Harmonisation & democratisation / Activity Brief
Donor harmonization and democratisation: new challenges for the development agenda
10/09/2007 By Stefan Meyer, Nils-Sjard Schulz
FRIDE hosted a round-table to discuss the advances in the research project "Donor harmonisation: Between effectiveness and democratisation". During this event, FRIDE shared its research advances with representatives of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI), the Directorate for Planning and Evaluation (DGPOLDE), different Spanish think tanks, civil society and international consultants.
This activity was structured in two phases. Firstly, the FRIDE research team presented the project and its focus. Secondly, the attendees discussed the contents in a debate centered in the dimensions of the context in which harmonisation takes place, the academic relevance and the political challenges.
With theses inputs from the participants, FRIDE concluded the conceptual phase that represents the basis for the next steps in the research process.
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Keywords
Aid effectiveness Donors European Union Harmonization Spanish AidRelated publications
Bio author: Stefan Meyer
Stefan Meyer is a Political Scientist (FU Berlin) and holds a Masters degree of the IDS Brighton, U.K. He worked as a consultant on aid instruments and in conflict impact assessment for a number of NGOs and for the German Development Cooperation (GTZ and KfW).
Bio author: Nils-Sjard Schulz
Masters Degree in Social Sciences at the Humboldt University Berlin and specialization in International Relations at the Complutense University Madrid. Complementing his research on aid effectiveness, he works as an independent consultant. Recently, he collaborated with the Development Assistance Committee in the evaluation of the Paris Declaration (thematic study on aid effectiveness and development effectiveness) and the 2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration.
