Summer School on Development Policy
Summer School on Development Policy
University of Bonn
Bonn, July 31 to August 11, 2017
The University of Bonn invites graduate and postgraduate students as well as young professionals from any field of study or discipline to a Summer School on Development Policy in Bonn.
The program is organized in cooperation with the German Corporation for International Cooperation / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
The Summer School on Development Policy will take place from July 31 to August 11, 2017.
The program offers:
- classes that cover the main areas of development policy
- guest lectures on selected issues of development policy
- excursions (for example to governmental institutions and development organizations)
The Summer School is open to 30 participants. The program is conducted in English.
The classes and guest lectures will take place in the Main Building of the University of Bonn.
Objective
The Summer School introduces students to the main areas of development policy and examines important development policy issues. The students will be able to discuss development policy issues with professionals from international organizations, governmental institutions, development organizations, research institutions, and the University of Bonn.
The Summer School aims at providing graduate and postgraduate students as well as young professionals with insight into the field of development policy.
Program
Classes
The classes cover the main areas of development policy.
They encompass thirteen modules:
- Module 1 Introduction to Development Policy
- Module 2 German Development Policy
- Module 3 European Development Policy
- Module 4 Introduction to Development Economics
- Module 5 Financing of Development Policy
- Module 6 International Development Policy
- Module 7 Selected Fields of Development Policy - Environment Protection and Climate Change
- Module 8 Selected Fields of Development Policy - Good Governance and Human Rights
- Module 9 Selected Fields of Development Policy - Health
- Module 10 Selected Fields of Development Policy - Education
- Module 11 Selected Fields of Development Policy - Peacebuilding
- Module 12 Selected Fields of Development Policy - Food and Nutrition Security
- Module 13 Selected Fields of Development Policy - Poverty Reduction
The module overview is available here.
Guest lectures
In addition to classes, the program offers guest lectures on selected issues of development policy.
The guest lecture overview is available here.
Excursions
Furthermore, the program includes various excursions:
- European Commission, Brussels
http://ec.europa.eu - European Parliament, Brussels
www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en - Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development / Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ), Bonn
www.bmz.de/en - German Corporation for International Cooperation / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH: Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ), Bad Honnef
www.giz.de/akademie - UN-Campus, Bonn
Instructors and Guest Lecturers
The instructors and guest lecturers are experts from international organizations, governmental institutions, development organizations, research institutions, and the University of Bonn:
Carmen Anthonj
Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, GeoHealth Centre, University of Bonn / GeoHealth Centre, Universität Bonn
www.ihph.de/publichealth
Dr. Pol Bargués Pedreny
Centre for Global Cooperation Research
www.gcr21.org/the-centre/team/former-team-members/pol-bargues-pedreny/
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Dr. Florence Dafe
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
www.die-gdi.de/florence-dafe/
Erfan Diebel
German Corporation for International Cooperation / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Entwicklung (GIZ) gGmbH
www.giz.de
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
https://www.die-gdi.de/en/mark-furness/
Sandra Gilgan
University of Bonn
https://www.uni-bonn.de/internationales/abt.6.4
Dr. Sven Grimm
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
www.die-gdi.de/en/sven-grimm/
Oliver Haas
German Corporation for International Cooperation / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Entwicklung (GIZ) gGmbH
www.giz.de
Lisa Hennes
University of Bonn
www3.uni-bonn.de/einrichtungen/international-office/abt.6.4
Vojtech Hledik
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Prof. Dr. Claas Knoop
Member of the speaker service Team Europe of the European Commission
www.ec.europa.eu/germany/services/contact-points_de
Anke Kurat
VENRO - Association of German Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs e.V.
venro.org/englisch/whoweare
Dr. Julia Leininger
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
www.die-gdi.de/julia-leininger/
Milenka Nikolova, PhD
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
www.iza.org/de
Nick Nuttall
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
www.unfccc.int/secretariat/
Peter Runge
CARE Deutschland-Luxemburg e.V.
www.care.de/ueber-care/care-team/mitarbeiter/#c2649
Prof. Dr. Roland Roesch
International Renewable Energy Agengy (IRENA)
http://www.irena.org
Daniel Rupp
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V.
www.welthungerhilfe.de/en/home-en.html
Maika Schmidt
University of Sussex
www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/
Sandra Scholl
University of Bonn
www3.uni-bonn.de/einrichtungen/international-office/abt.6.4
Dr. Benjamin Schraven
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
https://www.die-gdi.de/en/benjamin-schraven/
Eligibility Requirements
In order to be eligible to register for the Summer School, you must fulfill the requirements given below:
- You are a graduate or postgraduate student or a young professional from any field of study or discipline.
- You are proficient in English (prior knowledge of German is not a prerequisite).
Application/Registration
Applicants who wish to participate in the Summer School must apply by April 7, 2017. The selected participants will be notified within one week after the registration deadline.
Applicants should send us the following documents (written in English):
- signed application form
- résumé / curriculum vitae
- letter of motivation that illustrates why you wish to participate in the Summer School and what you hope to gain from your participation.
Please send the documents
- via email to: developmentpolicy-summerschool@uni-bonn.de
or
- via mail to: University of Bonn, International Office, Ms. Sandra Scholl, Poppelsdorfer Allee 102, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Participation Fee
The participation fee amounts to 750 Euros (including the costs for the excursions). The fee does not include housing or meals.
Please transfer the participation fee to the following account:
Recipient: Universitätskasse Bonn
IBAN: DE08370501980000057695
BIC: COLSDE33
Bank: Sparkasse KölnBonn, Hahnenstr. 57, 50667 Köln, Germany
Reference: PN 73120012 + participant name
You must state the following reference on the bank transfer form: PN 73120012 + participant name.
Please note that the participation fee is due by May 5, 2017. Participation in the Summer School on Development Policy is only possible after confirmation of payment.
If you cancel before May 19, 2017, we will reimburse the participation fee for a service fee of 50 Euros. Please note that we cannot reimburse the participation fee, if you cancel after May 19, 2017.
The University of Bonn does not anticipate the cancellation of the Summer School. However, if it should become necessary due to world events, gross under enrollment (less than 18 students) or other circumstances to cancel or significantly change the program, all applicants / selected participants will be promptly notified and provided a full reimbursement of the participation fee.
Grants
A very limited number of grants will be awarded by the University of Bonn to excellent Summer School applicants. Only students can apply for a grant. The grants will consist of partial or full participation fee exemption. Participants will be still responsible for financing housing and meals by themselves, though.
Please indicate on the application form if you wish to apply for a grant. It is also necessary to indicate in the application if you will uphold your registration and pay the participation fee in case that your application for the grant cannot be considered.
Applicants for the grant should send us, in addition to the application, a second letter of motivation that explains why a grant should be awarded and illustrates the expected benefits of the grant for the Summer School (500 words), a recommendation letter from a professor of the applicant’s university, and a copy of the applicant’s transcript of records.
Please also consider exploring other sources of financial aid. Your home institution might be able to advise you on financial aid possibilities.
Certificate of Attendance / ECTS Credits
At the last day of the Summer School, every participant who regularly attended the program will receive a Certificate of Attendance.
If you are interested in obtaining ECTS credits, you can gain
- 2 ECTS credits (equivalent to 1 U.S. credit) by regularly attending the Summer School
or
- 6 ECTS credits (equivalent to 3 U.S. credits) by regularly attending the Summer School and submitting a paper of about 6.000-6.500 words to developmentpolicy-summerschool@uni-bonn.de up to 4 weeks after the end of the Summer School. The submission deadline is September 8, 2017. The topic of the paper has to be determined in consultation with the Summer School Coordinator.
Please note that the University of Bonn can only recommend that the home institutions award participants with 2 / 6 ECTS credits (equivalent to 1 / 3 U.S. credits). Participants who wish to receive the ECTS credits will have to contact either their study abroad office or the office in their university that deals with external credit. It is up to the home institutions of the participants as to how much credit they award. Of course, we will gladly advise them and, if need be, provide them with the Summer School syllabus and graded paper.
Accommodation
The Summer School is unfortunately not able to provide housing in Bonn.
If you are however interested in obtaining a list of accommodation possibilities, please write an email to developmentpolicy-summerschool@uni-bonn.de.
Please also note that housing in Bonn is in high demand. Thus, we recommend beginning the search for housing possibilities as soon as you are accepted into the Summer School.
Insurances, Liablility and Applicable Law
Any participant of the Summer School must have insurance covering health, accident and personal liability risks. The Summer School is not able to provide health, accident and liability insurance. It is the responsibility of the participants to take care of such insurance coverage. The University of Bonn´s liability for any damage occurring during the program (including excursions, social activities, leisure programs etc.) is limited to the extent legally possible. The applicable law for the implementation of the program is German law.
Visa
Please indicate in the application form if you need an official letter from the University of Bonn confirming your admission to the Summer School in order to apply for a visa. The letter will be sent with the admission notification.
Please also note that all visa procedures remain in the responsibility of the participants and must be taken care of in due time.
Contact
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions: developmentpolicy-summerschool@uni-bonn.de
