Global issues and challenges in the world

The Robert Bosch Stiftung strengthens confidence and resilience in facing upheaval and global challenges. We believe in the ability of people, organizations, and societies to shape the future, even under difficult conditions. We support them in developing and implementing strategies to solve global issues.

Vision and Values

We are convinced that justice, sustainability, and peace are key to a future worth living for everyone. Our vision is a world in which people, organizations, and societies tackle challenges with confidence and with trust to bring about positive change. To achieve this, we focus on partnership, accountability, and a diversity of voices and perspectives.

Mission

We empower people and organizations to act geared toward the future. To this end, we stand by them with trust and reliability. We support their innovative strength and courage so they can confront uncertainty and change. Through our work, we contribute to resilient structures that enable development and ensure stability.

Strategy

To foster systemic change, we strengthen communities, their networks, public dialogue, and political debate. In doing so, we consider how these approaches work together and complement each other for effective cooperation even in times of crisis. We create spaces where people can and shape the future together. Our work is always guided by local expertise and lived experience.

What we focus on

Through our work, we aim to develop long-term, sustainable solutions to pressing global issues together with our partners. We focus on

a fair society and strong cohesion
local peace work that contributes to a sustainable future
just and sustainable systems for land use and food supply in the fight against climate change
future oriented and dignified approaches to migration

We work across national and sectoral boundaries and are committed to ensuring that international cooperation is fair, effective, and future-oriented. We are active in Germany and the European context, West Africa, and West Asia (Middle East).

What we focus on

Climate Change

Just and sustainable land use and food systems

Democracy

For a fair society and strong cohesion

Migration

Enabling future oriented and dignified migration and integration

Peace

Local peace work for a sustainable future

Projects in the "Global Issues" support area

Click here for an overview of current projects

Latest topics from our "Global Issues" support area

Why Companies Must Take Responsibility for Diversity and Democracy

An appeal by our Senior Expert Ferdinand Mirbach on the occasion of German...

Driving the Shift in Food Systems

Where Community Comes to the Table

A look at our “Future is served!” projects shows how food systems can be...

Publication

Global Report on Internal Displacement

Opinion

Strengthening resilience instead of deepening divides – what integration policy in Germany must deliver now

Migrants in Germany

6 Misconceptions about Integration – and What the Facts Really Say

Fact-based arguments for a topic that is often the subject of heated...

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‘Everyday Spaces’: Bringing Democracy into Daily Life

We are convinced that democracy does not belong only in parliaments, but also...

Opinion

Social cohesion embraces everyone, and Muslims want to be included

The Diversity Barometer shows a high level of rejection of Muslims and Islam...

Publication

Routes in Flux: is EU migration policy working?

Opinion

Our representative democracy needs to become more representative

When every second person feels unrepresented by politics, it’s time for...

Publication

No Longer at the Limit: Why the Situation of Municipalities in Refugee Reception Remains Challenging…

Opinion

Diversity can help create identity: How we can strengthen social cohesion

A piece by Ottilie Bälz, Head of our funding area Global Issues.

Publication

Great Caribbean Shifts Report

Armin Laschet (CDU), Member of the German Bundestag

“Germany must remain a country that's open to the world”

During the summer of 2015, Armin...

Common Ground

Citizen Participation in the German-French Border Region

In the German-French border region, local actors dared to rethink...

Common Ground

A Cross-Border Citizens’ Council for the Future

In the SaarMoselle region, a bold idea took shape: a cross-border citizens’ council to help guide the future...

Common Ground

Cross-Border Collaboration for Climate Resilience: A Tri-National Approach

In response to the floods in 2021, the tri-border region of Germany, Belgium,...

Common Ground

Climate-Friendly Urban Planning Across Borders

Across borders, citizens in Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice are reimagining their city—climate-friendly,...

Common Ground

Shaping the Future in Trialogue

As coal mining ends, communities in the German-Polish-Czech border region are shaping a shared vision for a...

Common Ground

A German-Polish Border Region Comes Together

In the border region of Spree-Neiße-Bober, COVID-19 revealed weaknesses—but also inspired new cross-border...

Common Ground

Participation as a Driver of Sustainability

In the German-Luxembourg border region, citizen engagement transformed an energy project into a shared climate...

Common Ground

A Shared Vision for the Upper Rhine

Along the Upper Rhine, 22 municipalities co-developed a cross-border spatial plan—balancing nature and...

Bosch Alumni Network

“People Are Realizing That Democracy is About the Bigger Picture”

Alumni of the Robert Bosch Stiftung on the question of how to re-engage...

Democracy Education for Children and Youth

How does democracy work in schools?

Read the dossier

REPCHANCE Europe Study

Persistent Underrepresentation of Immigrant-Origin MPs Across Key European Countries

Diversity in Germany

The East is Diverse: The Many Faces of Civic Engagement and Volunteering in East Germany

A look at our foundation

If You Really Want Diversity, You Have to Create Structures for It

How diverse is the Robert Bosch Stiftung? Head of Human Resources Nicole...

Perspectives on the status quo

Diversity: buzzword or real change?

Raúl Krauthausen, Tupoka Ogette, and Fränzi Kühne: What do we need in order to move forward?

Integration

Immigrant care professionals: What it takes to feel home in a new country

A story about an extraordinary friendship that began with the "StaF"...

Democracy education

#IchStehAuf: "Children have a voice that counts"

Three head teachers explain why democracy education is so important right now.

Opinion

Democracy — A Muscle That Needs to be Exercised

Hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets these weeks to protest against the shift to the right. And there...

Interview with RBA Fellow Pierre Hazan

“The question of wartime collaboration is extremely sensitive”

Here, the Robert Bosch Academy Fellow...

Publication

African Shifts Report

Immigration society

“The Migration media service is as important today as it was in the year it was founded”

Infographic

A Safe Harbour?

The impacts of climate change are forcing an increasing number of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa to leave their homes. Our infographic explains the...

Study

How Do We Think About Our Democracy?

We asked citizens of Germany, France, the UK, Poland, and the USA.

Fighting Historical Fake News with Facts

To story

Elections in France - the End of the EU as We Know It?

"The EU has been too often described as part of the problem, but it is part...

How Cities Are Shaping China’s Future

In hardly any other country, urbanization is progressing as fast as in China. How can this development be human...

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Strengthening confidence. Shaping the future.

Vision and Values

Mission

Strategy

What we focus on

What we focus on

Projects in the "Global Issues" support area

Latest topics from our "Global Issues" support area

Why Companies Must Take Responsibility for Diversity and Democracy

Where Community Comes to the Table

Strengthening resilience instead of deepening divides – what integration policy in Germany must deliver now

6 Misconceptions about Integration – and What the Facts Really Say

‘Everyday Spaces’: Bringing Democracy into Daily Life

Social cohesion embraces everyone, and Muslims want to be included

Our representative democracy needs to become more representative

Diversity can help create identity: How we can strengthen social cohesion

“Germany must remain a country that's open to the world”

Citizen Participation in the German-French Border Region

A Cross-Border Citizens’ Council for the Future

Cross-Border Collaboration for Climate Resilience: A Tri-National Approach

Climate-Friendly Urban Planning Across Borders

Shaping the Future in Trialogue

A German-Polish Border Region Comes Together

Participation as a Driver of Sustainability

A Shared Vision for the Upper Rhine

“People Are Realizing That Democracy is About the Bigger Picture”

How does democracy work in schools?

Persistent Underrepresentation of Immigrant-Origin MPs Across Key European Countries

The East is Diverse: The Many Faces of Civic Engagement and Volunteering in East Germany

If You Really Want Diversity, You Have to Create Structures for It

Diversity: buzzword or real change?

Immigrant care professionals: What it takes to feel home in a new country

#IchStehAuf: "Children have a voice that counts"

Democracy — A Muscle That Needs to be Exercised

“The question of wartime collaboration is extremely sensitive”

“The Migration media service is as important today as it was in the year it was founded”

A Safe Harbour?

How Do We Think About Our Democracy?

Fighting Historical Fake News with Facts

Elections in France - the End of the EU as We Know It?

How Cities Are Shaping China’s Future