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 socioecological transformation of land use preserve lives 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

Appeal ‘Stay the course’

A future worth living requires strong climate action and local commitment

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Migration

How Europe can escape the migration deterrence trap

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Immigration society

Why Islam and Germany Go Hand in Hand

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Opinion piece by our migration expert

A Dangerous Distortion: The Debate on the Return of Syrian Refugees

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Migrants in Germany

5 Misconceptions about Integration – and What the Facts Really Say

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Inclusive peace

How does diversity succeed in Yemen? And what does that even mean in the Middle East?

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Climate change

We must leverage the synergies between the COPs!

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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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Migration

Climate Finance and Climate Mobility at COP29

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Democracy

The future of social cohesion

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A culture of dialog

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

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Nutrition in transition

Transformation on a plate – how initiatives are rethinking our food systems

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Report

Reopening the doors to the housing market

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Strengthening Democracy: 7 Things You Can Do Right Now

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Guest article

“The General Act on Equal Treatment needs to be reformed urgently”

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Funding program LEVEL up!

The power of migrant organizations in Germany

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Climate Change

COP28: Better than nothing and less than we had hoped for

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Panel discussion with focus on the cultural sector

Reducing Inequality

How a citizens' council could contribute to tax justice

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Feature

How Ukraine overcomes the war and its consequences

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Commentary

When silent groups are no longer silent...

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What does the Job of an Islamic Affairs Consultant entail?

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Integration in rural areas

Create integration services for all refugees

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Call to Action to the German Government

Protection of the Pacific Islands to become a focus of Germany's foreign climate policy

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Interview

"To figure out how to improve democracy accessible knowledge is key"

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Munich Security Conference 2023

Discussion on Climate-Related Migration and its Geopolitical Implications

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Infographics

The Links between Climate Change and Conflict

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Interview

“Climate security is particularly conducive to risk forecasting”

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Climate Mobility up to 2050

“We need to harness mobility on the African continent!”

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Harnessing migration for climate action - an untapped opportunity?

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Youth climate activism

My personal climate goal

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