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  1. Coordination and cooperation of water management, nature conservation and open space development in the Emscher restoration
    Coordination and cooperation of water management, nature conservation and open space development in the Emscher restoration

    Tröltzsch, Jenny / Nadine Gerner / Franziska Meergans / Ulf Stein / Robynne Sutcliffe (2020)

    The Emscher River restoration project reveals usage conflicts associated with the long-term revitalisation of the water system. This modification process requires coordination between sectors and local authorities, particularly the water, open space development and nature conservation sectors.

  2. Coordination beyond the state to solve complex water problems: insights from South Africa
    Coordination beyond the state to solve complex water problems: insights from South Africa

    Stuart-Hill, Sabine / Evelyn Lukat / Catherine Pringle / Claudia Pahl-Wostl (2020)

    South Africa’s water legislation is recognised for its ambitious adoption of Integrated Water Resource Management. However, implementation is hindered by conflicting hierarchical and network-based governance styles and lack of coordination between western administration and traditional authority.

  3. Forums, fees and data flows: coordinating mining and water policy in Mongolia
    Forums, fees and data flows: coordinating mining and water policy in Mongolia

    Schoderer, Mirja / Ines Dombrowsky (2020)

    Mineral and metal extraction threatens water quantity and quality in Mongolia. While good legal provisions for coordination exist, a lack of stakeholder involvement, data availability, human and financial capacity, and general transparency and accountability hinder their implementation.

  4. Restoring the Zayandeh Rud River: addressing the political causes of water shortage in Iran
    Restoring the Zayandeh Rud River: addressing the political causes of water shortage in Iran

    Yousefi, Ali / Christian Knieper / Claudia Pahl-Wostl (2020)

    Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

  5. Strengthening coordination in river basin governance in southern Spain: cooperation, incentives and persuasion
    Strengthening coordination in river basin governance in southern Spain: cooperation, incentives and persuasion

    Schütze, Nora / Andreas Thiel / Pilar Paneque / Jesús Vargas / Rodrigo Vidaurre (2020)

    The Guadalquivir basin in Spain struggles with reducing agricultural water consumption to comply with water quantity provisions of the European Water Framework Directive. Improved cross-sectoral exchange, transparency, monitoring and revision of water rights are needed to address this challenge.

  6. Germany’s funding to the UNDS: towards a better mix for stronger multilateralism
    Germany’s funding to the UNDS: towards a better mix for stronger multilateralism

    Weinlich, Silke / Max-Otto Baumann / Erik Lundsgaarde (2020)

    Germany has become the second-largest funder of UN humanitarian and development work, but its funding is rather fragmented and restricted. To be an effective supporter of multilateralism, the German Government should adopt a coordinated, strategically informed approach to funding UN organizations.

  7. Earmarked funding for multilateral development cooperation: asset and impediment
    Earmarked funding for multilateral development cooperation: asset and impediment

    Baumann, Max-Otto / Erik Lundsgaarde / Silke Weinlich (2020)

    The United Nations development system and other multilateral organizations have increasingly been funded through earmarked contributions. This has implications for their ability to effectively and independently perform the functions member states’ expect of them.

  8. Russia in Africa: is great power competition returning to the continent?
    Russia in Africa: is great power competition returning to the continent?

    Paczyńska, Agnieszka (2020)

    Since 2014 Russian economic, political and security engagement in Africa has grown significantly. This policy brief analyses the motives and recent changes in Russia's Africa policy, and discusses implications for German and European cooperation with Africa.

  9. Triangular cooperation: broader, more dynamic and flexible
    Triangular cooperation: broader, more dynamic and flexible

    Zoccal, Geovana (2020)

    Trilateral Cooperation (TriCo) has to operate growing complexity in the international development cooperation, going beyond the North-South-divide. TriCo became broader, more dynamic and flexible. The briefing presents recommendations to advance TriCo for all donors, and to make the modality support the 2030 Agenda.

  10. Pathways for integrating socially responsible public procurement in municipalities
    Pathways for integrating socially responsible public procurement in municipalities

    Müngersdorff, Maximilian / Tim Stoffel (2020)

    Socially responsible procurement is a powerful policy instruments municipalities can use to help realising the SDGs and limiting human rights violations in value chains. However, implementation is low. We present success factors and triggers to utilise this instrument more broadly.