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Introduction to the Lecture

WS 2016/ 17

Welcome

Prof. Dr. Brigitte Fahrenhorst

TU Berlin / SID Berlin

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Lecture series 14 years old

Information on development issues, esp. sustainable

development

Linking theories & practice

Open for all students & interested public

Since sommer semester 2015 = English

Organised by

• (^) Society for International Development – Berlin Chapter,
• (^) Institut für Landschaftsarchitektur und Umweltplanung der TU
• (^) German UN Association
• (^) Global Cooperation Council

2. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Deadline for submission: end of June 2017

As email attachment to be transferred to

[email protected]

Questions will be posted on www.sid-berlin.de „Programme

• Ringvorlesung“

Please write your name, number of semester and faculty/

university, Matrikel number, postal address, number of

credits points expected on the cover page

Certificate will be sent to students‘ postal addresses

II. MAIN TOPIC OF THE

LECTURE SERIES –

DEVELOPMENT POLICY

1992 UNCED: UN Conference on Environment and

Development:

o Agenda 21:

All countries have to develop - not only the South.

• (^) All countries agreed to introduce Sustainable

Development

Development Policy = Global Policy

What is global citizenship?

human beings always

form communities based on shared identity: economic,

political, religious, social.

articulate shared values,

build governance structures (Ronald C. Israel)

What is global citizenship?

Citizenship

membership in a political community / legal member of a

sovereign state.

Greek ideas: equality under the law, civic participation in

government, power restrictions (Hosking, G., 2005)

to be truly human, one had to be an active citizen (Aristotle)

rights & duties: political participation, right to vote, right to

receive protection (Leary, V., 2000)

Classical/ civic humanist conception: citizenship as an active

process, not a passive state (Beiner, R., ed., 1995)

What is global citizenship?

a “global citizen is someone who identifies with being part

of an emerging world community and whose actions

contribute to building this community’s values and

practices”(Ronald C. Israel)

global citizenship: identity with a "global community" above

identity with nation or place. Planetary human community =

interdependent & whole; humankind = essentially one.

What is global citizenship?

Common characteristics of the definitions:

Recognising complexity and interdependency

Global dimension – developing global identity

Community building – one humankind

Contributing to building community’s values & practices

Building governance structures

Building a sustainable values-based world community

Active Citizen Rights: Global Governance

Modern states: systems of political representation at a

distance such as representative democracy. Action is

delegated to others (Isin, E. F.; Bryan S. T., eds., 2002).

Global Decision-making System

United Nations:

Membership voluntarily

General Assembly: one vote per member state

Security Council: 15 members, of which 5 permanent

(China, France, Great Britain, Russia, USA) = veto right

Specialised Agencies, a.o.:

World Bank Group: vote related to financial

shares

World Trade Organisation: one vote per member

(not necessarly states, like EU)

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): Civil Society

Platform = consultative role

IV. Lecture Global

Citizenship

Offers speeches/ presentations analysing the topic in all facets

Global governance and Identities

Human rights and international law

Information and media

Economy

Civic education and campaigning

Peace

Migration

Climate policy

Sustainable development

IV. Lecture Programme WS

2016 /

INTRODUCTION INTO THE LECTURE

Prof. Dr. Brigitte Fahrenhorst (Technische Universität Berlin/

Society for International Development - SID Berlin)

A GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT - FACT OR FICTION?

Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach (Global Public Policy Institute - GPPi)

Programme ctd.

CIVIC EDUCATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY

Marion Lieser, Oxfam

GLOBAL CITIZENS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Dr. Inge Kaul (Hertie School of Governance, formerly UNDP)

(not yet confirmed)

Programme ctd.

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP – NATIONAL STATES – IDENTITIES

Daniel Perell (Representative of the Baha'i International

Community to the United Nations, New York)

ECONOMICS AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

Ambassador assoc. Prof. Dr. Keshwar Jankee (Embassy of

Mauritius)