Introduction to the Lecture WS 2015/16

Welcome

Prof. Dr. Brigitte Fahrenhorst TU Berlin / SID Berlin

1. 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

Conditions for obtaining certificates

Regular participation (not more than 3 times absence) 2 types of certificates available:

o Participation certificateo Certificate with credit points and grades:

Paper in English or German Max 6 credit points (LP)

Request:Please, don‘t leave the lecture hall before the speakers

finalized their presentationsOffer: Kabir / Steinplatz

2. Main topic of the lecture series – Development Policy

1992 UNCED: UN Conference on Environment and Development: Agenda 21: o all countries have to develop not only the South.o All countries agreed to introduce Sustainable

Development Development Policy = Global Policy or International Policy winter semester 2015/16: Focus on Refugees

Ethiopia replaced Kenya as the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa and the fifth largest worldwide.

Almost 9 out of every 10 refugees (86 %) are in regions and countries considered economically less developed.

The number of refugees and internally displaced people in Asia grew in 2014 to 9 Mio people

Sub-Saharan Africa saw 3.7 Mio refugees and 11.4 Mio internally displaced people

Globally, 1 in every 122 humans is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum.

3. Refugees worldwide

Sigmar Gabriel estimated 1 Mio asylum seekers coming to Germany

In Germany, ca. 80 Mio inhabitants – 629,000 refugees applied for asylum up to now

Few people protest – many people help

Other European countries do not fulfil their responsibilities

It is not about quotas, money and capacities. It is about humans. Nobody leaves his homestead and leaves his family and friends behind without severe reason

1945, millions escaped over the Baltic Sea – ca. 2 mio died on the way

Leaving the socialist countries

4. Our lecture wants

To introduce the global refugee situation to think in relative terms about the German situation

The International, European and German politics

The International, Civil Society and Welfare Organisations caring for refugees

Recommendations for improving the situation of the refugees

5. Lecture Programme WS 2015/16

20.10.2015INTRODUCTION INTO THE LECTUREProf. Dr. Brigitte Fahrenhorst (Technische Universität Berlin/

Society for International Development - SID Berlin)

27.10.2015REFUGEE CRISIS AS THE NEW NORMAL? HOW OUR RESPONSE

NEEDS TO CHANGE Ralf Südhoff (United Nations World Food Programme)

Programme ctd.

03.11.2015UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF

REFUGEES AND PRESENTATION OF THE UNHCRMartin Rentsch (United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees - UNHCR Germany)

10.11.2015REFUGEES IN EUROPE – EUROPEAN REFUGEE POLICIESElisabeth Kotthaus (European Commission - Representation in

Germany)

Programme ctd.

17.11.2015

REFUGEE MOVEMENTS IN THE HISTORY

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Nowak

24.11.2015LIVING AS A REFUGEE IN- OR OUTSIDE A CAMP – DIFFERENT

ENVIRONMENTS AND DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES Marion Lieser (Oxfam Germany)

Programme ctd.

01.12.2015HUMAN RIGHTS OF REFUGEESWiebke Judith (Amnesty International)

08.12.2015DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND REFUGEESDr. Mechthild Rünger (Lawyer & Mediator, formerly GIZ,

Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit)

Programme ctd.

15.12.2015GLOBAL MIGRATION TRENDSLaurence Hart (International Organization for Migration - IOM)

22.12.2015HAS EU ASYLUM POLICY FAILED?Dr. Claudia Engelmann (University Maastricht)

Programme ctd.

12.01.2016SHARIA LAW AND REFUGEE RIGHTS Murtaza Jaffer (lawyer, formerly United Nations International

Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda – UN-ICTR)

19.01.2016THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY, WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS AND

CHURCHESKatharina Stamm (Diakonie e.V.)

Programme ctd.

26.01.2016MOTIVATIONS FOR ESCAPE – EXPERIENCES FROM AFRICACharles M. Huber (Member of Parliament)

02.02.2016MAKING INTERNATIONAL LAW, USING INTERNATIONAL LAW,

DRIVERS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ON DEVELOPMENT

Anees Ahmed (United Nations Mission in Liberia)

09.02.2016WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SOLVE THE REFUGEE CRISIS?Bärbel Dieckmann (German Agro Action)

PLEASE, ENJOY THE LECTURE AND GAIN KNOWLEDGE

BrigitteFahrenhorst@t-online.de