In our “Global Issues” support area, we are committed to achieving peaceful coexistence worldwide. To this end, we are addressing the core social challenges of our time.

We want to:

  • promote sustainable and inclusive peace by supporting locally-led peacebuilding
  • reduce systemic inequalities 
  •  tackle the climate crisis by promoting climate-resilient land use 
  •  shape a stronger sense of community in an immigration society
  •  strengthen democracy, and
  •   ensure dignity in migration

Working towards this goal, we focus on the interrelationships between these individual issues and also support cross-thematic strategic partnerships.

We particularly strive to amplify the voices of those who have thus far been largely unheard in public and political spheres alike.

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Funding structure

Our “Global Issues” support area focuses on the following topics: climate change, democracy, immigration society, inequality, migration, and peace. We also support cross-thematic strategic partnerships, including with think tanks.

What we focus on

Climate Change

How can a just transformation of land use contribute to sustaining life and livelihoods?

Democracy

How can we strengthen democracy in Germany and Europe?

Immigration Society

How can we shape a stronger sense of community in an immigration society?

Inequality

How can inequalities be addressed and reduced?

Migration

How can we shape migration policy, governance, and practice through international cooperation in order to make it humane, far-sighted, and sustainable?

Peace

What creates sustainable peace?

Strategic Partnerships

In the field of "Strategic Partnerships", we support organizations that address overarching topics from our "Global Issues" support area.

Latest topics from our "Global Issues" support area

Education and integration

How refugees can also obtain the German school-leaving certificate

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New funding program

Building Power for Economic Justice

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Rights of migrant workers in Europe

“We focus our advocacy on changes on an institutional and policy level”

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Migration system in the EU

“We look after other people's children all day – and we're not allowed to have our own kids with us”

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Migration

Climate Finance and Climate Mobility at COP29

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War in Israel

“The key is to recognize that even in this situation, we still have the opportunity to act.”

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REPCHANCE study

Facing high walls – why access to politics is still difficult for people with a migration background

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Integration & Democracy

Germany needs politicians with a migration background

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German Society

Despite all the fractures: How Muslims and Jews stay in touch

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Sustainable Diets in Ouagadougou

Opinion

Does trauma prevent peace?

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Policy Briefing

Migration policy: Why deterring people from moving is not a solution

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Democracy

The future of social cohesion

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Graphic Novel

How the perspective of women can advance a peace process

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Land rights

Climate protection measures must respect the rights of indigenous communities

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Politics at the grassroots level

Between violence and civil dialogue – two Bundestag members report

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A culture of dialog

Enduring controversial opinions – the demoSlam shows how it’s done

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Diversity Day 2024

The Robert Bosch Stiftung has joined the Diversity Charter

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Project “Integrators”

How a handful of people are driving integration in communities

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Report

Reopening the doors to the housing market

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Report

An oasis for peace: This school aims to be a place of understanding

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Peace initiative

Putting Principles into Practice: New Paths to Lasting Peace

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Network for inclusive societies

Improving the impact of projects on inclusion

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Reducing Inequality

Visions for an Equitable Digital Future

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In brief

EU-AU Summit 2022: A meeting with reservations

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