In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), to make our planet more liveable for all by 2030. At the same time, Pope Francis speaks in the encyclical „Laudato Si“ about burning issues such as environmental and climate protection as well as unjust distribution of resources. The agenda for humanity, the 5-point plan of the world summit on humanitarian aid, summarizes the measures needed to alleviate humanitarian needs. It seems we have come a few steps closer to our goal of overcoming hunger. But currently unfair conditions, hunger and war are still part of our reality.

Systemic change, alliances and digitization

What does it take to sustainably implement the plans and thus to combat poverty? How can and should civil society organizations operate in a global and increasingly digitized world? These hot topics and topics of development cooperation are discussed on international conference.