From January 1990 to 1994, representatives of oppositional development policy groups discussed with representatives of the GDR's state solidarity and development cooperation at the Development Policy Round Table (ERT). Also involved were committed individuals from the church, academia and politics, increasingly also from West Germany. One aim of the ERT was to be able to use the donations from the Solidarity Committee of the GDR for development cooperation in the future. in 1994, the North-South Bridges Foundation was established from the assets of the Solidarity Committee to provide financial support for development NGOs in East Germany.

The event examines the political discussions of the ERT, the motivations of the participants, the possibilities for action during the transformation processes in the former GDR and the "path of the money" from the Solidarity Committee via the Treuhandanstalt to the North-South Bridges Foundation.

The invited speakers are

Dr. Hans-Joachim Döring

Co-initiator of the ERT; among other things, former Managing Director of INKOTA, former Managing Director of the North-South Bridges Foundation, retired Commissioner of the EKM for Environment and Development, mediator for economy and environment

Dr. des. Paul Sprute

Political scientist/historian, board member of SODI e.V.; his master's thesis dealt with the continuation of GDR solidarity work after 1990

Moderation:

Uta Rüchel

Sociologist, coach, author; researched topics including the home for Namibian children in Bellin and the "School of Friendship" in Staßfurt as well as Mozambican contract workers in the GDR

At 17:00, there will be an opportunity to take part in a guided tour of the exhibition "Jacob Morenga" Solidarity Station. Namibian patients at Berlin-Buch Hospital in the foyer of the Emma-Ihrer-Saal (1st floor).