The session is moderated by Professor Ilona Kickbusch, a member of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) – which had initially proposed a framework for pandemic preparedness. A high-level representative of the European Union explains the initial intention of the proposal and where exactly it stands now, also the World … Read more
German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi addressing the Global Solutions community with an opening keynote and engaging in a moderated dialogue.
The Young Global Changers are students, young academics, young professionals, entrepreneurs and young non-profit leaders from around the world who are developing and implementing ideas to bring about positive change, whether at the global, regional or local level. In this session, we will present four different projects by Young Global … Read more
Our global rulebook of trade is outdated. It does not accommodate geopolitical power shifts, it is unfit to cope with the rapid internationalization of state-owned enterprises, it has little to say on the challenges brought about by the digitalization of business models and it is often seen as hindering rather … Read more
The Italian G20 Presidency comes at a critical time in the history of the G20. Collective action across the G20 and beyond is required to promote recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, both in terms of global health and economic prosperity. Furthermore, this recovery needs to be environmentally sustainable and socially … Read more
With articles and impressive original photographs from around the globe, the project INTERSECTING illustrates why sustainable new infrastructure is key to building resilient societies and preventing future pandemics. The e-book is a project of The Global Solutions Initiative (GSI) in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and New Dialogues as publisher. It can be downloaded on the GSI website. Berlin, March 30th, 2021 – One year after the COVID-19 pandemic … Read more
This policy brief proposes a Group of 20 (G20) Coordinating Committee for the Governance of Artificial Intelligence (CCGAI) to coordinate the mitigation of cyber-physical threats and long-term structural imbalances on a global level. The G20 is the correct institution for this role given its influence on international policy. The CCGAI … Read more
The Group of 20 (G20) should support the formulation of acceptable behavior norms in cyberspace. The G20 should 1) create a working group to explore the lessons from the Paris Agreement process for developing effective multi-stakeholder cyber diplomacy, 2) develop capacity-building programs in cyber diplomacy for state and nonstate actors, … Read more
The large and growing number of international bodies is creating overlapped, and scattered efforts, especially as some lack the resources or the ability to implement and sustain their work. This paper examines how the Group of Twenty (G20) can become a platform for different organizations, including international non-governmental organizations and … Read more
The Group of 20 (G20) has a proven record of multi-stakeholder engagement, exem plified by groups such as the Business 20 (B20), Civil Society 20 (C20), and Think 20 (T20). However, the evolution of this engagement has been ad hoc, the scope limited, the impact inchoate, and the results inconsistent. … Read more
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