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Towards a new Spanish cooperation

08/12/2004 By Silvia Hidalgo

This report presents a series of proposals, which were originated and compared in a participative process through the comparative analysis of bilateral donors, with the aim of helping the current administration design and execute a coherent plan of action for international development, the reduction of poverty and humanitarian aid.

Spanish Official Development Aid (ODA) will grow enormously in the coming years. In order to achieve the results desired, it will be necessary to embark on a series of reforms that will affect both the instruments and the management of aid in order to give Spanish ODA the flexibility required and to adapt it to recognised necessities.

It is fundamental that Spanish cooperation make the fight against poverty its primary objective, in accordance with the 1998 International Cooperation and Development Law.

The adaptation of the Spanish development system implies reform at the institutional level - with a special emphasis on the Secretary of State for International Cooperation and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation – a wide-ranging revision of the instruments and a change in the vision and corporate structure of the actors and managers of aid.

Of special importance in this process will be advances in the professionalisation of the sector, improved management and the full integration of the good practices framework as laid out by the DAC.

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Keywords

Aid effectiveness Coherence Spain Spanish Aid

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Bio author: Silvia Hidalgo

Silvia Hidalgo is the Director and one of the founders of DARA (Development Assistant Research Associates), an organisation focused on the evaluation and improvement of policy and practice in the area of humanitarian action and development. She is member of the European Evaluation Society and the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP).