Colonial Thought Structures in International Cooperation and the Way Forward: Keynote and Panel, "Rethinking Development Policy: How to Confront Coloniality"
Keynote speaker and panelist, identified as Executive Director of the Center on International Cooperation, New York University, and former Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations
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Martin Kimani delivered the keynote address, on "Colonial thought structures in international cooperation and the way forward," and joined the main panel discussion at a December 4, 2024 event convened by Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), "Rethinking development policy: How to confront coloniality."
Hosted by then-Federal Minister Svenja Schulze, the event brought together partners from civil society, academia, politics, and business across the Global North and South to examine colonial continuities embedded in development cooperation's own structures and practices. BMZ's own event record identifies Kimani by his post-UN role as Executive Director of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University, alongside his prior service as Kenya's Permanent Representative to the UN.