Development Cooperation Handbook

The scope of this handbook

Managing, Evaluating and Communicating in Development Cooperation

resources for motivating and supporting your participation in the Global Agenda for Development

How you can participate and make a difference

Development Cooperation in Action: steps and tools Development Cooperation in Action The Development Organization Designing and Managing Programmes Designing and Executing Projects Partnership Management How do we Monitor and Evaluate Projects and Programmes? The Communication Challenge in International Cooperation for Development Communication Management Communication Skills Learning and Knowledge Management Experiences Testimonials Stories Tools Templates Guidelines Checklists Definitions The Vrinda Project Documentary 1 - MDG 1 - Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 2 - MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education 3 - MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women 4 - MDG 4 Reduce child mortality 5 - MDG 5: Improve maternal health 6 - MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases 7 - MDG 7 - Ensure environmental sustainability 8 - MDG 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development 9 - New Goals 1 - Recognize and protect our diverse identities and our common heritage 10 - New Goals 2 - Improve the health of the global communication climate Other Resources Other Handbooks, Manuals, Tools Other books Magazines and Journals Web sites Films

We hope we have been able to communicate the values of those who fight for the rights of the underprivileged

Informing and setting the vision General introduction: the scope of this handbook Introduction Overview of the Handbook Content The Vrinda Project - scope and challenges. The video resources linked to this handbook The documentary Redefining The basic concepts Defining Development Defining Cooperation Cooperation and Communication The factors causing poverty and suffering Development assistance as social education The participatory approach Defining Aid Humanitarian aid Linking relief, rehabilitation and development Actors and Other Stakeholders - Who is "on board" and why? Donors Local Authorities and Civil Society World citizens Development Cooperation Issues The Millennium Development Goals and the International Development Agenda The Millennium Development Goals Actors 1. National and International commitments to MDGs - (Doc 1) 2. How can local policy actors contribute to the achievement of global policy objectives? - (Doc 6) 3. NGOs as development actors: their role, their challenges - (Doc 4) 4. Can we, as individuals, contribute to the achievement of the Global Development Agenda? - (Doc 9) Cooperation - How? 5. Do developed and developing nations agree on the road map for global development? - (Doc 3) 6. Does international aid really benefits the target populations? - (Doc 2) 7. What is the relationship between "Global" and "Local" agendas and responsibilities? - (Doc 8) 8. How to design and manage successful cooperation programmes? - (Doc 5) Communication - How? 9. Media and the international communication climate. - (Doc 10) 10. Sharing knowledge and resources - (Doc 7)

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This wikibook is a result of a collective effort; the Kautilya Society is the Non Governmental Organization taking a facilitator role in managing the project that promotes the collection and sharing of the knowledge resources that are at the basis of this handbook. Principal editors of the articles are Stefano De Santis and Vrinda Dar. Contribution from all sources are welcomed, in line with the Wikimedia founding principles.

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Video Library

⇒ Introduction to MDGs
⇒ Introduction to Countries
⇒ Introduction to the Manual
⇒ MDGs episodes - Roadmap
⇒ Into Our Nature

More in ⇒ The video resources linked to this handbook

External Links

⇒ Kautilya Society for Intercultural Dialogue
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