Noble Conspiracies for a Global Community

Please find below the recording of the event.

The COVID-19 crisis entails numerous challenges, in Europe and in Africa. Alarmingly, it puts at risk some of the recent vital achievements in the fight against poverty and hunger. In the long term, the pandemic may hit vulnerable communities the most but it is already a global challenge.

Four outstanding European former ministers, the Utstein Four, have had their own experiences with tackling such international crisis and know how to seize the opportunity for more genuine cooperation and partnership. In the midst of the pandemic their story of female leadership and of the importance of international cooperation has recently been published.

On this occasion, and in light of the current developments we want to discuss: How should today’s international development policies be designed to tackle such complex challenges effectively?

Together with Vera Songwe, UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission and the Utstein Four we seek to answer this question. The four women forming the so-called Utstein Four were ministers in charge of international development in their governments: Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul from Germany, Eveline Herfkens from the Netherlands, Hilde Johnson from Norway and Clare Short from the United Kingdom.
Constantine Michalopoulos, author of the book “Ending Global Poverty. Four Women’s Noble Conspiracies” will open the discussion.

The discussion will be moderated by Christine Mhundwa, journalist at Deutsche Welle.