Timetable:

Credits:

4

Instructors:

Elective (second year)

I. DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND STRATEGIES

1.Tendencies in international co-operation for development policy
2. Evolution of studies, concepts and policies of and on development
3. The new “doctrine” on development
4. The debate on effectiveness / efficiency of co-operation and ODA
5. Some challenges for different actors
6. By way of conclusion

II. INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION SYSTEM

1. The creation of an international systems of co-operation for development
2. The multilateral system of co-operation
3. National systems of co-operation for development
4. Foreign relations of the EU and development policy

III. SPANISH CO-OPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

1. Origins and evolution of Spanish co-operation. The first experiences. Stability of the institutional structure. Joining the European Community. Entering the Development Aid Committee (DAC). First assessments.
2. Revision and renovation of co-operation policy. The 1993 International Co-operation Law. Elaboration of a Directing Plan. Planning of co-operation. Financial co-operation and technical co-operation. Agreements and dialogue with the receiving country.
3. Priorities of Spanish co-operation: sectorial and geographic priorities. Policies and instruments.
4. Relationships with other actors: Participation in international organisms. Co-financing with non-governmental organisations. Business participation. Decentralised co-operation: the case of Catalonia.

IV. INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID AND REFUGEES

Professors: Cristian Buignon and Luz Saavedra

1. Introduction to humanitarian aid

1.1. What are we talking about? Understanding what humanitarian aid consists of. Specificities.
1.2. Who the actors are (NGOs; professionals "without borders"; private organisms –ICRC–; international agencies –UN / UNHCR, OCHA, etc.–; FICR; those of the European Union –ECHO–; states). Presentation and mandates.
1.3. Legal and ethical basis: international humanitarian law; codes of conduct; Sphere Project; international declarations – Stockholm –, etc.
1.4. Types of humanitarian aid: response to crisis in the framework of countries’ instability (armed conflicts), or response to natural or manmade catastrophes (Mitch, earthquakes, chemical disasters). Typology of actors according to the cause of the response (civil protection).

2. Dilemmas and challenges of humanitarian aid.

2.1. Antecedents, evolution and current trends: right to interfere, military interventionism, quality of aid and results. Presentations of quality guidelines (October 2002 ECHO conference for partners).
2.2 Evaluation as an essential part of the quality process. Types of evaluation. How to use evaluations.
2.3. Resistance to manipulation of humanitarian aid by states. The fundamental role of public opinion. The relationship between public opinion and the funds destined for humanitarian aid.

3. Group work: simulating responses to humanitarian aid situations and providing a foundation for the acts in accordance to what has been seen in the previous two modules and the bibliography presented.

3.1. Presentation and final evaluation of the humanitarian aid modules.
3.2. Individual, anonymous, written evaluation of the modules.