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The following list contains reports, studies, articles and press releases that GPF Europe has produced, published or co-edited, including those commissioned by other organisations.

Reports

From the ore to the car Mining conditions and supply chains in the commodity sector and the responsibility of the German automobile industry Summary Report - September 2012 Published by Brot für die Welt, MISEREOR and Global Policy Forum Europe Authors: Uwe Kerkow, Jens Martens, Axel Müller Download (pdf - 1,2 MB) Du minerai à la voiture Conditions d’extraction et chaînes d’approvisionnement dans le secteur des matières premières et la responsabilité de l’industrie automobile allemande Version abrégée Download (pdf - 1,2 MB) Desde el mineral hasta el automóvil Condiciones de explotación y cadenas de suministro en el sector de materias primas y la responsabilidad de la industria automovilística alemana Versión abreviada Download (pdf - 1,2 MB) The full report is available in German only Download full report (German) (pdf - 1,93 MB)
Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives: No future without justice – Report of the Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives development dialogue no. 59, June 2012 Published by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation in cooperation with Third World Network, GPF Europe, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), terre des hommes Germany and Social Watch Download the report (pdf - 12.5 MB) The executive summary of the report is published by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in its International Policy Analysis series (June 2012). Download the executive summary (pdf - 0.5 MB)
Heidi Feldt/Axel Müller: Transparency - an initial step towards resource justice. An interim balance of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in the Central African Region September 2011 Published by Brot für die Welt, Misereor and Global Policy Forum Europe English version (pdf - 1 MB) Heidi Feldt/Axel Müller: La transparence – un premier pas vers la justice en matière de ressources. L’initiative pour la Transparence dans les Industries extractives (ITIE) dans la région d’Afrique centrale – Bilan intermédiaire Septembre 2011 Publié par Brot für die Welt, Misereor et Global Policy Forum Europe Version française (pdf - 1 MB)
Heidi Feldt/Axel Müller: We talk about petrol - Interim assessment of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in the Central African Region Executive Summary - March 2011 Published by Brot für die Welt, Misereor and Global Policy Forum Europe English Executive Summary (abstract of a detailed report that is to be published in May 2011) Heidi Feldt/Axel Müller: Parlons pétrole - Bilan intermédiaire de l'Initiative pour la Transparence dans les Industries Extractives (ITIE) dans la région d'Afrique Centrale Résumé - Mars 2011 Publié par Brot für die Welt, Miseror et Global Policy Forum Europe Résumé francais (une version abrégée d'un rapport plus détaillé dont la publication est prévue pour mai 2011)
Social Watch Report 2009 Making finances work: People first October 2009 Social Watch English - (pdf)
Social Watch Report 2008 Rights is the answer. December 2008 Social Watch English (pdf – 8.7KB)
The Future of Civil Society Participation at the United Nations Documentation of a workshop held at the ACUNS Annual Meeting 2008 October 2008 Global Policy Forum Europe/Foundation for Environment and Development North-Rhine-Westphalia GPF Europe and the Foundation for Environment and Development North-Rhine-Westphalia hosted a panel workshop at the ACUNS Annual Meeting 2008 in Bonn on ”The Future of Civil Society Participation at the United Nations”. The following documentation contains the papers by Tanja Brühl, Jan Aart Scholte and Christer Jönsson presented at the workshop. English (pdf – 0.9MB)
Social Watch Report 2007 in dignity and rights. Making the universal right to social security a reality. October 2007 Social Watch English (pdf – 10.7MB)
Social Watch Report 2006 Impossible Architecture. Why the financial structure is not working for the poor and how to redesign it for equity and development. November 2006 Social Watch English (pdf – 7.7MB)
Social Watch Report 2005. Roars and Whispers Gender and poverty: promises vs. action October 2005 Social Watch English (pdf – 4.4MB)

Studies and Briefing Paper

Jens Martens: Thinking Ahead - Development Models and Indicators of Well-Being Beyond the MDGs December 2010 In: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, International Policy Analyis. Dialogue On Globalization. English only
Jens Martens: Steps Out Of the Global Development Crisis - Towards an Agenda for Change June 2010 In: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, International Policy Analyis. Dialogue On Globalization. English only
Jens Martens /Tobias Debiel: MDG Project in Crisis. Midpoint Review and Prospects for the Future Septembre 2008 Published by INEF, GPF Europe and Universität Duisburg-Essen English (pdf – 641 Kb)
Jens Martens: Problematic Pragmatism. The Ruggie Report 2008: Background, Analysis and Perspectives June 2008 Published by Misereor and GFP Europe English
Jens Martens: Multistakeholder Partnerships – Future Models of Multilateralism? January 2007 Dialogue on Globalization Occasional Paper No. 29, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin. English (pdf – 0.6 MB)
Jens Martens: The Precarious State of Public Finance January 2007 Published by DGB-Bildungswerk, GPF Europe and terre des hommes Germany. English (pdf – 1.0 MB) German (pdf – 1.1 MB)
Jens Martens: The Future of NGO Participation at the United Nations after the 2005 World Summit January 2006 Dialogue on Globalization Briefing Paper, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin. English German
Jens Martens: The Development Agenda after the 2005 Millennium+5 Summit - A Checklist of uncompleted tasks October 2005 Dialogue on Globalization Briefing Paper, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin. English German Spanish
Jens Martens: A Compendium of Inequality: The Human Development Report 2005 October 2005 Dialogue on Globalization Briefing Paper Series, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin. English German
Jens Martens: A Question of Political Will. The Helsinki-Process Report on Globalisation and Democracy September 2005 Dialogue on Globalization Briefing Paper Series, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin. English German
Jens Martens: Development Policy in the German Elections 2005. Analysis of Election Manifestos and Challenges to Parties August 2005 VENRO, in co-operation with Brot für die Welt, Berlin German only
Jens Martens: Doubling Aid to Halve Poverty. The International Finance Facility – a new magic formula for financing development? June 2005 VENRO, Berlin German only
Jens Martens: “In Larger Freedom”: The Report of the UN Secretary-General for the Millennium+5 Summit 2005 April 2005 Dialogue on Globalization Briefing Paper Series, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin English German
Jens Martens: UN Reform and the Millennium Goals 2005. Opportunities for New Initiatives in Development Finance and Global Governance? Working Paper on international debates on the preparation process for the United Nations Millennium+5 Summit March 2005 Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Global Issues Papers No. 16, Berlin English German
Jens Martens: Report of the UN Millennium Project “Investing in Development.” February 2005 Dialogue on Globalization Briefing Paper Series, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin English German

Articles

Jens Martens: The never-ending story of ECOSOC reform: L27 as emerging alternative to G8? December 2006 In: World Economy and Development in brief, Issue 5/Dec English German
Jens Martens: Corporate Accountability: between Dialogue and Commitment. Theses and conclusions on NGO strategies after five years of Round Table discussions. February 2005 In: Unternehmensverantwortung zwischen Dialog und Verbindlichkeit. NRO-Standortbestimmung nach 5 Jahren Diskussion an „Runden Tischen“. Documentation of VENRO Workshop, 7. December 2004, Bonn, pp. 5-8 German only

Press Releases

Rethinking Development and Progress
alliance of Civil Society Groups, Networks and Foundations launches Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives

Beijing/Berlin/Montevideo/New York/Uppsala, November 15, 2010 – Today, an alliance of civil society groups, networks and foundations, including Third World Network, Social Watch, DAWN, the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Global Policy Forum, terre des hommes, and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, launched the Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives.

The group consists of about 15 leading civil society activists, experts and academics from around the globe. The group will assess conventional and alternative models of development and well-being, reconsider development goals and indicators, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), draw conclusions for future development strategies and provide specific policy recommendations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2012.

We find ourselves at a crucial point in time – fast approaching the 2015 deadline for the MDGs, while preparing for the 2012 Conference on Sustainable Development. Today’s unprecedented coincidence of global crises – economic, financial, food and climate – reveals the dead end to which the dominating models of development have led us. It is now time to break old ground, to draw lessons from these crises and to fundamentally rethink our goals and measures of development and social progress – in North and South.

The time between the Summits 2010 and 2012 provides a unique window of opportunity to reconsider the current development paradigm and to develop strategies towards a holistic, rights-based approach of global development and well-being. The Reflection Group will contribute to this process of rethinking.

Four meetings of the Reflection Group are scheduled to take place throughout 2011. The expected outcome will be presented in a report to be published prior to the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development.

Group Members

Barbara Adams (Global Policy Forum, US), Beryl d’Almeida (Abandoned Babies Committee, Zimbabwe), Alejandro Chanona Burguete (National Autonomous University of México), Chee Yoke Ling (Third World Network, China), Ernst Ulrich von Weizsaecker (Germany), Filomeno Santa Ana III (Action for Economic Reforms, Philippines), George Chira (terre des hommes India), Gigi Francisco (Development Alternatives with Women for the New Era, Philippines), Henning Melber (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Sweden), Jorge Ishizawa (Proyecto Andino de Tecnologias Campesinas, Peru), Karma Ura (Centre for Bhutan Studies, Bhutan), Roberto Bissio (Third World Institute/Social Watch, Uruguay) Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Tebtebba Foundation, Philippines), Yao Graham (Third World Network-Africa, Ghana), Jens Martens (Global Policy Forum Europe, Germany), Hubert Schillinger (Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Germany), Danuta Sacher (terre des hommes Germany)

Further Information
www.reflectiongroup.org

Contact
info[ät]reflectiongroup.org
c/o Global Policy Forum Europe | Jens Martens/Wolfgang Obenland | Koenigstr. 37a | D-53115 Bonn, Germany

25th September 2006

German CorA Network for Corporate Accountability founded in Berlin

German human rights organisations, trade unions, environment and development organisations as well as other civil society organisations centred on socio-political issues founded a new Network on Corporate Accountability (CorA Network). More than 20 groups and organizations signed the founding statement in Berlin on 25th September 2006. They urge transnational corporations, their subsidiaries and their suppliers to observe fundamental human rights and to adhere to internationally agreed social and environmental standards. In order to achieve this target, they intend to enhance the public debate on the economic and political activities of transnational corporations, and to advocate binding instruments to promote corporate accountability.

Founding Statement of the CorA Network | English - pdf (123.52 Kb)

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