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Bodo Ellmers

@bodoellmers.bsky.social
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Program Director at Global Policy Forum, focus on development finance, international financial architecture and everything related to economic justice.

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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Less public funding, more private influence: Who calls the shots in #GlobalHealth? Massive cuts in public funding are threatening the human right to health. Govts' increasingly reliance on private actors has far-reaching consequences for access to medicines + political influence. shorturl.at/kMnQw
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Less public funding, more private influence: Who calls the shots in global health policy?
Massive cuts in public funding are threatening the human right to health and placing the global system under enormous pressure. To close these funding gaps, governments increasingly rely on private ac...
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The global sustainability agenda on the defensive: Why is progress on the #SDGs stalling? We publish the final publication by our former director Jens Martens, who passed away in May 2026, in grateful memory of his longstanding commitment to global justice. www.globalpolicy.org/en/publicati...
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The global sustainability agenda on the defensive: Options for a Beyond 2030 Agenda
This briefing analyses the political and structural causes behind the lack of progress in implementing the SDGs and discusses different options for an effective “Beyond 2030 Agenda”, from questions of...
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WHO @who.int · 13/05/2026
Progress towards universal health coverage is losing momentum. Since 2015, progress in health service coverage index has slowed, while financial hardship remains widespread. Fewer than 4 in 10 countries are still making progress on both fronts. 🔗 bit.ly/4fiNpVV
Basic health services are still out of reach for billions.
Fewer than 4 in 10 countries are making progress on universal health coverage.

Image shows the illustration of a person holding up a child in front of the fading image of a hospital. Against a dark grey background.
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The aid numbers are in and they’re ugly “The fact that Germany was able to rise to become the world’s largest donor despite a record 17.4% drop in its contributions is symptomatic of the dire state of the aid system", @bodoellmers.bsky.social Read more in this Devex article tinyurl.com/4yzdbpn6
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Devex Newswire: The aid numbers are in — and they’re ugly
The drop in official aid in 2025 eclipsed the worst-case scenario projected by OECD, plummeting by nearly a quarter. Plus, is reciprocity in foreign aid a good thing? And are aid rules contributing to...
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The first UN Financing for Development Forum 2026 (#FfD) since the Sevilla conference (#FfD4) was meant to shift the focus from commitments to implementation. @bodoellmers.bsky.social's new briefing asks: Was there progress or paralysis? The answer is mixed. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/ykhnz8uf
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Who calls the shots in #GlobalHealth policy? Massive cuts threaten the human right to health. To close the funding gap, governments increasingly rely on private actors, with far-reaching consequences for access to medicines + political influence. 👉 shorturl.at/G3kp9 #WHA79
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Less public funding, more private influence: Who calls the shots in global health policy?
Massive cuts in public funding are threatening the human right to health and placing the global system under enormous pressure. To close these funding gaps, governments are relying increasingly and un...
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Solidarity, equality + sustainability? A reality check on the #G20 after South Africa’s Presidency. @bodoellmers.bsky.social argues that South Africa’s first G20 presidency brought high hopes but little progress on debt, taxation, cost of capital or Africa’s marginalisation. 👉 tinyurl.com/yc43rxmd
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
63 states met for the 11th #UNTreaty session, navigating corporate lobbying + push for stronger #HumanRights. Our new briefing breaks down key developments + political context. 🔗 shorturl.at/qcdwh #BindingTreaty #StopCorporateAbuse #BizHumanRights #CSDD
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🔈63 Staaten verhandelten in Genf in der 11. Runde des #UNTreaty für ein internationales Menschenrechtsabkommen zur Regulierung von Unternehmen + ihrer Wertschöpfungsketten. Unser Briefing fasst die wichtigsten Entwicklungen zusammen. 🔗 shorturl.at/Pa84W #BindingTreaty #StopCorporateAbuse #CSDD
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
🌍 Heute startet in Nairobi die 3. UN-Verhandlungsrunde zur Zukunft der internationalen Steuerregeln. Wir erklären, worum es geht + welche Rolle die Konvention für ein gerechteres internatonales Steuersystem spielen kann. 👉 www.globalpolicy.org/en/publicati... #Steuergerechtigkeit
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Tim Jones @tim-jones6.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
This week has seen some horrendous interest rates being charged by private lenders of global south governments: Republic of Congo: 13.7% Laos: 11.25% Nigeria: 8.6% and 9.1%
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
❓Warum zahlt der Globale Süden mehr für Geld? @bodoellmers.bsky.social analysiert die strukturellen Ursachen dieser Ungleichheit + Lösungsansätze, von Reformen der Ratingsysteme + Änderungen der Basel-Regeln bis zu faireren multilateralen + regionalen Finanzierungsmechanismen. 👉 shorturl.at/GZC6C
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Why does the Global South pay more for money? In our new briefing, @bodoellmers.bsky.social exposes biased ratings + regulations that drive up debt cost + prevent countries from investing in public goods, and what solutions could fix this. 🔗https://www.globalpolicy.org/en/publication/price-money
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
📢 30 Jahre nach dem 1. Weltsozialgipfel folgt #WSSD2 in Doha. „#LkSG oder #CSDDD zu schwächen, wäre ein Schlag gegen Menschenrechte. Deutschland sollte den #UNTreaty-Prozess unterstützen – für ein globales Abkommen zu Wirtschaft & Menschenrechten.“ (Jens Martens) 👉 blog.venro.org/wir-brauchen...
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„Wir brauchen ein neues gesellschaftliches Bündnis für soziale Rechte"
Vor 30 Jahren rückte der Weltsozialgipfel von Kopenhagen das Thema soziale Gerechtigkeit erstmals in den Mittelpunkt. Weil die damaligen Ziele jedoch bei Weitem nicht erfüllt sind, gibt es im November...
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
📢 The welfare state is under pressure globally. Cuts to social services are rising while 2 billion people live without protection. From poverty, inequality to #ClimateChange + migration, can #WSSD2 in Doha this Nov tackle the biggest challenges of our time? 👉 www.globalpolicy.org/en/news/2025...
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
📢 Missed Episode 4 of our Global Finance Rewired podcast? Jason Braganza (AFRODAD) + @bodoellmers.bsky.social on why today’s rules fail Africa + how African-led initiatives like a regional credit rating agency + UN debt convention could change the game. 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYyt... #IFA
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Global Finance Rewired (episode 4): Reforming Africa’s financial architecture
YouTube video by Global Policy Forum Europe
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Attac Austria @attac.at · 14/07/2025
"Ich glaube nicht, dass die G7-Staaten begreifen, wie viel Glaubwürdigkeit sie in den letzten Jahren verloren haben: Pandemie, Impfstoffpatente, Rohstoffförderung: In all diesen Bereichen kam der Westen dem Süden nicht entgegen." www.alliancesud.ch/de/ffd4-sevi...
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FfD4-Konferenz in Sevilla: Ein Schritt zu einer gerechteren Welt?
Vom 30. Juni bis 3. Juli fand in Sevilla die vierte internationale UNO-Entwicklungsfinanzierungskonferenz (FfD4) statt. Schon im Vorfeld hatten sich die Staaten auf eine ungenügende Schlusserklärung g...
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
📅 Wie weiter mit #Entwicklungsfinanzierung nach #FfD4 in Sevilla? Bewertet mit uns am 10. Juli in Berlin die Ergebnisse der Konferenz. Mit @bmz.de, @brotfuerdiewelt.bsky.social, @bundestag.de u.a. 🕓 16–18 Uhr 📍 Hotel Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus 👉 www.globalpolicy.org/de/event/202... #Fin4Dev #FfD
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Die Zukunft der Entwicklungsfinanzierung - Wie weiter nach der Weltkonferenz in Sevilla?
Bitte merken Sie sich den Termin vor! Registrierung ++ hier ++
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
📢 The UN’s new #FfD4 outcome doc is 38 pages of UN-speak. GPF Europe’s @bodoellmers.bsky.social breaks it down: 8 key takeaways on #DRM, private finance, trade, debt, data + more, focusing on what might actually lead to action. 🔗 www.globalpolicy.org/en/news/2025...
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Iolanda Fresnillo @ifresnillo.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
📜Today @josephestiglitz.bsky.social & #JubileeCommission presented their report on how to tackle the #debt and development crises An important contribution to a heated and key debate ipdcolumbia.org/publication/... A short 🧵on first impressions (1/6)
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The Jubilee Report: A Blueprint for Tackling the Debt and Development Crises and Creating the Financial Foundations for a Sustainable People-Centered Global Economy - Initiative for Policy Dialogue
On June 20, 2025 the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS) and Columbia University’s Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) published a report by a commission of global experts calling for urgent...
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Udo Bullmann @udobullmann.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Due to EPP siding with the far right, EU-Parliament has voted down the report on financing for development ahead of the Fourth International Conference in #Seville. #FFD4
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
📘 Neue Publikation: Wird der Weltsozialgipfel 2025 (WSSD2) in #Doha zum Wendepunkt für soziale Rechte weltweit? 🔗Unser Einschätzung im neuen Briefing www.globalpolicy.org/de/publicati... #WSSD2 #SozialeGerechtigkeit #UNGipfel #GlobaleRechte #Agenda2030 #NewSocialContract
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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The #EU and #UK are stopping the global south from having a say by blocking UN-led #debt reform in #FfD4 outcome document. 👎 Our press release: www.eurodad.org/eu_and_uk_bl...
"The refusal by the EU and UK to support a debt reform process at the UN is deeply concerning. the outcome of these talks will have 
far-reaching consequences for the global financial system and the lives of billions across the Global South." Iolanda Fresnillo, Eurodad
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Isabel Ortiz GSJ @isabelortiz.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
🆘Pls help disseminate🆘 As governments are currently negotiating a weak draft outcome of the 2025 World Social Summit, please help to disseminate these requests from civil society The #wssd2 must not be a missed opportunity @ipsnews.net #GlobalSocialJustice www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/2025...
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The 2025 World Social Summit Must Not Be a Missed Opportunity
Rumors circulating at UN Headquarters suggest there is little appetite for ambition at the Second World Summit for Social Development, set to take place in Doha on 4-6 November 2025. Diplomats and ins...
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
📢 We need to ensure that all governments actually deliver on commitments made! ⚖ #Aid should be legally binding 🤝 #FfD4 conference should push for multilateral agreement to enforce 0.7% #ODA target, using #EU budget contribution model as an example! Info: www.globalpolicy.org/en/issues/de... #FfD
In the background you can see a world map with bills from different currencies pinned to it. The caption states: We need to ensure that all governments actually deliver on the commitments made! 
FfD4 Conference in Sevilla, 30 June - 3 July 2025
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Anna Gelpern @agelpern.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We need global rules for responsible #lending & #borrowing! Further information & publications can be found at: www.globalpolicy.org/en/issues/de... #Debt #FfD4 #FfD #Fin4Dev #WeNeedFfD #FinancingForDevelopment
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
📢 #FfD4 first draft outcome document released! The flame keeps burning but there is still a long way to go on the Road to #Sevilla. What are the major changes in the new negotiation text? Read more in blog article by @bodoellmers.bsky.social: www.globalpolicy.org/en/news/2025... #WeNeedFfD #FfD
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A rocky start for the South African #G20 Presidency - Finance Ministers & Public Development Banks convene in #CapeTown Learn more about the meeting in #CapeTown! In his new blog article, @bodoellmers.bsky.social gives an overview from his perspective: www.globalpolicy.org/en/news/2025...
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
New global financing framework must become reality! #FfD4 conference will take place in #Sevilla, Spain, 30 June - 3 July 2025, gainst the backdrop of massive delays in the implementation of #2030agenda, not least due to deficits in #DevelopmentFinancing. www.globalpolicy.org/en/issues/de... #FfD
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Global Policy Forum Europe @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
📢OUT NOW! GPF blog series "ON THE ROAD TO #FfD4" FfD4 Conference in #Sevilla: High & lows of the zero draft outcome document By @bodoellmers.bsky.social www.globalpolicy.org/en/news/2025... #Fin4Dev #FfD #Debt #InternationalFinancialArchitecture #IFA #Tax #DevelopmentCooperation #Finance #Trade
In the background: World map with money bills of different currencies pinned to it. Additional pins are clustered in North America and Europe. In the front: Logo of GPF Europe and the title of the blog article by Bodo Ellmers "FfD4 Conference in Sevilla: High and lows of the zero draft outcome document". At the bottom of the image it reads "ON THE ROAD TO FFD4 - GPF blog series #8"
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