Partners for Change

International Conference
Partners for Change
Religions and the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development
17–18 February 2016, Berlin
List of Participants
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Tarek Abdelalem
CEO
Islamic Relief Deutschland e. V.
Dr Mohamed Ashmawey
CEO
Islamic Relief Worldwide
H.E. Dr Badr Abdelatty
Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Ali Aslan
TV-Host and Journalist
Dr Karlies Abmeier
Team Leader
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Prof. Dr Mohammed Abu-Nimer
Senior Advisor
KAICIID Dialogue Centre
Dr Rev. Karin Achtelstetter
WACC
Prof. Dr Alastair Ager
Director
QMU, Edinburgh and Columbia University
Dr Ilona Auer Frege
Head of Berlin Office
MISEREOR
Charles Badenoch
Partnership Leader Advocacy & External Engagement
World Vision International
Caroline Bader
Youth Secretary
The Lutheran World Federation
Joe Baker
Co-founder & Executive Director
Lenape Center
Saif Ahmad
CEO
Al-Khair Foundation
Liza Barrie
Chief
UNICEF
Hind Al Owais
Senior Advisor
UN Women
Mohammed Al-Nehmi
Delegation Tawakkol Karman
Dr Abbas Barzegar
Professor
Georgia State University
Prof. Dr Matthias Basedau
Lead Research Fellow
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Abdulrab Al’Shkiri
Togehter for Yemen
H.E. Dr Mazen Al-Tal
Ambassador
Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Dr Milton Amayun
Senior Advisor Institutional Resources
International Care Ministries
Steve Ameyibor
Advisor for Urban Development
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Dr Muhtari Aminu-Kano
Head of Research & Development
Islamic Relief Worldwide
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Michael Assibi
Republic of Ghana
Michael Bauer
Dr Vazrik Bazil
Consultant
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Gunther Beger
Director General
Policy issues of development cooperation; civil society,
churches and private sector; rural development
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and Development
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Dr Christoph Beier
Vice-Chair of the Management Board
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Rakchanok Chatjuthamard
Researcher
Käte Hamburger Kolleg/
Centre for Global Cooperation Research
Mary Bellekom
Education and Water Programme Manager
Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC)
Bruce Compton
Senior Director
Catholic Health Association of the United States
Dr Jürgen Bergmann
Head of Department
Mission EineWelt
Hadrien Coumans
Co-founder and Co-director
Lenape Center
Prof. Dr Almut Beringer
Policy Advisor
Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service
Simona Cruciani
Political Affairs Officer
UN Secretariat
Arne Bonhage
Project Leader
Grenzenlos – Vereinigung internationaler
Freiwilliger e. V.
Christina Dahl Jensen
Program Coordinator
Danmission
Susanne Brenner-Büker
Assistant to the Board of Directors
Association for Development Cooperation (AGEH)
H.E. Akua Sena Dansua
Ambassador
Embassy of the Republic of Ghana
J. Mark Brinkmoeller
Director
Center for Faith-based & Community Initiatives
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Dr Ingolf Dietrich
Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Rudelmar Bueno de Faria
Representative to the United Nations
World Council of Churches
Jean Duff
President
Partnership for Faith & Development
Dr Markus Büker
Head of Theological Research
MISEREOR
Bani Dugal
Principal Representative
Bahá’i International Community
Klaus J. Burckhardt
Oberkirchenrat
Evangelical Church in Germany
Dr Martin Dutzmann
Representative of the Council to the Federal Republic
of Germany and the European Union
Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)
Paul Cadario
Distinguished Senior Fellow in Global Innovation
University of Toronto
Dr Theresa Carino
Senior Research Consultant
Amity Foundation
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Godlove Dzebam Ayaba Bongnwa
Volunteer
Solidarity International
Dr Dietmar Ehm
Deputy Director
Institute for International Cooperation
Hanns Seidel Foundation
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Omayma El Ella
Operations Manager
Muslim Charities Forum
Michaela Fuhrmann
Head of the Political Department
Central Council of Jews in Germany
Ibrahim Elkhouli
Councellor of Embassy
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Rev. Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel
President
Bread for the World
Dr Nikola Eterovic
Apostolic nuncio
Apostolic Nunciature
Dr Thorsten Göbel
Head of Policy, Dialogue and Theology
Bread for the World
Katharina Fabig
Assistant to MP Johannes Röring
German Bundestag
Dr Simone Gobien
Research Fellow
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Dr Mike Falke
Group Leader
Governance und Menschenrechte
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Rev. Christo Greyling
Director Faith Partnership for Development World
Vision International
Dr Bernhard Felmberg
Director
Civil society; churches and the private sector
in development cooperation
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Michael Fiebig
Head of Division
Churches, political foundations, social structural
­programmes, religion and development
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Dr Bernhard Forster
Director of Studies
Katholische Akademie Bayern
Michael French
Rights-based, Interfaith, Latin America Programs
LWF World Service
Dominic Samuel Fritz
Chief of Staff
Office of former Federal President Horst Köhler
Matthew Frost
Chairman
Joint Learning Initiative Faith & Local Communities
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Martha Gutierrez
Chief of Division
Governance, Krisenmanagement, Bauen G 200
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Dr Tho Ha Vinh
Program Director
Gross National Happiness Centre Bhutan
Martin Hage
Vice President
German Buddhist Union (DBU)
H.E. Mussie Hailu
Special Envoy of the African Union – ECOSOCC on ­
Interreligious & Intercultural Issues and Regional
­Director of United Religions Initiative for Africa
United Religions Inititative & Economic, Social and
Cultural Council of the African Union
Kira Häring
Advisor
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Silke Hattendorff
Advisor
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Dr Asma Jahangir
Advocate
Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association
Sarah Häuser
German Bundestag
Yun (Claudia) He
Director of China Programme
Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC)
Hubert Heindl
Program Director
InovarCA - Non-violent Intervention in CAR
APTE-Agency for Project consultancy, Training,
Evaluation
Dr Thomas Helfen
Head of Division
Parliament and Cabinet
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Gary Henderson
Executive Director, Global Health Initiative
United Methodist Communications
Dr Philipp W. Hildmann
Commissioner for Intercultural Dialogue
Hanns Seidel Foundation
Christoph Hilligen
Vice Chairman of the Executive Board
World Vision Deutschland e. V.
Andreas Hipple
Senior Program Advisor
GHR Foundation
Jasmin Jahanshahi
Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager
Aga Khan Foundation (UK)
Dr Beate Jakob
Consultant
German Institute for Medical Mission (DIFÄM)
Klaus Jetz
Executive Director
Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany LSVD
Prof. Dr Hans Joas
Ernst Troeltsch Professor
Humboldt University
Peter Joergensen
Representative to the Federal Government
Vereinigung Evangelischer Freikirchen (VEF)
Andreas Jung
Chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Council
on Sustainable Development
German Bundestag
Rev. Dr Martin Junge
General Secretary
The Lutheran World Federation
Prelate Dr Karl Jüsten
Director
Kommissariat der Deutschen Bischöfe –
Katholisches Büro in Berlin
Andrea Hitzemann
Representative in Berlin
Caritas Germany
Prof. Dr Ingo Hofmann
Spokesperson
German Bahá’í-Community
Jenny Holmsen
Researcher
European University Institute
Prof. Dr Jörg Hübner
Executive Director
Protestant Academy Bad Boll
Dr Azza Karam
Senior Policy Advisor, Culture
United Nations Population Fund
Tawakkol Karman
Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2011)
Teerath Kaur
Author
Sabrina Khan
Head of Programmes
Islamic Relief Deutschland e. V.
Mohamed Ibrahim
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Jan-Thilo Klimisch
Advocacy Officer
CBM Germany – Berlin Office
Dr Renier Koegelenberg
Director
National Religious Association for
Social Development (NRASD)
Karin Kortmann
Leiterin der GIZ-Repräsentanz Berlin
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Stephan Krämer
Programme Coordinator, Executive Board
World Vision Germany
Xue Li
The Amity Foundation
Marion Lieser
CEO
Oxfam Germany
Stefanie Linner
National Coordinator
Micah Germany
Matthias Mader
Research Fellow
Humboldt University
Hatem Maged
3rd Secretary
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Angela Krug
Head of Desk
Engagement Global
Amer Majali
Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Tim Kuschnerus
Managing Director
Joint Conference Church and Development
Rev. Jack Mamven
Youth Pastor
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN)
Dr Daniel Legutke
Deutsche Kommission Justitia et Pax
Prof. Katherine Marshall
Professor, Executive Director of WFDD
Georgetown University
Carl Moritz Leifgen
Advisor
Federal Foreign Office
Pierre Martinot-Lagarde
Special Advisor for Socio Religious Affairs
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Dr Julia Leininger
Head of department Governance, Statehood,
Security
German Development Institute (DIE)
Sofia Lemmetyinen
Programme Manager
European Commission
Aiman A. Mazyek
CEO
Central Council of Muslims in Germany
Joern Lemvik
Secretary general
Digni
Peter Meiwald
Member of Parliament
German Bundestag
Caroline Lensing-Hebben
UNDP
Virgilio Levaggi
Director
International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Martin Mauthe-Käter
Advisor
Churches, political foundations, social structural­
­programmes, religion and development
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and ­Development
Susanne Meltl
Advisor
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Anna Mertens
Journalist
Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur (KNA)
Sarah Meschenmoser
Advocacy Officer
CBM Germany
Martina Metz
Head of Division
Human rights; freedom of religion; gender equality;
culture and development; inclusion of persons
with disabilities
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and­
­Development
D. D. Gerhard Meyer
Bishop Ordinary
Reformed Episcopal Church in Germany
Reinhard Micheel
Executive Director
Aktion Canchanabury e. V.
Dr Marco Moerschbacher
Internationales Katholisches Missionswerk
missio e. V.
Anna Lena Mohrmann
International Affairs Intern
World Bank Group
Christian Molke
Executive Director
ADRA Germany
Isabel Moritz
Consultant
CDU/CSU parliamentary group
Dr Kenneth Mtata
Program Executive for Religion and Development
Lutheran World Federation
Dr Sebastian Müller
Researcher
German Institute for Human Rights
Tobias Müller
Community of Sant’Egidio
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Dr Gerd Müller
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Peter Munene
Chief Executive Officer
Faith To Action Network
Dr Rev John Nduna
General Secretary
ACT Alliance
Dharam Singh Nihang Singh
Founder of Sach Khoj Academy
Sach Khoj Academy – Academy for Researching
the Truth
Pastor Kingsley Nimo
Pastor
International Christian Church
Dr Peter Nitschke
Chief Strategy Officer
International Care Ministries
Ulrich Nitschke
Head of Program Values, Religion and D
­ evelopment
Program Values, Religion and Development
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Günter Nooke
Personal Representative of the German Chancellor
for Africa
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Dr Cyrill Jean Nunn
Director
Federal Foreign Office
Dr Robert Odén
Advisor
Swedish Mission Council
Martin T. Ondrejka
Desk Officer
Human rights, freedom of religion, gender equality,
culture and development, inclusion of persons
with disabilities
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
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Bishop Sunday Onuoha
Executive Director
Nigerian Interfaith Action Association (NIFAA)
Zhonghui Qiu
Vice Board Chair and General Secretary
Amity Foundation
Christian Osterhaus
Executive Director
Don Bosco Mondo e. V.
Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Franz Josef Radermacher
Executive Director
Forschungsinstitut FAW/n
Dr Dean Pallant
Director – International Social Justice Commission
The Salvation Army
Prof. Anantanand Rambachan
Academy of World Religions
Hamburg University
Gopal Patel
Director
Bhumi Project/Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Areej Rashid
WACC
Carla Penderock
Programm Manager Africa
Solidarity International
Ana Evelyn Perla Cartagena
Member
Central American Youth Pastoral Institute (SEJUVE)
Isgard Peter
Advisor
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Alexander Pieske
CDU/CSU parliamentary group
Dr Ulrich Pohlmann
Head of Division
Federal Ministry of Defence
Eric G. Postel
Associate Administrator
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Mary Prinzler
Director
EPIZ – Zentrum für Globales Lernen in Berlin
Peter Prove
Director, Commission of the Churches on
International Affairs
World Council of Churches
Jan Pusdrowski
Social media support
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
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Hans Martin Renno
Referent für diakonische und gesellschaftspolitische
Verantwortung
United Methodist Church Germany
Frank Richter
Advisor
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Cynthia Salloum
Postdoctoral Fellow
Churches, political foundations, social structural
­programmes, religion and development
European University Institute
Caroline Schmutte
Head of Germany Relations
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Christoph Scholz
Journalist
Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur (KNA)
Wolfgang Schonecke
Head of NAD Berlin Office
Netzwerk Afrika Deutschland
Margaret Schuler
Regional Leader
World Vision International
Matthias Schwincke
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Matthew Scott
Director of Peacebuilding
World Vision International
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Stefan Sengstmann
Head Technical Advisory Group
World Vision Germany
Prof. Parichart Suwanbubbha
Secretary of Religions for Peace
Inter-religious Council of Thailand
Sebastian Francis Shaw
Archbishop of Lahore
Charles Swansbury
International Secretary for Programme Resources
The Salvation Army
Gurjeet Singh
Sally Smith
Senior Community Mobilization Adviser FBOs
UNAIDS
Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp
Director
Jacob Soetendorp Institute for Human Values
Dr Konrad Specker
Head Institutional Partnerships
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Tanja Tabbara
Head of Africa Department
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Rev. Adam Taylor
Lead, Faith Initiative
World Bank Group
Thomas Silberhorn
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister
for Economic Cooperation and Development
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Dr Jeannette Spenlen
Advisor
Engagement Global
Véronica Tomei
RNE
Mgr. Pirmin Spiegel
Director General
MISEREOR
Prof. Klaus Töpfer
Former Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Birgitte Stieper
Project consultant
Danish Mission Council
Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit
General Secretary
World Council of Churches
Dr Wolfram Stierle
Political Staff
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
­Development
Margret Uebber
Head of Division
Federal Foreign Office
Dr Kai Striebinger
Researcher
German Development Institute (DIE)
Henriette Strothmann
Executive Director
Development Policy Forum
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Prof. Dr Christoph Stückelberger
Executive Director and Founder
Globethics.net
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Imrana Umar
President & Executive Director
International Interfaith Peace Corps
Jekaterina Vaitsenberg-Schwetje
Head of Section
Development Policy Forum
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
­Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Dr Corrie van der Ven
Program Officer
ICCO Cooperation
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Sofia van Winden
Jacob Soetendorp Institute for Human Values
Anna Veigel
Head of Division
German Commission for UNESCO
Rainer Venghaus
Head of Office
World Bank Group
Rev. Mgr. Robert Joseph Vitillo
Head of Caritas Internationalis Delegation
to the UN in Geneva
Caritas Internationalis
Prof. Dr Matthias von Kriegstein
Lecturer – Pastor – Superintendent (retd)
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr Dietrich Werner
Senior Theological Advisor
Bread for the World
Peter Wolfrum
Advisor
Policy and speechwriting
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and Development
Christiane Wutschke
Programme Coordinator Refugee Relief
World Relief Germany
Dr Günter Zenk
SES – Senior Expert Service
Karl-Otto Zentel
National Director
CARE Deutschland-Luxemburg e. V.
Dr Reinhard J. Voß
Chairman of the Board
EIRENE Germany
Karsten Zimmermann
CSR Management Dienstleistungen
Christoph Waffenschmidt
Chairman of the Executive Board
World Vision Germany
Stefan Zinsmeister
Board member
Eugen Biser Foundation
Tom Walsh
Senior Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
This event has been organized by the
Birgitta Weihbahr
Policy Specialist Human Rights and Democracy
Sida
Ulrich Weinhold
Director
Christliche Fachkräfte International e. V.
Lisbeth Welander
Under Secretary
The Salvation Army
­Development Policy Forum of the Deutsche Gesellschaft
für ­Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Silke Hansen
Senior Project Manager
Dascha Kuhn
Senior Project Manager
Marie Riese
Project Manager
Dr Dieter Wenderlein
Director Department „One World Task”
Commnity of Sant’Egidio
Eyleen Thofehrn Valenzuela
Project Manager
Bishop Rosemarie Wenner
Bishop
United Methodist Church Germany
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