International high-level dialogue forum

Shaping a globalised world

Bonn Symposium

Since 2013, the Bonn Symposium provides a forum for international exchange and has developed into a meeting place for thought leaders and decision-makers from politics, academia, and civil society.

From Cooperation to Confrontation? Populism and International Cooperation in the Super Election Year 2024

Online-Series: 25 Sept, 30 Oct and 21 Nov 2024

Evening Event and Reception: 29 Nov. 2024

Integrated, inclusive, in partnership? Germany’s National Security Strategy and international cooperation
23 November 2023

Local Solutions to Global Risks: Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development
7-8 December 2022

The Global Biodiversity Framework:
A Key Building Block for Local Implementation of the 2030 Agenda
10-11 November 2021

Reducing Social Inequality – Strategies at Local Level
5-6 November 2020

Making the Case for Sustainability in Municipalities and Regions Worldwide
27-28 November 2019

Rethinking Local Development.
How to make sustainability a success?
28-29 November 2018

Local partnerships. Working together to
implement Agenda 2030 worldwide
5-6 December 2017

Leave no one behind. Agenda 2030:
a social policy mandate for the local level
24-25 November 2016

Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
at the Local Level – Strategies and Mechanisms
17-18 November 2015

Local Engagement for Development:
Prospects for a Post-2015 Agenda
26-27 November 2014

Local Actors and the Post-2015 Agenda.
Good local governance: a prerequisite for development?
28-29 November 2013