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3rdARCADIA Annual Conference 2014 The development approach of CEE donors: Priorities, actors and frameworks
Daniela Cervinschi
4 March 2014
15th June, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Call for Papers
The Romanian Association for International Cooperation and Development - ARCADIA in collaboration with the Department of Political Sciences of Babes Bolyai University’s Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences is launching the present Call for Papers for ARCADIA’s 3rdAnnual Conference. The event will focus on CEE donors’ approach to delivering development results taking into consideration their interests translated in national strategies for international cooperation and development, implemented through different frameworks by a wide variety of actors. After approximately 10 years of paradigm shift from aid recipients to aid donors, the Annual conference of Arcadia wants to provide a platform for knowledge exchange and dialogue reviewing the realities of development policies implemented by the new European donors so far and at the same time identifying new opportunities and ways to advance development assistance.
Under the overarching topic, the papers can focus on, yet are not limited to, one of the following areas and sub-themes:
• Forging donor’s identity: connecting and voicing their democratic transition experiences, foreign policies, economic interest and development cooperation in agenda making and practice at national and European level.
• Facilitating development through regional cooperation initiatives: new actors, frameworks of cooperation and institutions
• Building national capacity by encouraging synergies between different actors involved in the field of international development; Steps toward defining a collaborative vision for development policy;
• CEE donors’ approach and contribution to the global development themes: climate change, gender, youth and civil society, conflict and peacebuilding, employment and the role of private sector in development.
Academics, researchers, experts, young professionals, and students who have a special interest in these topics are invited to submit a paper proposal until 4th of April 2014 at conference@arcadianetwork.org. There are no conference registration fees. The working language of the conference will be English.
All proposals should contain: paper title, name, affiliation and contacts of the person submitting the paper, a maximum of 300 words abstract and a short biography of the proponent. Please indicate "Paper Submission for ARCADIA Conference 2014" as the email subject. Accepted papers will be announced by 14th of April 2014.
In case of any questions regarding the conference and the application process, please contact us via email atconference2014@arcadianetwork.org.
You can learn more about ARCADIA by visiting our website. The 3rd ARCADIA Conference is organized as part of the "Training Romanian young professionals in international development" project, financed by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the ODA budget and implemented by ARCADIA in partnership with UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre.
Call for Papers
The Romanian Association for International Cooperation and Development - ARCADIA in collaboration with the Department of Political Sciences of Babes Bolyai University’s Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences is launching the present Call for Papers for ARCADIA’s 3rdAnnual Conference. The event will focus on CEE donors’ approach to delivering development results taking into consideration their interests translated in national strategies for international cooperation and development, implemented through different frameworks by a wide variety of actors. After approximately 10 years of paradigm shift from aid recipients to aid donors, the Annual conference of Arcadia wants to provide a platform for knowledge exchange and dialogue reviewing the realities of development policies implemented by the new European donors so far and at the same time identifying new opportunities and ways to advance development assistance.
Under the overarching topic, the papers can focus on, yet are not limited to, one of the following areas and sub-themes:
• Forging donor’s identity: connecting and voicing their democratic transition experiences, foreign policies, economic interest and development cooperation in agenda making and practice at national and European level.
• Facilitating development through regional cooperation initiatives: new actors, frameworks of cooperation and institutions
• Building national capacity by encouraging synergies between different actors involved in the field of international development; Steps toward defining a collaborative vision for development policy;
• CEE donors’ approach and contribution to the global development themes: climate change, gender, youth and civil society, conflict and peacebuilding, employment and the role of private sector in development.
Academics, researchers, experts, young professionals, and students who have a special interest in these topics are invited to submit a paper proposal until 4th of April 2014 at conference@arcadianetwork.org. There are no conference registration fees. The working language of the conference will be English.
All proposals should contain: paper title, name, affiliation and contacts of the person submitting the paper, a maximum of 300 words abstract and a short biography of the proponent. Please indicate "Paper Submission for ARCADIA Conference 2014" as the email subject. Accepted papers will be announced by 14th of April 2014.
In case of any questions regarding the conference and the application process, please contact us via email atconference2014@arcadianetwork.org.
You can learn more about ARCADIA by visiting our website. The 3rd ARCADIA Conference is organized as part of the "Training Romanian young professionals in international development" project, financed by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the ODA budget and implemented by ARCADIA in partnership with UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre.
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