The Marshall Foundation in The World Today
Through sponsorship of international conferences, the Foundation extends Marshall’s legacy into the 21st century by examining a variety of international challenges and issues. The Foundation will continue to facilitate these important dialogues on the international stage regarding Marshall Plan-related solutions for economic development for emerging nations and economic recovery for those involved in post-conflict and post-regime change reconstruction.
Stimson Center, Marshall Foundation Collaborate on Ground-breaking Pathways to Progress
The Henry L. Stimson Center and the George C. Marshall Foundation have begun a multi-year, joint initiative, Pathways to Progress: Peace, Prosperity, and Change in the Middle East, drawing on the Marshall Plan legacy.
Pathways to Progress will involve key leaders and institutions in the Middle East in developing ground-breaking solutions and policy options that foster peace and stability, create jobs, and encourage broad-based, inclusive economic growth. The program seeks to cultivate new thinking and creative solutions percolating in the region to promote an active dialogue between United States and the Arab world in which new ideas and innovative thinking flow in both directions.
The Arab spring uprisings that began in late 2010 mark the beginning of a major transformation in the Arab world. The region’s tumultuous transitions are marked by a shifting political landscape, significant economic challenges, and evolving security threats. These momentous developments elevate the importance of understanding of the complex dynamics propelling the change, as well as innovative policy solutions to the daunting challenges.
Examples of the Marshall Foundation’s past efforts include:
In September 1999, The Marshall Foundation, the European Commission, and the World Bank sponsored a conference on “The Economic Transformation of the Balkans” held at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC to discuss how best to rebuild the economies of the Balkan Region.
The Marshall Foundation in partnership with the East West Institute and the World Bank hosted a second conference on “Transformation in the Balkans” on September 2000 in Prague, Czech Republic to examine the progress made since the formation of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe—what many have referred to as a Marshall Plan for the Balkans—in June 1999.
As part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of George Marshall’s receiving the Nobel Prize for Peace, Lord Robertson, Secretary General of NATO, presided over a day-long conference, “The Marshall Legacy: The Role of the Transatlantic Community in Building Peace and Security.” The conference was co-sponsored by the Marshall Foundation, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in November 2003.
In preparation of a monograph In Search of a Usable Past: The Marshall Plan and Postwar Reconstruction Today, the Marshall Foundation sponsored a session in Paris, France, in June 2006 in collaboration with the OECD, UNESCO, George Washington University, and the U. S. Embassy in Paris to discuss contemporary applicability of the Marshall Plan from the European perspective of experts from the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, France and Greece.
Continuing the important discussion of the Marshall Plan’s potential for application in contemporary post-conflict situations, the Marshall Foundation collaborated with the OECD, UNESCO, George Washington University, Jean Monnet Foundation and the U.S. Missions to France to conduct a symposium in Paris in June 2007 on The Marshall Plan: Lessons Learned for the 21st Century. A monograph of the same name includes a compilation of the studies, proceedings and recommendations.
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