Small goes digital

How digitalization can bring about productive growth for micro and small enterprises

Over the past decades, the dissemination of technology and digital infrastructures has opened up new and seemingly unparalleled opportunities for sustained growth and innovation. Markets have become more interconnected, digital products and services have mushroomed around the world, and digital innovations have helped to improve productivity and competitiveness. However, a significant yet often overlooked segment of the global economy has remained largely excluded from the benefits of the “digital revolution”: micro and small enterprises tend to be under-digitalized and may therefore struggle to exploit fully the opportunities afforded by digitalization.

Globale Schuldenkrise und COVID19 – ein verlorenes Jahrzehnt für die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit?

Welchen Einfluss hat die COVID19-Pandemie auf die Verschuldungssituation von Entwicklungsländern? Wie wirkt sich die drohende Schuldenkrise auf die Erreichung des SDGs aus? Wie kann Kreditvergabe für Entwicklungsländer nachhaltiger gestaltet werden - und wie kann sich die Weltgemeinschaft dabei einbringen? Über diese und weitere Fragen sprachen am 5. Mai die Teilnehmenden einer Onlinediskussion, die gemeinsam von den KAS-Büros Bonn, New York und Berlin der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung über Zeitzonen- und Landesgrenzen hinweg organisiert wurde.

Building Momentum in the Decade of Action through Collaboration between Employers and UN Resident Coordinators

A joint Playbook by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the International Organisation of Employers and the United Nations Development Coordination Office

Launched during the 2021 UN Partnership Forum, this joint publication by KAS, IOE and UNDCO aims to fill gaps in understanding and to help UN Resident Coordinators (RCs) and employer organizations find the common language needed for conversations that lead to positive action on the ground by providing a toolkit of guidance and best practice examples.

Alles Inklusiv!

FeMale Diplomacy – Frauen in der Außenpolitik

Wegen der Covid-19 Pandemie führt das Büro der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung bei den Vereinten Nationen in New York seit März 2020 nur virtuelle Veranstaltungen durch. So auch während  CSW65, der 65. Sitzung der Frauenrechtskommission der Vereinten Nationen vom 15. – 26. März 2021. Das Hauptthema der diesjährigen Sitzung war die vollständige und wirksame Beteiligung von Frauen am öffentlichen Leben und an Entscheidungsprozessen, sowie die Beseitigung von Gewalt, um die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter und die Stärkung aller Frauen und Mädchen zu erreichen.

FeMALE Diplomacy

Women in Foreign Policy

As part of the 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65), KAS New York held an event on March Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 inspired by the book of Elisabeth Motschmann, MP, FeMALE Diplomacy: Women in Foreign Policy. The event was translated into American Sign Language as well as Deutsche Gebärdensprache.

A need for change: Why do women in the judiciary matter?

In March 2021, the United Nations held the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65). Since 1947, the Commission is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. The Commission prepares recommendations to the Economic and Social Council on promoting women’s rights in political, economic, social, and educational fields.

“The International System Is under Serious Pressure”

Germany’s Two-Year Term as a Member of the United Nations Security Council

For the past two years, Germany has been a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. For International Reports, Andrea Ellen Ostheimer, Head of the Konrad-Adenauer-­Stiftung’s New York office, talks to diplomat Christoph Heusgen about the challenges and achievements of this period, the role of China ­and Russia, and Germany’s foreign policy compass.

FRENCH- CYBER IA CONVERGENCE ET INTERFERENCE

Assurer la Sécurité des Elections, Renforcer la Résilience Civile et Sociale

Bien au-delà de la pensée née des doctrines sécuritaires et militaires traditionnelles, nous nous trouvons confrontés à de nouveaux défis de sécurité humaine et politique. Ce qui compte, outre la conquête de nouveaux territoires, c’est de gagner les données, la confiance, le cœur et l’esprit des citoyens d'un pays.

Increasing the Impact of the European Union at the United Nations in New York

With major powers undermining the rule-based international system, a global pandemic and the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, the EU faces new challenges in the UN. At the same time, these shifting dynamics also create a unique opportunity to evaluate and strengthen the EU’s performance in the UN. A new study by KAS New York looks at how the EU and its Member States can build on this historic moment to further increase its impact in the UN.

Cyber-AI Convergence and Interference

Securing Elections and Building Human Resilience

Far beyond what was conceived through traditional security and military doctrines, we face new challenges that pertain to human and political security. What matters is not only who wins new territories, but who wins the data, the trust, the hearts and minds of citizens within a country or polity.