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No.15/4 Kavaklıdere 06680 Ankara, Turkey T 90 312 425 6677 F 90 312 425 3399 www.gmfus.org THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED StATES (GMF) is a nonpartisan American public policy and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting greater cooperation and understanding between the United States and Europe. GMF does this by supporting individuals and institutions working on transatlantic issues, by convening leaders to discuss the most pressing transatlantic themes, and by examining ways in which transatlantic cooperation can address a variety of global policy challenges. In addition, GMF supports a number of initiatives to strengthen democracies. Founded in 1972 through a gift from Germany as a permanent memorial to Marshall Plan assistance, GMF maintains a strong presence on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to its headquarters in Washington, DC, GMF has six offices in Europe: Berlin, Bratislava, Paris, Brussels, Belgrade, and Ankara. TABLE OF CONTENTS 2006 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT .......................... 2 HIGHLIGHTS ......................................... 4 BRUSSELS FORUM ANGELA MERKEL INAUGURATES GMF HEADQUARTERS BELLAGIO DIALOGUE ON MIGRATION TRANSATLANTIC TRENDS 2006 POLICY COHERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE TRANSATLANTIC LEARNING ........................... 10 MARSHALL MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP MARSHALL FORUM ON TRANSATLANTIC AFFAIRS COMPARATIVE DOMESTIC POLICY PROGRAM CONGRESS-BUNDESTAG FORUM IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION PROGRAM JOURNALISM PROGRAM ACADEMIC POLICY RESEARCH GRANTS TREMEZZO YOUNG LEADERS CONFERENCE MANFRED WÖRNER SEMINAR APSA CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP TRANSATLANTIC POLICY PROGRAMS ......................... 18 FOREIGN POLICY GRANTMAKING TRANSATLANTIC NETWORK BUILDING TRANSATLANTIC POLICY RESESARCH TRANSATLANTIC THINK TANK SYMPOSIUM CONGRESSIONAL STAFF STUDY TOURS BRUSSELS DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES WIDER EUROPE ..................................... 22 BALKAN TRUST FOR DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN BELARUS WIDER BLACK SEA REGION TRUST FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ANKARA SPEAKERS SERIES U.S.-EUROPE IN THE WORLD ......................... 26 ECONOMIC POLICY PROGRAM DEVELOpiNG COUNTRY POLICYMAKERS GATHER PERSPECTIVES ON TRADE AND POVERTY REDUCTION 2005 SOUTH AFRICA JOURNALISTS’ TRIP WTO HONG KONG MINISTERIAL CHINA GMF-BUCERIUS CHINA CONFERENCE PARTNERSHIPS ....................................... 30 FINANCIAL TATEMENTS .............................. S 32 Top: (Barbara Martinez) Middle: (Michael O’Brien) Bottom: (Pavol Demes) (Pavol Bottom: O’Brien) (Michael Middle: Martinez) (Barbara Top: LEttER from the President ince the end of the Cold War, the transatlantic Nonetheless, the rest of the world looks to us to agenda has been through several iterations, with lead. Combined, the United States and Europe have a countless philosophies competing for attention. substantial share of the world’s wealth, an overwhelming But through all the debates about strained or share of military power, and significant political clout in Ssevered relations or arguments for closer cooperation be- multilateral arenas. While democracies like India, Japan, tween the United States and Europe, two items have risen Brazil, and others are important allies, the world’s demo- to the top that require prolonged and significant transat- cratic core is transatlantic. lantic focus: the complete transformation of Europe’s East Together, we face crises on several fronts — humani- and applying transatlantic resources to global challenges. tarian, economic, environmental, and political. On the The vision of Europe, whole and free, first addressed humanitarian front, Africa looms large as the poorest in a speech by former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, continent with AIDS and the situation in Darfur as two is nearing completion. The January 1, 2007, accession of its most pressing challenges. The economic challenges of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union is a are characterized by north-south disparities, and we major achievement and one indicator that this vision must work to make globalization a positive reality for the will be realized. However, transatlantic cooperation on world’s poor. this project must not slow down. The integration of the On the environment, the 10 hottest years on record Western Balkans, Belarus, Ukraine, and other countries have come since 1994, and are likely evidence of long- into Euroatlantic institutions will require a substantial term climate change. Energy challenges continue for commitment of political and financial resources. political reasons both in the United States and in Europe, While one can assess progress toward the comple- and in oil-rich hotspots like the Middle East and South tion of the European quilt as countries join NATO, the America. And speaking of political pressures, the trans- European Union, and other institutions, the success of atlantic alliance faces many tough questions with unclear transatlantic cooperation on global political and eco- answers in China, Russia, Iran, and the Middle East. nomic challenges is considerably more difficult to mea- It is a daunting agenda, but the German Marshall sure. Given the shared histories of the United States and Fund (GMF) is doing its part to strengthen transatlantic Europe, and the shared commitment to values of peace, cooperation on these pressing issues. GMF continues to democracy, and prosperity, we are our own best allies in work on a strong transatlantic relationship, with the fo- dealing with the new challenges springing from all parts cus on building political networks through the Marshall of the world. The payoffs of these common initiatives are Memorial Fellowship Program — which celebrates its not always easy to tally. 25th anniversary in 2007 — and through other political and media exchanges like study tours, conferences, and symposia. Our Comparative Domestic Policy program shows how best practices in local communities can translate on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Over the past several years, GMF has begun to add a global dimension to our work. The longest-standing program with global reach has been our Immigration 2 The German Marshall Fund of the United States and Integration program. While it began many years ago GMF continues to explore opportunities for trans- by focusing on domestic issues, it now also addresses atlantic cooperation in the Middle East, especially the the impact of immigration on sending countries and on Israel-Palestine conflict. And one region on the horizon the migrants themselves, which were hot topics at the is North Africa, where a common transatlantic approach month-long Bellagio Dialogue on Migration we held in led by Europe’s southern countries could help these cooperation with the Rockefeller Foundation over the countries enter a new period of economic prosperity and summer. Our Economic Policy program, with its strongest greater political freedom. component devoted to trade and development thanks to GMF took several steps forward in the Hewlett Foundation’s support, has worked on issues 2006 to address the new global transatlan- from the WTO’s Doha Round to transatlantic regulatory tic agenda. In addition to our fifth year of cooperation to the economic component of migration. surveying Americans and Europeans for GMF’s newer initiatives include transatlantic ap- Transatlantic Trends, and our third year proaches to China, the Black Sea, the Middle East, and of surveying for Perspectives on Trade and North Africa. On China, GMF is planning the Stockholm Poverty Reduction, we launched Brussels China Forum — which will bring together a collec- Forum, which is GMF’s most ambitious tion of China and transatlantic experts — as the next project to date. On the following pages major event of our nascent programming on U.S. and you will read more about Brussels Forum, Bohlen) (William Background: Miclotte) (Gaetan Right: European relations with China. We are working on this but it was an exciting and novel way of moving the trans- project with Swedish institutions and Die Zeit Founda- atlantic agenda forward through an innovative discussion tion, which has been an important partner of GMF for format and top-notch participation. many years. This global agenda is a sum of our continuing com- In 2007, GMF will open its seventh European office, mitment to GMF’s core mission, building a stronger, in Bucharest, Romania, with the launch of the Black Sea more effective transatlantic community. Our increased Trust, a public-private partnership devoted to grantmak- emphasis on cooperating on global challenges reflects ing in the countries bordering the Black Sea and mod- the changing reality of U.S.-European relations in the eled on our award-winning Balkan Trust for Democracy. post-Cold War, post-9/11 world. Craig Kennedy President 2006 Annual Report 3 HIGHLIGhtS 2006 BRUSSELS FORUM n April, the German Marshall