Cologne Conference 2016

"No Marshall Plan for Africa!"

On November 26 and 27, 2016, 25 academics, development cooperation practitioners, diplomats with experience in Africa and other experts discussed the state of German development policy and the consequences to be drawn from it at a conference of the "Bonn Call" in Cologne.

They adopted a "Cologne Memorandum", which consists of a concise catalog of statements and demands (Memorandum) and, secondly, more detailed explanations.

Among the authors of the Memorandum are:

Prof. Dr. Hans F. Illy

Prof. Dr. Peter Molt

Prof. Dr. Franz Nuscheler

Prof. Dr. Rainer Tetzlaff

Dr. Karl Addicks, former development policy spokesman for the FDP in the Bundestag

Klaus Thüsing, former member of the Bundestag for the SPD, 15 years DDP spokesman

. SPD-MdB, 15 years DED country director in Africa

Volker Seitz, 17 years diplomat in Africa, author ("Afrika wird armregiert")

Kurt Gerhardt, Bonner Aufruf