United Nations Development Programme	Reforming Technical Cooperation for Capacity Development	.
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Reforming Technical Cooperation for Capacity Development

[image]Reforming Technical Cooperation for
Capacity Development

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While technical cooperation (TC) has undoubtedly contributed to very significant development successes around the world, it also continues to perpetuate many counter-productive practices. Is TC, as currently practised, part of the solution to underdevelopment or too often part of the problem? Globalization, the information revolution, democratization and increasing capacities in the South have profound implications for development at large and for the way in which technical cooperation can adequately contribute to developing needed capacities.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Dutch Government and other partners has launched an inquiry that examines, questions, and scrutinizes the fundamentals of technical cooperation and capacity development.

ALL VOICES ARE INVITED to join in this effort from North to South, from mainstream to fringes, from high to 'low', from academic circles to practitioners and end-users in the field.

THE OBJECTIVE is to better understand:

• Successes and failures of technical cooperation
• Readiness for change by donors, recipients and the "development industry"
• Alternatives and options for developing lasting indigenous capacities.

WHAT IS GOING INTO THIS EFFORT?

• Research on key issues and country experience
• Country level debates and engagement
• Interactive Website
• Focused E-discussions - PARTICIPATE
• Roundtable Discussions with analysts and practitioners

WHAT IS COMING OUT?

• Evidence and conclusions on key questions
• Country case studies & country views
• A strengthened knowledgebase in public domain
• Policy recommendations to OECD/DAC by February 2002
• Far reaching, concrete proposals for reform

LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN AN EXCITING AND ENLIGHTENING EXCHANGE!

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