Political Dialogue Programme

Youth Politics in India and Germany

The international Dialogue Programme, organized by the KAS, brought into focus expert dialogues between the Junge Union, the youth organization of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, and the political youth organizations of the BJP and the INC.

Political Dialogue Programme

India after the Elections

From 13. – 21. August 2014, a group of German Members of Parliament visited New Delhi in the course of a political dialogue programme for Indian and German Parliamentarians, initiated by the KAS.

ICRIER G20 Conference

To evaluate the effects of the international debt and financial crisis on the world system, ICRIER and KAS, along with other partners, hosted the 6th G20 Conference from 20th to 22nd August 2014 in New Delhi.

Indo-German Judicial Dialogue with the highest Federal Judges

The Indo-German Dialogue Programme is the first forum of this kind between Germany and India. It aims at establishing a long-term Judicial Dialogue with Indian and German highest Federal Judges.

Security and Cooperation

Perspectives of German-Russian-Asian Cooperation

The strategic interests of India will be presented by leading security and foreign policy experts in an interactive exchange with experts from Russia, Central Asia and Germany.

Joint Staff Development Programme (JSDP)

Preparatory Meeting

The Preparatory Meeting of the 31st JSDP Meeting was held in New Delhi on 25th. April 2014.

Trilateral expert conference on Security and Cooperation in Afghanistan

Regional Challenges after the ISAF Withdrawal - Conference in Cadanabbia, 11th to 14th March 2014

The trilateral expert conference on security and cooperation in Afghanistan took place from 11. – 14 March 2014 in Cadanabbia, Italy. The conference aimed at analyzing the current situation and identification of possible topics for regional dialogue devoted to the attraction of politicians’ attention to this important sphere of security politics.

Political dialogue programme for young Indian and German Parliamentarians

A delegation of German Parliamentarians visited New Delhi from 09. - 13. December 2013 in the course of a political dialogue programme for young Indian and German Parliamentarians, initiated by the KAS.

Fifth editors’ conclave concludes

The fifth Editors’ Conclave on “Elections and the Media”, organised by the CR Irani Foundation in association with KAS took place in Kolkata from 19.–21. November. Prof Dr Peter Schiwy, former head of German Radio, in his address said that the German Electoral system could be understood by the people’s interest in Parliament as a mirror that reflected manifold political disturbances.

German-Indian Dialogue on the Rule of Law

During November, KAS India together with the president of the Federal Finance Court and former Sitting Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, Prof. Dr. Rudolf Mellinghoff, initiated a dialogue program in New Delhi. The aim of the talks with representatives from Indian judiciary and legal affairs was to identify topics of shared interest and to foster a close bi-lateral exchange between the top level Judiciary of both India and Germany.