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MGG Schedule 2018 09 August – 30 November
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MGG Academy 2018 Schedule
Contents
Arrival and settling in Bonn 2
Opening week 3
Leadership training 5
Introduction to global governance: trends, concepts,
actors and agendas 6
Climate change and green transformation 8
Study trip 10
Transformative force of digitalisation 12
Dialogue with Postgraduate Course (PGC) & Project teams 14
International Futures Berlin 15
Dealing with violent conflicts 16
Leadership retreat 18
Preparation of project teams 19
Independent work of project teams 20
Project teams 21
Conclusion of project teams 22
Closing week 23
Notes 24
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Arrival and settling in Bonn 09 – 12 August
Thursday, 09 August and Friday, 10 August
Arrival of participants in Bonn
Saturday, 11 August
All day Logistical support: How to find your way around in Bonn
Frank Healey, Tutor
Lisa Stroetmann, Tutor
6.00 pm Welcome Dinner
MEYER'S Speis & Trank
Clemens–August–Straße 51A
53115 Bonn–Poppelsdorf
Sunday, 12 August
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm Bonn City Tour
Meeting point: Bonner Münster / Münsterplatz
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Opening week 13 – 19 August
Monday, 13 August
9.30 am – 11.30 am
Official welcome and opening of the MGG Academy 2018
Rita Walraf, Senior Policy Officer, Policy Issues of Bilateral
Development Cooperation, Emerging Countries, Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ)
Dr Sven Grimm, Co–Chair Programme A, German
Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für
Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Dr Wulf Reiners, Head of Managing Global Governance,
DIE, Programme A
Dr Tatjana Reiber, Head of MGG Academy, DIE,
Programme A
11.30 am – 12.30 pm Photos & Scholarships
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Lunch with BMZ and MGG team at DIE
1.30 pm – 3.30 pm MGG Academy 2018 Kick–off: Getting to know each other
Dr Tatjana Reiber
Verena Zehe, Project Coordinator, DIE, Programme A
4.00 pm Registration with the city of Bonn
PLEASE BRING YOUR PASSPORTS!
Tuesday, 14 August
9.00 am – 10.30 am Learning objectives
11.00 am – 12.30 pm Living in Bonn / Germany
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Lunch break
1.30 pm – 3.30 pm IT & Introduction to DIE facilities
3.30 pm – 5.00 pm German lesson (optional)
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Wednesday, 15 August
9.00 am – 12.30 pm Organisational issues
Meeting point: Sparkasse Friedensplatz 1, 53111 Bonn
12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch break and return to DIE
2.00 pm – 5.30 pm Introduction to the Global Village concept and preparation of the
Global Village
Anna Schwachula, Researcher, DIE, Programme A
Thursday, 16 August
9.00 am – 12.30 pm Preparation of Global Village
12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch break
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Global Village with MGG Academy 2018 & guests
5.00 pm – 6.30 pm German lesson (optional)
Friday, 17 August
9.00 am – 10.00 am
Introduction to DIE
Dr Sven Grimm
10.30 am – 12.30 pm MGG Academy: who does what? Sharing experiences and
expertise
Dr Tatjana Reiber
12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch break
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm MGG Academy: who does what? Sharing experiences and expertise
6.00 pm Concert and BBQ with Marit
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Thursday, 23 August
All day Leadership training
7.00 pm Arrival at DIE
Friday, 24 August
All day Coaching with
Christine Blome
David Seghezzi
All day Free time for networking
9.00 am – 12.15 pm German lesson (optional)
Saturday, 25 August (optional)
All day Hiking and horse visit
Anna Schwachula
Leadership training 20 – 26 August
Leadership Module 1 Christine Blome & David Seghezzi
Monday, 20 August
8.00 am Departure from DIE
All day Leadership training
Christine Blome, Leadership Trainer and Coach
David Seghezzi, Leadership Trainer and Coach
Tuesday, 21 August
All day Leadership training
Wednesday, 22 August
All day Leadership training
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Introduction to global governance: trends, concepts, actors and agendas
Academic module 1 Dr Tatjana Reiber
27 August – 02 September
Monday, 27 August
9.00 am – 4.00 pm Globalisation and global governance
Dr Tatjana Reiber
4.15 pm – 5.45 pm German lesson (optional)
Tuesday, 28 August
9.00 am – 12.30 pm Global challenges and the need for global cooperation
Prof Dr Dirk Messner, Director DIE
2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Walkshop: Walking and reflecting on global challenges and the
need for global cooperation
Dr Tatjana Reiber & Anna Schwachula
Wednesday, 29 August
9.00 am – 4.00 pm Assessing the world in 2018: Trends, challenges and opportunities
Prof Dr Oliver Stuenkel, Associate Professor of
International Relations, Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Brazil
4.15 pm – 5.45 pm German lesson (optional)
Thursday, 30 August
9.00 am – 12.30 pm The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: A framework for
global transformation
Dr Imme Scholz, Deputy Director DIE
Gottfried von Gemmingen, Division ‘2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, reducing poverty and
inequality’, BMZ
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Summing up and reflecting the learning journey
Q & A project teams
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Friday, 31 August
9.00 am – 12.30 pm The interface between research and policy – Knowledge diffusion
and how to make it happen (part I)
Dr Sven Grimm
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Sustainable Ideas Game
Flávia Alfenas, Refilwe Nkomo and Diego Zubillaga (all
MGG Academy 2017)
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Climate change and green transformation
Academic module 2 Dr Sander Chan & Anna Schwachula
03 – 07 September
Monday, 03 September
9.00 am – 9.30 am Module introduction
Dr Sander Chan, Senior Researcher, DIE, Programme C
& Anna Schwachula
9.30 am – 12.30 pm What is at stake? Introduction to global sustainability challenges
and the Agenda 2030
Gabriela Iacobuta, DIE, Programme C
Laila Kühle, External Advisor, BMZ, Climate Policy
Division
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Introduction to the idea of green transformation
Dr. Daniele Malerba, Researcher, DIE, Programme B
Dr Sander Chan & Anna Schwachula
4.15 pm – 5.45 pm German lesson (optional)
Tuesday, 04 September
9.00 am – 12.30 pm Politics of climate change
Dr Sander Chan
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Conditions for climate engagement: a negotiations game
Dr Sander Chan
4.15 pm – 5.45 pm German lesson (optional)
Wednesday, 05 September
9.00 am – 5.00 pm Sustainable cities excursion: Wuppertal as a city in transformation
Matthias Wanner, Research Fellow, Wuppertal Institute für
Klima, Umwelt, Energie
Anna Schwachula
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Thursday, 06 September
9.00 am – 12.30 pm Addressing gaps between knowing and doing: The individual in a
transformation to sustainability
Anna Schwachula
Gesa Maschkowski, University of Bonn, Institute for
Food and Resource Economics / Bonn im Wandel -
Transition Town Bonn
Meeting point: DEVAL, Fritz–Schäffer–Str. 26, 53113 Bonn
12.30 pm – 1.15 pm Farewell lunch for Prof Dr Dirk Messner
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm Summing up and reflecting the learning journey
Dr Sander Chan & Anna Schwachula
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm Project teams: Selection of challenges and formation of teams
Dr Tatjana Reiber
Friday, 07 September
All day
5.00 pm
Alumni conference Postgraduate Course
DIE Summer Party
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Study trip
to Geneva and Brussels Verena Zehe & Anna Schwachula
09 – 14 September
Sunday, 09 September
8.30 am Departure from Bonn
Meeting point: Busbahnhof Bonn Maximilianstraße
(next to main station)
PLEASE CARRY YOUR PASSPORTS!
7.00 pm Arrival in Geneva
Monday, 10 September
9.00 am – 10.30 am World Trade Organisation (WTO)
11.30 am – 1.00 pm United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD)
1.00 pm – 2.30 pm Lunch break at UNOG Cafeteria
3.00 pm – 4.30 pm United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS)
6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Geneva city tour
Tuesday, 11 September
9.00 am – 10.30 am South Centre
11.15 am – 12.15 pm Red Cross Museum
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Lunch break at Red Cross Museum
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
4.00 pm – 5.00 pm Reflecting the experiences and impressions in Geneva
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Wednesday, 12 September
9.00 am Departure to Brussels
7.00 pm Arrival in Brussels
Thursday, 13 September
9.00 am – 10.30 am Cities Alliance
11.15 am – 12.15 pm International Crisis Group
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Lunch break
2.00 pm – 5.00 pm House of the European History or Parlamentarium
5.30 pm – 8.00 pm Networking Dinner: Exchange with experts working for and on
the European Union
Friday, 14 September
9.00 am – 10.30 am City Tour
11.30 am – 1.00 pm Climate Action Network Europe (CAN)
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch break
2.30 pm – 4.00 pm European Commission
4.00 pm – 5.00 pm Reflecting the experiences and impressions in Brussels
5.30 pm – 8.00 pm Bus trip back to Bonn
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Transformative force of digitalisation
Academic Module 3 Dr Wulf Reiners
17 – 23 September
Monday, 17 September
9.00 am – 10.30 am Introduction: Digitalisation and sustainable development
Dr Wulf Reiners
11.00 am – 12.30 pm Digitalisation and development cooperation
Dr Katrin Bornemann, Division ‘Digitalisation’, BMZ
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Preparation of MGG Debating Society: “The opportunities of digitalisation for sustainable development – contrasting perspectives from rising powers”
Dr Wulf Reiners
4.15 pm – 5.45 pm German lesson (optional)
Tuesday, 18 September
9.00 am – 4.00 pm DIE/EXCEED conference: “Rethinking development cooperation”
MGG Debating Society “The opportunities of digitalisation for sustainable development – contrasting perspectives from rising powers “
Katherine Hao-Fei Xiong, Governance Support Programme GIZ South Africa
Wednesday, 19 September
9.00 am – 4.00 pm DIE/EXCEED conference: “Rethinking development cooperation” – open space
4.15 pm – 5.45 pm German lesson (optional)
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Thursday, 20 September
9.00 am – 10.30 am
Digitalisation in politics and development
Dr Anita Breuer, Senior Researcher, DIE, Programme D
11.00 am – 12.30 pm Digital tools for local governance – Example ‘nextPlace’
Christoph Harrach, University of Applied Sciences
Ostwestfalen–Lippe
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm The augmented forest – digital art project
Paul Seidler, Paul Kolling and Max Hampshire, terra0
Friday, 21 September
9.00 am – 12.30 pm Information technologies and big data – political, ethical and
epistemological considerations
Prof Dr Ingrid Schneider, University of Hamburg,
Department of Informatics, Ethics in IT
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Summing up & reflecting the learning journey
Saturday, 22 September (optional)
All day Hiking tour
Tatjana, Johanna and Bettina
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Dialogue with Postgraduate Course (PGC) & Project teams
24–28 September
Monday, 24 September
All day Coaching
All day Free time for networking
9.00 am – 12.15 pm German lesson (optional)
Tuesday, 25 September
All day Project teams: Design thinking
Kick–off interviews with topic givers
Wednesday, 26 September
All day Project teams: Sensing journeys
Thursday, 27 September
9.00 am – 6.00 pm Moving from empathy and knowledge to action: Art and the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
Dialogue with Postgraduate Course
Nicola Bramkamp & Andrea Tietz, Save the World
Friday, 28 September
9.00 am – 4.00 pm Moving from empathy and knowledge to action: Art and the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
Dialogue with Postgraduate Course
Nicola Bramkamp & Andrea Tietz, Save the World
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International Futures Berlin
29 September – 13 October
Seminar International Futures by the Federal Foreign Office and the German Council on Foreign Relations
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Dealing with violent conflicts
Academic module 4 Dr Tatjana Reiber
15 – 19 October
Monday, 15 October
9.00 am – 12.30 pm Introduction to the module:
Ending conflict and building peace: Preconditions for the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Dr Tatjana Reiber
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm State fragility, peace and development
Tuesday, 16 October
9.00 am – 12.30 pm The role of women in violent conflicts and peace processes
Karin Nordmeyer, President UN Women National
Committee Germany
Afternoon Time for exchange, research, reflection or networking
Wednesday, 17 October
9.00 am – 6.00 pm Parallel workshops:
Basic skills of mediation
Willibald Walter, inmedio, Mediator and Trainer
Theatre of the Oppressed
Barbara Santos, Artistic Director of KURINGA, Madalena–
Berlin, Collective Madalena–Anastácia and TOgether
International Theatre Company
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Thursday, 18 October
9.00 am – 12.30 pm Dealing with the past
Victor Ochen, Executive Director African Youth Initiative
Network (AYINET), Uganda, UN Special Ambassador for
SDG 16
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Summing up and reflecting the learning journey
Dr Tatjana Reiber
Friday, 19 October
9.00 am – 4.00 pm The interface between research and policy – Knowledge diffusion
and how to make it happen (part II)
Dr Sven Grimm
Saturday, 20 October (optional)
9.00 am – 4.00 pm Roman culture and tour through the vineyards of the ‘Ahrvalley’
Rita Klüwer, Coordinator, DIE, Programme A
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Leadership retreat
Leadership Module 2 Christine Blome & David Seghezzi
22 – 26 October
Monday, 22 October
All day Presentation skills
Christine Blome
Tatjana Reiber
Tuesday, 23 October
All day Planning sensing journeys
Wednesday, 24 October
8.00 am Departure from DIE
All day Leadership retreat
Thursday, 25 October
All day Leadership retreat
Friday, 26 October
All day Leadership retreat
7.00 pm Arrival at DIE
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Preparation of project teams
29 October – 2 November
Monday, 29 October
All day Managing team work
Tuesday, 30 October
All day Sensing journey
Wednesday, 31 October
All day Sensing journey
Thursday, 1 November (Holiday)
All day Project work (optional)
Friday, 2 November
All day Project work
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Independent work of project teams
5 – 9 November
Monday, 5 November
All day Project work
Tuesday, 6 November
All day Project work
Wednesday, 7 November
All day Project work
Thursday, 8 November
All day Project work
6.00 pm Public lecture: Digitalisation and higher education (optional)
Universitätsclub, Konviktstr. 9, 53111 Bonn
Friday, 9 November
All day Project work or
Training on critical whiteness (optional), together with
Postgraduate Course
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Project teams
12 – 17 November
Monday, 12 November
All day Project work
Tuesday, 13 November
All day Project work
Wednesday, 14 November
All day Project work
Thursday, 15 November
All day Sounding board
Friday, 16 November
All day Alumni Day
Saturday, 17 November
All day Get together with alumni
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Conclusion of project teams
Digital storytelling
19 – 23 November
Monday, 19 November
All day Finalising project work
Coaching
Tuesday, 20 November
All day Finalising project work
Coaching
Wednesday, 21 November
9.00 am – 12.30 pm Reflecting the project teams and preparing the digital stories
2.00 pm – 6.00 pm Workshop on digital storytelling
Thursday, 22 November
All day Workshop on digital storytelling
Friday, 23 November
All day Workshop on digital storytelling
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Closing week
Looking back and looking forward
26 – 30 November
Monday, 26 November
All day Looking back and looking forward
Location:
Gustav–Stresemann–Institut e.V. (GSI) Langer Grabenweg 68 53175 Bonn–Bad Godesberg
Tuesday, 27 November
All day Looking back and looking forward
Location: GSI
Wednesday, 28 November
9.00 am – 12.30 pm Looking back and looking forward
Location: GSI
2.00 pm – 6.00 pm Presentation of digital stories and change projects
Location: DIE
Thursday, 29 November
9.00 am – 1.00 pm Evaluation of the MGG Academy 2018
Location: DIE
Friday, 30 November
10.00 am – 12.00 pm Official farewell
Location: BMZ, Dahlmannstraße 4, 53113 Bonn
Meeting point DIE at 9.20 am
7.00 pm Farewell dinner
Location: tbc
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