Towards a division of labour in European development co-operation

Viac o knihe

The case studies assembled in this discussion paper were elaborated as part of a research project on division of labour in European development co-operation of the German Development Institute, the Centre of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana and the Centre of African and Development Studies at the Technical University of Lisbon. The results of this research project were presented in January 2007 in Brussels as an academic contribution to the ongoing political discussion about a division of labour in EU development co-operation. This joint research project mirrors the formation of "trio presidencies" at the political level. the importance of European co-opration has also increased in the field of research. To bring together researchers from Germany, Portugal and Slovenia in the short time necessart to present the results on division of labour in European development co-operation during the German EU Presidency was facilitated through the existence, since more than thirty years, of EADI, the European-wide network of development research and training institutes and individual scholars. EADI members meet regularly in thematic working groups, conferences and business meetings. On this basis, a joint research project like the present can be launched with a few e-mails and telephone calls. And the internet allows it to exchange comments on first drafts and do the editing from the distance