Asset Publisher

Publications

Asset Publisher

Enhancing Pacific Ecosystems for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Roundtable Policy Dialogue

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Australia) was pleased to support the Griffith Asia Institute’s Roundtable Policy Dialogue on “Enhancing Pacific Ecosystems for Entrepreneurship and Innovation” held on 26/27 March 2024 in Brisbane.

Best Practice Publication

“Great Lakes Youth Network for Dialogue and Peace. Our Diversity - our opportunity”

This “best-practice publication” is part of the EU-funded project “Great Lakes Network for Dialogues and Peace - Our Diversity - Our Opportunity!”. The publication shall act like a platform on which voices from inside of the action are demonstrated. Voices from stakeholders involved in the action are shown in chapter 1. Best-practice cases from the action and recommendations for future actions outlined in chapter 2. Participating youth initiatives were asked to write down their own subjective success stories, a collection of these success stories can be found in chapter 3. Finally, a list of participating youth initiatives can be seen in chapter 4.

Call For Proposals

Barriers for Uptake in Renewable Energy

The call for proposals seeks to address barriers hindering the uptake of renewable energy in sub-Saharan Africa. It aims to identify and mitigate challenges related to the adoption and implementation of renewable energy solutions in the region. The proposals should focus on understanding and overcoming obstacles such as financial constraints, inadequate infrastructure, policy and regulatory hurdles, and lack of awareness or capacity. The goal is to catalyse innovative approaches that promote the widespread adoption of renewable energy technologies, thereby contributing to sustainable development and climate mitigation efforts in sub-Saharan Africa.

IMAGO / Le Pictorium

New president with an absolute majority

Senegal has great expectations of Bassirou Diomaye Faye

Senegal has elected a new president: Political newcomer Bassirou Diomaye Faye will be the country's youngest president to date. He was the strong favourite in this election and, according to provisional figures, won 57% of the votes. This election result represents a dream come true for the young Senegalese. A man of the people, without the potentially burdensome vita of an experienced politician, has now been entrusted with the fate of the country for the next five years. Faye's programme stands for a replacement of the establishment, more opportunities for young people and social and economic inclusion. After the election, the vision will now meet political reality.

Official and Black Market Exchange Rates in Syria, By Karam Shaar

Visualizing aid diversion in Syria - An online tracking tool of exchange rates in Syria

The Syrian regime has strategically manipulated the exchange rate to circumvent Western sanctions and siphon off millions of dollars from international aid to the country. This is done by forcing UN agencies to use a low exchange rate

Two years later: Why are Sputnik and RT still accessible within the EU?

Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022, the European Union adopted 13 sanction packages against Russia. Five of them include restrictions on media outlets which are under the direct or indirect control of the Russian Federation carrying out pro-Kremlin propaganda – among them also RT and Sputnik.

A Public Sector Risk Corruption Checklist

Anti-Corruption Checklist

KAS Kenia in partnership with UNODC and EACC developed a Public Sector Corruption Risk Assessment Checklist to provide knowledge and information on how to recognize and detect corruption, especially in the allocation / use of public funds. The main objective for this publication is to enhance the target actor’s knowledge and information on how to detect and determine corruption especially in the allocation and use of public funds both at the national and county levels and how to mitigate the risks. The final output would strengthen knowledge and enforce actions to enhance transparency and accountability in budget and procurement implementation phases both at the national and county levels.

Politics 101

Aiming to simplify the world of politics for viewers

Politics 101 is an educational web series designed to elucidate complex political concepts, ideologies, civic engagement strategies, and the intricacies of political parties and elections. The project consists of a series of episodes, each focusing on distinct political themes. 

Signal der Geschlossenheit in unsicheren Zeiten

EU-Rat positioniert sich zu Ukraine, Nahost, Sicherheit und Erweiterung

Ratsbericht zum Europäischen Rat am 21. und 22. März 2024

KAS / Ulf Laessing

Niger dumps the West

Turning to Russia and Iran

Niger has reopened a key migrant transit route to North Africa, abandoning a deal with the European Union sealed in 2015 which had curbed migration to Libya and Europa. Niger’s new military ruler also ended military cooperation with the United States, bolstering ties instead with new partners from Russia to Iran and Turkey. Niger was until a putsch in July the Weste’s most important Sahel ally but has since then largely abandoned Europe, which has refused to recognise the new rulers. Especially France has struggled to adjust to the new realities, rejecting the putschists and pressuring the European Union not to engage with Niamey after the ouster of elected President Mohamed Bazoum. The German government has been pretty much paralysed over how to deal with Niger, with the foreign ministry following France’s hardline lead, while the defence and economic cooperation ministries have opted for a more pragmatic approach fearing Russia will exploit the West’s retreat. Now Europe pays the price of its boycott and will have to cope with more migration.

Asset Publisher

Facts and Findings

Selected contributions to the series with international relevance

The series informs in a concentrated form about important positions of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung on current topics. The individual issues present key findings and recommendations, offer brief analyses, explain the Foundation's further plans and name KAS contact persons.

 

International Reports

Journal for international issues, foreign policy and development cooperation

International Reports (IR) is the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung's periodical on international politics. It offers political analyses by our experts in Berlin and from more than 100 offices across all regions of the world. Contributions by named authors do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editorial team.

EPP Party Barometer

The Situation of the European People's Party in the EU

The EPP Party Barometer illustrates the current situation of the EPP party family in the EU. On a non-regular basis, it provides a concise overview of current election results, polls from the member states and the composition of the party family.

Interviews

In our series "Interviews", talks and discussions are held with experts from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. on various topics.

kurzum

Concise, reduced to the essentials, but always highly topical. In our series "kurzum", our experts summarise an issue or problem on a maximum of two pages.

Country Reports

Short political reports of the KAS offices abroad

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is a political foundation. Our offices abroad are in charge of over 200 projects in more than 120 countries. The country reports offer current analyses, exclusive evaluations, background information and forecasts - provided by our international staff.

Event Reports

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, its educational institutions, centres and foreign offices, offer several thousand events on various subjects each year. We provide up to date and exclusive reports on selected conferences, events and symposia at www.kas.de. In addition to a summary of the contents, you can also find additional material such as pictures, speeches, videos or audio clips.