Live Debate | Aid and Democratisation – Geneva
Aid and Democratisation
The policy debate focuses on the role of international development cooperation in democracy promotion and decentralisation.
Initial contribution:
Martin Dahinden, Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Democracy Promotion at a Local Level: Experiences, Perspectives and Policy of Swiss International Cooperation
Reaction and analysis:
Prof. Olivier Roy, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Comments to ‘Democracy Promotion at a Local Level: Experiences, Perspectives and Policy of Swiss International Cooperation’
Une réaction à « Democracy Promotion at a Local Level: Experiences, Perspectives and Policy of Swiss International Cooperation »
Jean Bossuyt, Head of Strategy, EU External Action Programme of the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
Providing Effective Support to “Deep Democracy”: How Can It Realistically Be Done?
Didier Péclard, Senior researcher & Head of the Statehood and Conflict Programme, swisspeace; Lecturer, University of Basel
Bringing Politics Back In
Download the whole debate (pdf)
We invite the initial author and any interested readers to share their comments and views.
Watch the live debate with Martin Dahinden (SDC) and Geert Laporte (ECDPM) online:
Wow, I just read the .pdf and I must say, great job!
And as said at the end of the article, it would be great to hear the responses from the original author.