July 20, 2010. The impact of global climate change strikes more and more people who are least prepared. Therefore, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has initiated and will provide funds for long-term research partnerships with West and South Africa. Two regional “Centers of Competence” are going to be set up there. The Center for Development Research (ZEF) of Bonn University takes the lead in establishing such a Center of Competence in West Africa. The overall goal is enabling African scientists, politicians and practitioners to meet the challenges of climate change and land use facing their continent - with their own expertise.

April 13, 2010. Scientists from the GLOWA Volta Project, which is led and carried out by the Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn, developed the geoportal and introduced the tool to Ms Zoungrana and around 20 of her African colleagues from Ghana and Burkina Faso.

March 15, 2010. Experten diskutieren zum Weltwassertag im Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung

March 02, 2010. Ranking der Universität von Pennsylvania, USA, platziert ZEF unter TOP 10 der internationalen Wissenschafts- und Technologie Think Tanks

January 25, 2010. Professor Dr. Joachim von Braun, Direktor am Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung der Universität Bonn, nimmt vom 27. bis 31. Januar 2010 zum wiederholten Male am Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos teil.