Spanish aid / Backgrounder
Towards a New Effective Multilateralism in Aid
08/05/2006 By Stefan Meyer
The Department of International Cooperation of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (SECI)1 and the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation (AECI)2 have lately embarked on a furious activism to publish sector strategies.
The Plan Director 2005-08 promises a strategy paper for multilateral development policy. This paper is likely to be even more interesting than sector strategies because, instead of focussing its analysis on the question of “what to do?”, it rather presents strategies on the question of “how to do it?”.
At best, it will therefore establish one of a series of possible links between general policy statements (sector strategies) and its transformation into poverty reduction on the ground.
This comment analyses a number of challenges and opportunities that going multilateral represents for the Spanish government’s development assistance to the third world, and it advocates for a strategic approach to decide why, when and how the multilateral approach can best be integrated into Spanish aid policy.
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Keywords
Development cooperation Multilateralism Poverty reduction Spain UNRelated publications
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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).
