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2014 /15 Europe and the Emerging Economies – Sharing Responsibility © Verlag Herder GmbH, Freiburg im Breisgau 2016 All rights reserved, www.herder.de Management: Maja Heinrich and Barbara Müller, Berlin Art Director: Ariane Busch, Berlin Managing Editor: Fabrice Braun, Munich Photography: Claudia Leisinger, London Production: Verlag Herder GmbH in cooperation with Graspo CZ, Zlín Printed in 2016 ISBN 978-3-451-31139-0 BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt Reinhardtstrasse 58 10117 Berlin, Germany BMWFoundation @BMWFoundation BMWStiftung BMWStiftung BMWStiftung BMW FOUNDATION GLOBAL TABLE | Introduction Contents Introduction Europe and the Emerging Economies – Sharing Responsibility. By Michael Schaefer ........................................ 8 Friendship Matters. By Alejandro Litovsky ...................................................................................................... 14 A New Kind of Discussion – The BMW Foundation Global Table ..................................................................... 18 1st Berlin Global Forum 1st Berlin Global Forum – Sharing Responsibility. By Maja Heinrich ............................................................... 28 Recommendations: The New Silk Road, Energy, Refugees ................................................................................ 32 1. Energy: From Independence to Inter-dependence An International Process Full of Energy. By Julian Popov & Abdullah M. Al-Shehri ........................................ 40 Energy Security First. By Janusz Reiter ............................................................................................................ 44 The Great Sino-Russian Expectations: An Opening for Europe and Eurasia. By Inna Veleva & Liudmila Filippova ............................................................................................................... 46 2. The New Silk Road: Game Changer for Inclusive Diplomacy Europe’s Strategic Interest to Drive the New Silk Road. Connecting global leaders: participants of the 1st Global Table in Hangzhou, China. By Wei Shen, André Loesekrug-Pietri & Michael Schaefer ............................................................................... 54 Silk Road: A Bumpy Road Ahead. By Moritz Rudolf ....................................................................................... 58 The Port of Bagamoyo: A Test for China’s New Maritime Silk Road in Africa. By Frannie Léautier, Michael Schaefer & Wei Shen .......................................................................................... 62 3. Resources and Sustainable Development The BMW Foundation Assured Mutual Dependence. By Alejandro Litovsky & Michael Schaefer ...................................................... 68 Fresh Hope in the Chinese Fight Against Pollution. Interview with Ma Jun ...................................................... 72 Our Mission interplay between innovation and society. In this Gas and Oil in East Africa: How the People and the Environment Can Benefit ............................................... 76 The BMW Foundation brings together leaders area, we concentrate on promoting social fi- Actions, Please! Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. from across communities, cultures, and coun- nance, social entrepreneurship, pro bono, and By Joseph Semboja & Michael Schaefer ........................................................................................................... 80 tries to drive Social Innovation, promote Global social intrapreneurship. The City of the Future: Sustainable Urban Growth. By Ole Scheeren & Eric Chang ....................................... 82 Dialogue, and encourage Responsible Leader- ship. We are convinced that our approach breaks Our Network Impact of the Global Tables down barriers between politics, business, and Responsible leadership is the element that links Five Things I Learned. By Frannie Léautier ...................................................................................................... 88 civil society and allows society to benefit from the various activities of the BMW Foundation. A Belt and Road of Trust. By Wei Shen ............................................................................................................ 92 the creativity and diversity that result from At the heart of our work is our Responsible Lea- How Global Tables Can Foster Global Leadership to Promote Resilient Communities. cross-sector collaboration. ders Network that connects some 2,000 indivi- By Thais Corral ................................................................................................................................................ 96 duals from business, politics, and society. Thanks New Thinking, New Connections. By Abiodun Williams ................................................................................. 100 Our Key Areas to their influence and wealth of expertise, these A Small World. By Bhairavi Jani .................................................................................................................... 104 We pay particular attention to Europe’s role in global leaders from different professional, cultu- What a Professor Takes Home from It. By Cristina D’Alessandro ................................................................. 106 the world, especially its relations with its neigh- ral, and socio-economic backgrounds are able to boring countries and the emerging economies. spread ideas, help scale social organizations, and Participants .................................................................................................................................................... 110 The BMW Foundation, moreover, explores the contribute to social cohesion. References ...................................................................................................................................................... 112 4 5 BMW FOUNDATION GLOBAL TABLE | Utad estiaecerum Introduction | BMW FOUNDATION GLOBAL TABLE "Although most international conferences are accompanied by a number of parallel pro- cesses for non-governmental representatives, there are still far too few frameworks offering them serious partici- pation in strategic decision- making. It is the objective of the BMW Foundation Global Table to make a contribution to an open and strategic dialogue across borders and sectors." New perspectives: Michael Schaefer, Chairman of the Board, BMW Foundation , during the 2nd Global Table in Menaggio, Italy, October 2014. 6 7 BMW FOUNDATION GLOBAL TABLE | Introduction capable of or willing to take global responsibili- guard the interests of European member states. ty. Only China is developing what David Sham- Europe must realize that solutions to most baugh has called a “growing global footprint,” complex challenges can only be found in close but none of these new actors will be a global cooperation with our neighboring regions. The power in the medium-term future. They will ne- EU should replace its often reactive mode of en- vertheless play important roles in their respec- gagement and develop more proactive strategies Europe and the tive regions. that involve all relevant stakeholders. This incre- Thus, what we are experiencing is a global ased international responsibility should also in- power vacuum. This power vacuum forms the clude a new strategy to assist failing or failed Emerging Economies backdrop to the severe crisis scenarios that are states in rebuilding their societies. The Balkans, challenging our societies. Militant extremism Northern Africa, and Afghanistan are bitter continues to take root in the world’s poorly go- exam ples of the failure of the international com- verned spaces, with the belt of terror extending munity to do so despite the enormous effort that – Sharing from Pakistan via Syria and the Islamic State to has been made in terms of military protection, Boko Haram in Nigeria and destabilizing entire manpower, and funds. International experts of- societies. Poverty and conflicts are producing ten choose to impose their (western) vision of Responsibility unprecedented numbers of refugees and mi- what a particular society should look like rather grants. Climate change is not a faraway threat to than empowering the local population to rebuild future generations – its effects are already visible its own society. by Michael Schaefer, Chairman of the Board, BMW Foundation, and changing the face of entire nations. Resour- Given these experiences of failed engage- Berlin and Munich ces like water and land are scarce and could be- ment, ordinary people feel increasingly discon- come the source of new conflicts that are likely nected; they are unable to understand the ac- to produce even more migration. tions and occasional aimless activism in Brussels, The complexity of these challenges is enor- Washington or New York. An ever greater mous. Solutions are at best piecemeal. number of people is frustrated by observing the Our societies are starting to understand that appalling discrepancy between the enormous di- t is a truism to say that we are living in the mental norm of our European order – the invio- today crises and conflicts in seemingly faraway mension of a scientifically acknowledged threat midst of an age of uncertainty. lability of borders – in Crimea, is in danger of countries affect us faster and much more directly like climate change and the minimal consensus Of course, Francis Fukuyama was wrong isolating itself. Putin has tried to counter this than ever before. Ebola has been a striking