GPPi to kick off Global Governance 2022 program August 26 in Berlin

In Berlin the last week of August, GPPi and its partners will hold the first meeting of the program Global Governance 2022 (GG2022). Between August 2012 and May 2013, the program brings together 24 fellows – eight each from Germany, China and the United States – for three dialogue sessions in Berlin (26−30 August 2012), Beijing (7−11 January 2013) and Washington, DC (5−9 May 2013). These GG2022 fellows will form three working groups that focus on either global energy governance, global cyber security governance or global development governance. Each working group will look forward 10 years and develop scenarios for the future of international institutions in their respective focus area.

The GG2022 methodology draws on the field of future research, including trend analysis and scenario planning approaches. In Berlin, the fellows will identify factors that influence future developments of global governance in their focus areas. The fellows will systemize the identified factors, analyze their interdependencies and identify a number of scenario frameworks. These findings will serve as the basis for further discussions in Beijing and Washington, DC.

In Berlin, the fellows will be joined by a host of experts who will offer up their input at different points during the five days. Among others, experts include Philip D. Murphy (US ambassador to Germany), Xue Lan (dean of the School of Public Policy Management at Tsinghua University), Inge Kaul (adjunct professor at the Hertie School of Governance), Heli Tiirma-Klaar (cyber security policy advisor to the European External Action Service) and Jürgen Zattler (deputy director general of European and multilateral development policy at the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development). The Berlin agenda also includes visits from Thomas Bagger (head of policy planning at the German Federal Foreign Office) and Harald Leibrecht (the German government’s coordinator for transatlantic cooperation).

GG2022 is conducted in collaboration with the Hertie School of Governance, the Brookings Institution, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Tsinghua University and Fudan University. The program is generously supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Transatlantic Program of the German Government (ERP Grant administered by the German Ministry for Economics and Technology).

To learn more about the GG2022 program and the 24 fellows, visit the GG2022 website.