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The idea of exposure
or immersion
in the reality that is the life of the poor was
developed in the 1960s by the Catholic Church in Asia
in order to realise the option for the poor as formulated
by the Second Vatican Council.
In the early 1980s the need to bring development aid closer
to the poor and make German development policy more pro-poor
and pro-participation was recognised. This is the context
in which the idea of “exposure” was taken
up as part of the bilateral development co-operation work
of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1985, Dr. hc. Karl
Osner, working with partner organisations from the South
(for example SEWA – Self-Employed Women’s
Organisation and Grameen Bank), developed the instrument
of exposure and dialogue programmes.
Initially these programmes were carried out by the German
Commission for Justice and Peace and later by the Association
for the Promotion of North-South Dialogue, which was founded
in 1992. Mr. Osner worked as the founding managing director
until the end of 2001. In 2003, the Association for the
Promotion of North-South Dialogue was transformed into
the Exposure and Dialogue Programme Association. The new
name reflects the efforts to intensify the dialogue with
partners in the transition countries in Eastern Europe.
The Exposure and Dialogue Programme Association is a non-governmental
organisation, whose board members are drawn from all walks
of life: politics, business and economics, science, church
and society, and from different political parties and
faiths.
Since 1985, more than 60 exposure and dialogue programmes
of various kinds and lengths, covering various topics,
involving more than 900 participants and various partner
organisations have been organised and carried out in countries
of the South.
Nowadays our partner
of many years are also running their own exposure and
dialogue programmes, on the one hand for national and
international experts and decision-makers, and on the
other hand also as training for their own staff.
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Participants in
exposure and dialogue programmes by categories
| Non-governmental
development co-operation |
31% |
| Official
development co-operation |
18% |
| Business/society |
9% |
| Church |
16% |
| Science |
12% |
| Politics |
9% |
| Media |
4% |
| Other |
1% |
Asof Oct. 2005
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Countries
in which exposure and dialogue programmes have been carried
out:
| India |
Brazil |
Zimbabwe |
| Bangladesh |
Peru |
Ghana |
| Philippinienes |
Bolivia |
Kenya |
| Malaysia |
Guatemala |
Uganda |
| Singapore |
Dom. Republic |
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| Indonesia |
Mexico |
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| Nepal |
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Albania |
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Germany |
Programmes
that have been carried out: Download
EDP programme statistics
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