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Donor harmonisation and democratisation: are donors fit for politics?

07/12/2007 By Stefan Meyer, Nils-Sjard Schulz

On 23 November 2007, FRIDE staged a seminar in Madrid to debate the results of its research project, "Donor Harmonisation: Between Effectiveness and Democratisation".

The conclusions of the four country case studies were shared, with the help of the national coordinators, with 30 representatives from development agencies, research institutions, civil society and international consultants from different European countries.

The main objective of the debate was to identify politically sensitive strategies that could be employed by donors in an increasingly complex political-institutional environment.


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Aid effectiveness Aid management Aid policy Development aid Development cooperation

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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).

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.