creative power. Without support from religious communities it would hardly be possible to gain a sufficient social basis for sustainable lifestyles.

aims

In the future, the supportive potential of religion for sustainable development must be included more. A paradigm shift towards sustainability would only succeed if a rethink takes place, according to the charter.

That is why the BMZ wants to work with all those forces that can support such change. Exchanges with local human rights organizations should be sought where actors hinder the implementation of human rights.

Platforms for interreligious dialogue should be promoted. Only in this way can it be made possible in the long term that religion is not part of the problem but part of the solution.

Use innovations, technologies and digitization for transformative change

Starting position

Technological innovations, for example with regard to the design of the energy transition and the more efficient use of scarce resources, can be key factors for sustainable development, according to the future charter.

Particularly in countries with a poor communication infrastructure, the spread of mobile phones would have made it easier to transfer money and improved disaster control.

However, there is still a “digital divide”. Significant obstacles to the widespread use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in developing countries would be the high costs of internet access, for example.

aims

The future charter advocates that technologies and innovations are used to a greater extent than before for sustainable development in all parts of the world in order to better cope with the major tasks of the future.

Science and research should be promoted in the area of ​​sustainability. Many partner countries are interested in strengthening long-term research partnerships and in developing research infrastructures. Solution-oriented research on global public goods and the fight against infectious diseases are only promising in cooperation with partner countries.

In addition, socio-political innovations such as health insurance and pension systems or research on good governance would be relevant.

In order to fully exploit the transformative potential of technological innovations and ICT, the diffusion of innovations should be facilitated. This includes the BMZ favoring resource-saving and waste-avoiding solutions. What is needed is not only innovations that can be implemented, but also a more intensive exchange between development experts, science, business and politics.

Develop the new global partnership and multi-actor partnerships for implementation

Starting position

In the debate on the goals of sustainable development, global partnership plays a central role, according to the Charter for the Future. However, individual state and non-state actors assume responsibility. The future charter therefore sees the need for strong monitoring and accountability mechanisms in order to make the work of the actors observable and communicable.

Another aspect is the number of actors within the projects: especially in countries that have only functioned to a limited extent in the past, multi-actor partnerships would have been active in development work.

However, it is primarily the task of the international community to ensure decent living conditions and to protect global public goods. Partnerships cannot and should not replace government action. Nonsensical parallel structures should therefore be avoided.

aims

The 0.7 percent target for development financing should be achieved as quickly as possible. For this purpose, additional income from the European financial transaction tax is sought.

Already existing, successfully working partnerships are to be strengthened. Examples are:

In broad-based alliances, the problem is seen that urgent global challenges cannot be waited until the last one is “on board”. That is why the BMZ relies on pioneering alliances in which actors come together who are at the forefront of social change. Smaller partnerships would make important contributions to sustainable development and should therefore be supported.

The BMZ wants to develop a “next generation” of multi-actor partnerships. Initiatives that are to be transformed into successful partnerships are named:

In the future charter it is announced that a criteria grid for the development of partnerships is to be worked out.

The following have already been identified as the causes of failed projects:

  • “Top-down” approach, i.e. insufficient involvement of those affected
  • lack of transparency

The following properties of successful projects have also already been defined:

  • Projects that are ambitiously geared towards transformative changes in line with the post-2015 agenda
  • Projects that pursue clear and measurable objectives and take into account all dimensions of sustainability
  • Projects that actively involve the local population "bottom-up" in the planning phase and create long-term incentives (e.g. jobs)
  • Projects that have an efficient project management team and an adequate institutional framework
  • Projects that work transparently and give everyone concerned a seat and vote in committees
  • Projects that are financed for the entire duration of the project
  • Projects in which an independent review of the results is ensured

Future Charter on tour

The event series Zukunftscharta on tour 2015-2016 is intended to provide information about the realignment of development policy.

Independent voices

The Süddeutsche Zeitung writes that the future charter is intended to significantly expand the conventional notion of development policy. Under the motto "One World - Our Responsibility", the paper is intended to replace the previous concept of "Creating Opportunities - Developing the Future" by the former Development Aid Minister Dirk Niebel .

The Welthungerhilfe rated in its 23 Development Policy Report, considered the shadow report to the German development policy, the future Charter as a preparatory work for the national implementation of the SDG targets. The close relationship between the future charter and the sustainability strategy is the reason why the federal government has declared the future charter to be the “lighthouse project” of the sustainability strategy.

In September 2015, Development Aid Minister Gerd Müller answered questions from the daily Die Welt and the weekly Die Zeit about the future charter and its development policy.

Organizations involved

Organizations and initiatives that have participated in the dialogue process “One World Charter for the Future - Our Responsibility”:

Web sources

Remarks

  1. ↑ The State Secretaries' Committee, headed by the Federal Chancellery Minister, is referred to in the publication “Milestones in Sustainability Policy, Further Development of the National Sustainability Strategy” as the Federal Government's switchboard for all sustainability issues.
  2. ↑ For the UN guiding principles of business and human rights, see the National Action Plan “Business and Human Rights” of the Federal Foreign Office.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 8
  2. ↑ ONE WORLD - Our responsibility: The future charter , German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH
  3. ↑ Implementation of the National Sustainability Strategy , Die Bundesregierung, July 3, 2014
  4. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 9
  5. ↑ Milestones of sustainability policy, further development of the national sustainability strategy , Die Bundesregierung, November 2014, p. 13
  6. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 3
  7. ^ Balance sheet - One year future charter , personal website of Gerd Müller, December 17, 2015
  8. ↑ a b c d e f interim balance sheet , personal web site of Gerd Müller
  9. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 12
  10. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 13
  11. ↑ a b c Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 14
  12. ↑ a b c Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 15
  13. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 17
  14. ↑ a b c Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 20
  15. ↑ a b c Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 21
  16. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 22
  17. ↑ a b c Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 26
  18. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 27
  19. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 28
  20. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 29
  21. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 32
  22. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 33
  23. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 34
  24. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 35
  25. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 38
  26. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 39
  27. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 40
  28. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 44
  29. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 45
  30. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 46
  31. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 47
  32. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 50
  33. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 51
  34. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 52
  35. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 53
  36. ↑ a b Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 56
  37. ↑ a b c d Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 57
  38. ↑ Municipal climate partnerships , Engagement global gGmbH, service for development initiatives
  39. ↑ a b c Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 58
  40. ↑ Müller and Nahles: Worldwide more justice and sustainability in the textile industry! , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), April 24, 2014
  41. ↑ Future Charter, One World - Our Responsibility , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), January 2015, p. 59
  42. ↑ Tour into the Unknown , Weltsichten, issue 4/2015
  43. ↑ Come along on the future tour of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
  44. ↑ "Future Charter" on Development Policy, "From Below" thought , by Markus C. Schulte von Drach, Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 24, 2014
  45. ^ Shadow report on development aid , "This is a scandal," November 13, 2014
  46. ↑ The Reality of Development Policy 2015, A critical inventory of German development cooperation ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on Jens Martens, Global Policy Forum, Ed .: Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V. and terre des hommes Germany e. V., 23rd report 2015, November 2015. p. 15 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.welthungerhilfe.de
  47. ↑ We have to learn to share our prosperity anew , by Bastian Henrichs, Die Welt, September 3, 2015
  48. ↑ Germany is also a developing country , by Alexandra Endres and Christiane Grefe, Die Zeit, interview with Development Minister Gerd Müller, Die Zeit, 23 September 2015
  49. ↑ One World Network Bavaria e. V.
  50. ↑ Querdenker GmbH
  51. ^ Regio Augsburg Wirtschaft GmbH - regional business development company
  52. ↑ Development Education and Information Center e. V. - EPIZ
  53. ^ City of Jena
  54. ↑ One world promoters
  55. ↑ Senate of Economy e. V. ,
  56. ↑ Michael Succow Foundation for the Protection of Nature
  57. ↑ UN Women National Committee Germany e. V.
  58. ^ Deutscher Auslandsbau-Verband EV
  59. ^ Rotarian Action Group for Population & Development (RFPD) - German Section - e. V.
  60. ↑ International Institute for Religious Freedom ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iirf.eu
  61. ↑ Weltbilder e. V.
  62. ↑ Foundation managers without borders
  63. ↑ World Forest Climate - World Forest Foundation of the Senate of Economy e. V.
  64. ↑ State Committee of Catholics in Bavaria
  65. ↑ BeN - Bremen Development Network
  66. ^ Building trade associations
  67. ↑ Network Development Policy in Saarland e. V.
  68. ↑ Plan International Germany e. V.
  69. ↑ Working group of the one world national networks in Germany e. V.
  70. ↑ Denkwerk Zukunft - Foundation for Cultural Renewal
  71. ↑ One-World State Network MV e. V.
  72. ↑ Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt)
  73. ↑ Amplifying Pioneership
  74. ↑ Sustainable Economic Forum
  75. ^ SID Hamburg , Society for International Development (SID), SID-Hamburg Chapter, Society for International Development Hamburg e. V.
  76. ↑ AFOS Foundation for Entrepreneurial Development Cooperation
  77. ^ Regional development network Rhineland-Palatinate / ELAN e. V.
  78. ↑ VENRO - Association of Development Policy and Humanitarian Aid of German Non-Governmental Organizations V.
  79. ↑ Engagement Global gGmbH, Service for Development Initiatives
  80. ↑ Internet portal of the World Church Conference
  81. ↑ The One World Promoter Program in Rhineland-Palatinate
  82. ↑ Infarm
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  84. ↑ Development Policy Network Hessen e. V.
  85. ↑ Germany SDSN
  86. ↑ German Global Compact Network (DGCN)
  87. ↑ Collaborating Center on Sustainable Consumption and Production gGmbH
  88. ^ DEG - German Investment and Development Company Ltd.
  89. ^ Initiative group Eine Welt Speyer e. V.
  90. ↑ Bonn Network for Development
  91. ↑ HelpAge Germany e. V.
  92. ^ World Peace Cafe Berlin
  93. ^ One
  94. ↑ Joint Conference Church and Development (GKKE)
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