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From 9-11 June the progressive community came together for the 2021 Progressive Governance Digital Summit (PGS21) to debate how to make the 2020s a decade of progress. With the pandemic warranting bold action, speakers and participants focused on how to seize the current momentum to implement progressive change.
The online summit hosted more than 30 sessions and focused on transformation, democracy, progressive leadership, and Europe’s role in a multilateral world from 09 to 11 June 2021. Justin Trudeau, Olaf Scholz, Margrethe Vestager, Nadia Calviño, Ardalan Shekarabi, Robert Habeck, Jagmeet Singh, Leonore Gewessler and up to 75 other speakers from Europe and North America participated in the grand event.
At the beginning of 2021, the world waited in anticipation for Joe Biden to be inaugurated the 46th President of the United States and the first woman Vice-President, Kamala Harris. 100 days later, what is the state of democracy in the United States and the transatlantic partnership?
A Nation Seeking Redemption The Biden administration must atone for the past four years by delivering tangible relief, recovery, and reform.
Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States. From the minute he is sworn in, his administration will begin working on reversing many of his predecessor’s legacies on climate change, immigration, and domestic policy. Underlying these efforts will be the challenge of unifying a country in an era of rampant disinformation. To guide the country through this fact-rejecting fog and towards social and economic justice, the new administration must deliver visible relief and recovery.
2020 started with the urgent challenges of mitigating climate change, soothing disaffection with democracy, and easing anxiety about jobs disappearing due to technological progress. Little did we know all these concerns would only become more pronounced with the emergence of the global pandemic of COVID19, affecting all, but not everybody equally.
Alongside every other nation in the world, both Germany and the United States have to deal with the challenges described. In a multilateral world, where cooperation is a key to success, these common difficulties can only be overcome by exchanging best practices and building enough political will and trust in order to tackle them together.
We believe that cities and metropolitan areas play an ever more important role in sustaining and further developing the close historical, cultural, economic and political ties between the United States and Germany.
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This working paper was written based on the results of two conferences held in 2020 in the United States and Germany, focusing on the most pressing issues ahead of cities today when it comes to inclusive growth, sustainability, democratic governance. We want to reflect upon the challenges that cities and metropolitan areas in both countries are facing today, look beyond their local level activity and identify these urban spaces as internationally relevant actors, capable of not only tackling global challenges at the local level but also strengthening the transatlantic alliance from the bottom up.
This working paper sets the scene for further activities within the New Urban Progress project, bringing together German and U.S. perspectives in a spirit of mutual understanding and the pursuit of a common goal: making German and U.S. cities transatlantic changemakers and trendsetters for a more prosperous future.
New Urban Progress is the joint metro initiative of Das Progressive Zentrum, Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the Progressive Policy Institute. The project is supported by the Transatlantic Program of the Federal Republic of Germany and funded by the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi).
2020 US Elections: Unpacking the Week Analysis and commentary on the 2020 US Election curated by our in-house Californian Diego Rivas.
November 3rd was a historic election day in the United States, which melted into a week of waiting and commentary. What political victories did the Democrats score and what is the future for them as a party? Diego Rivas unpacks the election week with a review of the stories that defined this historic vote.
The Democrats are locked in a head to head race under a unified, broad coalition on the national level – against Trump. However, winning the Senate and the House will determine if it is even possible to work towards a just normality that represents the people and reflects their hopes and desires. Diego Rivas analyses the US Elections and opportunities for progressive change.
In den letzten fünf Jahren sind viele politische Systeme rechtspopulistischen Parteien und Tendenzen zum Opfer gefallen. Die aktuelle globale Gesundheitslage und die Klimakrise verstärken diese Bedrohung. Mutige Antworten sind dringend gefordert. Progressive Akteure müssen jedoch Siege an der Wahlurne erreichen, bevor sie ihre Visionen umsetzen können. Larry Cohen und Bettina Martin diskutierten.
Am 1. Oktober startet der transatlantische Dialog der 20 VordenkerInnen aus Deutschland und den USA. Die Projekt-Fellows erden sich damit beschäftigen, wie Städte mit globalen Herausforderungen umgehen und dabei gleichzeitig urbane Räume demokratisieren können.
Vom 17. bis 20. August treffen sich knapp 4.000 Delegierte zum Parteitag der Demokratischen Partei der USA. Aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie findet die Veranstaltung dieses Jahr nur online statt. Diego Rivas, DPZ-Teammitglied und Vorsitzender der Democrats Abroad Berlin, ist einer der TeilnehmerInnen und Delegierter von Bernie Sanders.
Democratic National Convention: Launching a Coalition to Stop Donald Trump Chair of Democrats Abroad Berlin and Sanders Delegate, Diego Rivas, about the upcoming US-elections
After months of campaigning, more than twenty candidates, hundreds of millions of dollars spent on campaigns, and primaries delayed due to a public health crisis, the Democratic Party will officially nominate Joe Biden as their Candidate for President of the United States – united under one motto: take back the White House.
Will Donald Trump be re-elected the President of the United States? With the party conventions around the corner, the head-to-head race is moving into top gear. The strategies that each candidate will implement are now coming into fruition. What can we expect from the campaigns and what will be the winning combination of strategy and policy?
Will Donald Trump be re-elected the President of the United States? With the party conventions around the corner, the head-to-head race is moving into top gear. The strategies that each candidate will implement are now coming into fruition. What can we expect from the campaigns and what will be the winning combination of strategy and policy?
In drei Workshop-Sessions diskutierten die TeilnehmerInnen des Urban Forums über die Rolle von Städten bei der Förderung von Bürgerbeteiligung, vernetzter Politikgestaltung und der Zukunft des öffentlichen Raums. Dabei wurden wichtige Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze zur Gestaltung der Stadt der Zukunft identifiziert.
Call for Fellows: Junge TransatlantikerInnen mit Schwerpunkt auf Stadtentwicklung New Urban Progress (NUP) sucht zehn BürgerInnen aus Deutschland und zehn aus den Vereinigten Staaten für einen transatlantischen Dialog über die Zukunft von Städten und Ballungsräumen.
New Urban Progress belebt die transatlantischen Beziehungen, indem es einen Dialog mit VertreterInnen der Zivilgesellschaft, ForscherInnen, PolitikerInnen, JournalistInnen und Start-Up-GründerInnen initiiert, wie Städte innovativ, vernetzt und fair gestaltet werden können.
Transatlantisches Projekt erreicht nächste Phase New Urban Progress veröffentlicht Webseite und lädt zu Veranstaltung ein
New Urban Progress ist ein Projekt, das über drei Jahre hinweg einen Ideenaustausch zum Umgang mit lokalen Herausforderungen in Deutschland und den USA fördert. Dabei steht die Rolle von Städten im Bereich von inklusivem Wachstum und nachhaltiger Innovation im Mittelpunkt.
Städte und Metropolregionen sind Protagonisten in der Bekämpfung des Klimawandels, der Energiewende, der zunehmenden Fremdenfeindlichkeit und des wachsenden Populismus. Wie gut sie diese sozialen Veränderungen jedoch anführen können, wird davon abhängen, ob ihre eigenen Gemeinden inklusiv und gerecht sind.
Watch the New Urban Progress United States kickoff of the three-year, comparative study of metro innovation. The launch will feature conversations with prominent urban leaders and mayors (in formation), including Mayor Bill Peduto, Pittsburgh, PA; Mayor Levar Stoney, Richmond, VA; Mayor Lovely Ann Warren, Rochester, NY; Former Mayor Sly James, Kansas City, MO.
New Urban Progress arbeitet daran, dass die Städte der Zukunft funktionieren. 100 ExpertInnen werden am 10. März in Washington DC zusammenkommen, um über inklusive Innovation, vernetztes Regieren und soziale Mobilität in Städten und Metropolregionen zu diskutieren. Anhand dieser drei Themen werden sie sich auf die Identifizierung der aktuellen Herausforderungen konzentrieren, denen sich die US-Städte gegenübersehen.
Gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen in Ballungsgebieten lokal bewältigen: Im Frühjahr startet unsere Dialogreihe New Urban Progress. Ziel ist es auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks mit deutschen und US-amerikanischen Fachleuten, politisch Aktiven und Vertretungen von Kommunalbehörden innovative Lösungen zu entwickeln und zu implementieren.
