Resilience – empowered and confident for the future
Our vision is a world in which people, organizations, and societies face challenges with confidence and strength, working together to create positive change.
In Brief
- The Robert Bosch Stiftung supports its partners in confidently shaping a just, sustainable, and peaceful future.
- Focus areas: strengthening changemakers, shaping a future for all, fostering funding with confidence and trust.
- Within our Global Issues funding area, we strengthen resilience in the fields of democracy, peace, climate change, and migration.
- We work long-term with communities and networks, helping to shape societal and political discourse in Germany, Europe, West Africa, and West Asia.
Insights & Understanding
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What We Want to Change
We operate in a global environment shaped by multiple crises and profound transformations: the erosion of democratic structures, restricted freedoms, growing inequality, violent conflicts, and the crossing of ecological and social boundaries. It is no longer about preserving the status quo, but about actively taking responsibility for the future—a future that respects planetary boundaries and enables a good, peaceful life in dignity for all. To achieve this, actors and organizations must be protected and strengthened so they can drive positive change with confidence. Our vision is a world in which people, organizations, and societies face challenges with confidence and strength, working together to create positive change
How We Create Impact
Strengthening resilience & shaping the future
Through our funding, we empower people and organizations to act with self-efficacy and a forward-looking mindset. We support their capacity for innovation and courage so they can face uncertainty and change with confidence.
Building resilient structures
Our work contributes to resilient structures that enable development and ensure stability. To this end, we create and protect spaces where people can come together, learn from one another, and shape the future collectively.
Collaboration through diversity and trust
We strengthen the ability of our partners to act and support them with reliability and trust. We promote diversity and participation, recognizing local expertise and lived experience.
Driving systemic change
To advance systemic change, we work with communities and their networks and foster exchange in public discourse and policymaking. We consider interconnections and dynamics, while continuously questioning existing power structures.
FAQ
Answers to the most frequently asked questions about resilience.
What does resilience mean in times of global crises?
In an environment shaped by multiple crises and profound transformations, resilience enables people to face challenges with confidence and strength, to drive positive change together, and to shape a livable future.
Why is resilience crucial for a just and sustainable future?
Strengthening resilience means shaping a future that respects planetary boundaries and enables a good, peaceful life in dignity and prosperity for all. At the same time, actors who counter negative developments and drive positive change must be protected and strengthened.
How does the foundation strengthen the resilience of its partners?
We strengthen our partners’ ability to act, promote diversity and participation, and adopt a consistently courageous and learning-oriented approach. We advocate for a fair distribution of resources and foster our partners’ imagination and courage to develop positive visions for the future.
In which areas does the Robert Bosch Stiftung work to strengthen resilience?
Through our work, we aim to develop sustainable, long-term solutions to pressing global challenges together with our partners. We are committed to fostering a strong and future-oriented democracy, promoting sustainable peace through local support, advancing a humane migration and immigration system, and enabling resilient land use to address climate change. In addition, we examine the impacts of technological developments and explore the conditions for successful international cooperation.
Your Contact Persons
Ottilie Bälz
Senior Vice President
Global Issues
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Ellen Ehmke
Senior Expert