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International Seminar
Decentralized Cooperation for Human Development
27 June 2000
4.00 – 6.15 p.m.
Conference Centre of Varembé(CCV)
Room A
Rue de Varembé 9
Geneva Room A In the 90s a new approach to international cooperation has emerged, based on the partnerships between local communities. To promote democracy, peace and development, some local communities in industrialised nations mobilised significant financial, technical and human resources. The idea of decentralised cooperation is based on inter-dependency between the industrialised world and developing countries. This kind of cooperation can be an even more effective strategy if it is included in national and international development cooperation policies. A comparison of experiences in numerous countries (Albania, Bosnia, Canada, Central American countries, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, The Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Mozambique, The Netherlands, Spain and Tunisia) have indicated that this innovative method works best when it is part of a framework programme running at a local level but part of national and international development plans. The Seminar provides a forum to compare these experiences, and aims to encourage donor countries and the United Nations to create new frames of reference for international cooperation for human develoment. |
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