Topics
The Development and Peace Foundation (sef:) selects its topics on the basis of the objectives defined in its statutes and the 2021-2025 work programme adopted by the Board of Trustees.
Three main programme areas have been identified for 2021-2025:
A. Global Governance: Policy options in a multipolar world
B. Sustainable Development: Towards systemic change with the 2030 Agenda
C. Crises and Conflicts: New challenges at state and societal levels
2023-2024 Annual Programme
The 2023-2024 Annual Programme is dedicated to building and expanding trust between the Global North and the Global South.
The background of this choice is the considerable loss of trust between the Global North and the Global South that became apparent during the Coronavirus pandemic. This resulted from insufficient solidarity, especially of countries in the North, which secured priority access to protective equipment, medical products and vaccines. Further examples of this loss of trust can currently be seen, amongst others, in questions of energy security (securing raw materials in countries of the Global South), the fight against climate change (especially with regard to climate justice) and the reaction of the Global North to the human rights situation in various countries.
To bridge the increasingly evident geopolitical rifts, Western liberal democratic states must succeed in restoring trust. A key step to this is a serious dialogue about conflicting interests and differing values. The aim must be to achieve understanding for the respective positions through intensive exchange and the search for common ground. This, blockades to solve urgent global problems should be broken down.
The sef: offers a platform for this dialogues through the following events:
Dresden Forum for International Politics
- Delivering the goods – Securing global supply chains despite multiple crises (2023)
- Inclusive Peace Processes? Options and Opportunities of State and Civil Society Actors (2024)
Potsdam Spring Dialogues
- Food Security in Africa in Times of Global Crises – Regional strategies against hunger and dependency (2023)
- Sunny Side Up? The energy crises as an opportunity for a just transition in Africa (2024)
Berlin Summer Dialogue
Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum