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From education for sustainable development to the climate crisis, and feminist development policy to conflict transformation: akzente addresses the many facets of international cooperation. National and international experts share their views and new perspectives.

Anna Sophie Herken, GIZ Managing Director ‘Digitalisation must serve the common good’
‘Digitalisation must serve the common good’
GIZ Managing Director Anna Sophie Herken on the status of digitalisation in international cooperation – and what re:publica has to do with it
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Mark Robinson Knut Neerland
‘Our mission is relevant and valid’
Interview with Mark Robinson, Executive Director of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), an international organisation and GIZ partner that works against corruption in a highly profitable sector
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Rashi Gupta Julian Rentzsch
‘We need more feminine energy’
Drei Fragen an Rashi Gupta, Gründerin und Geschäftsführerin von Vision Mechatronics, einem führenden Unternehmen in den Bereichen Robotik, erneuerbare Energien und Energiespeicherung in Indien
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Dirk Messner Susanne Kambor
‘Without digitalisation we cannot achieve the climate goals’
An interview with Professor Dirk Messner, President of the German Environment Agency, on climate action and digitalisation
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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim privat
‘We are the guardians of nature’
Human rights activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim from Chad applies indigenous knowledge to fight the impacts of climate change. She uses cartography to resolve conflicts over vital resources.
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Heidy Rombouts GIZ/Iris Felicia Haidau
‘Investment in our common future’
Heidy Rombouts, Director General of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, in an interview on Belgium’s EU Council Presidency
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Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel Gaby Gerster
‘Our work is more important than ever’
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel on Germany’s global responsibility and how international cooperation also achieves results in Germany
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Illustration Gericht
‘Inspiring women’
The three women presidents of the human rights courts in Africa, Europe and the Americas in an akzente interview.
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Jörg Linke wolterfoto.de/Norbert Ittermann
‘A big step forward’
Jörg Linke, Head of GIZ’s Competence Centre for Climate Change, explains in an interview with akzente why the outcome of COP28 in Dubai was better than expected.
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Boubaker Siala
‘Our solar transporter will create new jobs’
Three questions for Boubaker Siala, founder and Managing Director of Bako Motors, Tunisia’s first manufacturer of solar vehicles
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Andrea Nahles Sonja Och
‘It is essential that migration is fair!’
Interview with Andrea Nahles, Chair of the Executive Board of the German Federal Employment Agency, on skilled migration and the benefits it can have on all sides.
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Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot corteidh.or.cr
‘Keeping future generations in mind’
An interview with Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot, Vice President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights – on climate change, human rights, nature and a common understanding across continents.
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