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Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée¹, Katerini Tagmatarchi Storeng², Simon Rushton³

¹Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Postboks 1116 Blindern, Oslo, 0317, Norway. antoined@sum.uio.no.

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The Gates Foundation employs "network diplomacy" in Europe, building strategic partnerships and securing co-investment for global health initiatives. This approach influences donor governments

Keywords:

Europe France Gates Foundation Germany Influence Network diplomacy Philanthropy Political advocacy Power United Kingdom

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Global Health
Philanthropy Studies
International Relations

Background:

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a major force in global health and development philanthropy.
The Foundation prioritizes technological tools for infectious disease and child mortality reduction in impoverished regions.
Understanding the Foundation's influence on donor governments is crucial for global health policy analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the Gates Foundation's strategic engagement in Europe, focusing on its bureaucratic presence, government relations, and grant-making.
To examine how the Foundation rallies other donors to its global health and development priorities.
To introduce and explore the concept of 'network diplomacy' as a framework for understanding the Foundation's transnational influence.

Main Methods:

Analysis of publicly available data on the Gates Foundation's activities in Europe.
Focus on bureaucratic infrastructure, government relations, and grant disbursements in the UK, Germany, and France.
Examination of partnerships and co-investment strategies with European states.

Main Results:

Since 2010, the Gates Foundation has established a diplomatic-like infrastructure in Europe, including country offices.
The Foundation has forged strategic partnerships with European governments, leveraging their diplomatic power.
Billions in grants have been disbursed, securing substantial government co-investment in Foundation-supported initiatives.

Conclusions:

The Gates Foundation utilizes 'network diplomacy' to align donor governments' development assistance and policies with its strategic objectives.
This approach is strategic, bureaucratized, and institutionalized, extending beyond mere financial influence.
Findings raise concerns about private foundation influence on public policy, democratic accountability, and implications for beneficiaries in lower-income countries.