GPPi launches study on transatlantic cooperation for Inwent

Inwent (Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung GmbH) has commissioned GPPi to conduct a study on the potential for transatlantic cooperation within the new GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit). The project started in December 2010 and will last through March 2011.

The transatlantic cooperation program of Inwent is confronting far reaching changes at the international level. The global context in which Inwent has successfully run transatlantic programs for over 60 years has changed dramatically. International cooperation requires a fresh approach due to factors such as the rise of powers like China, India and Brazil, the increasing importance of non-state actors and the need for new, inclusive solutions to global challenges, among them climate change, financial crises, poverty and migration.

As these global shifts are occurring, so are structural reforms in development cooperation on both sides of the Atlantic. In particular, the decision to create a new German organization for development cooperation – the GIZ – by merging three agencies – GTZ, DED and Inwent – opens a window of opportunity for Inwent to put its transatlantic cooperation programs to the test and respond to global trends with a new strategy.

Inwent has commissioned GPPi to conduct a study that will support the organization’s efforts to sharpen the strategic focus of its transatlantic cooperation programs and to develop new modalities of transatlantic cooperation. The study will:

• Analyze which GIZ activities have the most potential for transatlantic cooperation
• Identify current supply and demand for transatlantic cooperation as well as financing opportunities
• Provide recommendations on how Inwent and the GIZ can respond to the demand for transatlantic cooperation in Germany, the United States and Canada