News from the Global Policy and Development Department

Youth must nurture international connections on the basis of solidarity to solving global problems, says Seren Selvin Korkmaz on FES Connect.

"Just because you phase out coal does not mean everything improves" for local communities, explains a former FES scholar on FES Connect.

We need a new economic order that serves the public interest. A plea by FES head of department Jochen Steinhilber on ips-journal.eu.

Lalaina from Madagascar and Adin from Indonesia motivate young people to become politically active. We talked about inequality and trust.

The ILO established the right to social security and today recommends Social Protection Floors. That move is crucial, says Ebenezer Durojaye.

Civil society can contribute to asset recovery and more transparent processes, say authors Agatino Camarda and Jackson Oldfield.

Building social cohesion by fighting inequality

A robust international tax system is the best defence against authoritarianism, says Wayne Swan on IPS-journal.eu.

The world has enough for everyone's needs, but not for everyone's tax evasion

The theme of this year’s Summit is global paradigm change to recouple social, political and economic progress.