Patrick Steiner-Hirth is a Senior Project Manager at the Robert Bosch Stiftung, working in the Peace team, which is one of the foundation’s areas of focus in the Global Issues support strand. The foundation was a core funder of the Bogotá #ShiftThePower Global Summit in December 2023. Patrick studied International Relations in Germany, the U.S. and the U.K. Before joining the foundation in 2019, he worked as a political advisor in the German parliament.   A new approach for a changing world In 2018, the Robert Bosch Stiftung began a major strategic review. Over its 60 years, the foundation’s international work had grown...

Recent dramatic shifts in foreign aid and development finance – including the recent freeze on U.S. aid – are having ripple effects around the world and forcing a conversation about potential alternatives that is long overdue. On 18 February 2025 the GFCF hosted a discussion with Themrise Khan on the current state of the international development and funding system and what an alternative future might look like. Themrise presented the findings of her latest report, which builds on an initial provocation published in 2023 in partnership with the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership. In that original paper, Themrise laid out four...