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The follow-up activities
listed below have been undertaken within the framework
of development policy:
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Introducing political initiatives, such as questions
in parliament, initiatives for hearings and parliamentary
decisions
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- Active
participation in the political dialogue with groups
in society and political parties
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- Introducing
concepts into international development co-operation
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- Developing
adapted promotional concepts, instruments and procedures
for promoting self-help processes
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Introducing
political initiatives, such as questions in parliament,
initiatives for hearings and parliamentary decisions
The Enquiry Commission “Globalisation
in the Global Economy” recommended in its final
report in 2002 that “the members of parliament should
make use of the opportunity to participate in this programme
in connection with a committee or delegation trip”.
In its third report on poverty alleviation in the Third
World through Help towards Self-help (1993), the EDP Association
(then still called the Association for North-South Dialogue)
was presented as an effective instrument for structural
changes in the system of development co-operation in the
fight against poverty.
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Active
participation in the political dialogue with groups in
society and political parties
Since the programme began, 24 members of
the German Parliament from different political parties
have taken part in exposure and dialogue programmes and
in information visits.
In March 2005, former EDP participants from the ranks
of the German Parliament invited colleagues to an information
evening “Development has got a face” in the
conference room of the German Parliament. More information
about this evening can be found in a special
issue of our newsletter Perspectives. (April 2005)
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Introducing
concepts into international development co-operation
Ravi Kanbur, the head of the working group
for the elaboration of the 2000/2001 World Development
Report, took part in an exposure and dialogue programme
in Gujarat in India in 1999. The programme entitled “Empowerment
through organisation” was co-organised by SEWA (Self
Employed Women's Organisation). His experiences led to
the publication of the life story of Basrabai and a thematic
contribution in the 2000/2001 World Development Report
“Attacking poverty".
Meanwhile, Ravi Kanbur, who is now working as a professor
at Cornell University, uses the EDP method to bring together
economists from different academic directions in dialogue,
most recently in January 2004 in a joint exposure and
dialogue programme with SEWA and WIEGO (Women in Informal
Employment Globalizing and Organizing).
>> World
Development Report 2000/2001 - P. 2: “Basrabai’s
Story”
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to office report Ravi Kanbur
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Developing
adapted promotional concepts, instruments and processes
for promoting self-help processes
The lessons learned from the EDP at WOTR
(Watershed Organisation Trust) in December 2000 in India
led to the formation of a round table with representatives
from politics and development co-operation in India and
Germany, who are concerned with “creating an environment
for self-administration”.
EDP
Organising for Self-Government – Learnings out of
the Indo-German Watershed Development Programme (IGWDP)
– Case Study on the Legal Basis and Institutional
Framework of the Indo-German Watershed Development Programme
(IGWDP), Documentation Volume III
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