Ingezonden persbericht


Geachte redactie,
Aanstaande vrijdag vindt de presentatie plaats van het boek 'DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION EUROPEAN UNION - LATIN AMERICA: Overview and Prospect'. Dat beschrijft en evalueert de ontwikkeling van de relatie tussen Europa en Latijns-Amerika.

In de jaren tachtig kwam een politieke dialoog op gang tussen de EU en Latijns-Amerika om economische, culturele en culturele banden te verstevigen. Desalniettemin lijkt anno 2005 Europa weinig belangstelling te hebben voor Latijns-Amerika. De aandacht lijkt zich juist verplaatst te hebben naar de eigen regio en andere regio's. De auteurs pleiten voor het doorbreken van deze situatie. Daarbij baseren zij zich op de bevindingen van de conferentie 'Europe and the South; A New Era. European Development Cooperation Towards Policy Renewal and a New Commitment' dat in 2004 in Den Haag werd georganiseerd door European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) en Society for International Development (SID).

Gastspreker is Mariano Valderrama, Senior Advisor Regional Governance van de Nederlandse ontwikkelingsorganisatie SNV.

DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION EUROPEAN UNION - LATIN AMERICA is tot stand gekomen met hulp van Euforic,ICCO, SNV en RIMISP.

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Datum: Vrijdag 4 februari 2005 15.00 - 17.00
Locatie: Institute of Social Studies, Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX Den Haag Aanmelden en nadere informatie: Femke van der Vliet (ISS), e-mail: vdvliet@iss.nl

Invitation

Book launch

Book Title: DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
EUROPEAN UNION - LATIN AMERICA:
Overview and Prospect

Date: Friday, 4th February 2005 at 15.00 - 17.00

Venue: Institute of Social Studies, Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX The Hague

Contact : drs. Femke van der Vliet, e-mail: vdvliet@iss.nl

Speaker: Mariano Valderrama, Senior Advisor on Regional Governance, SNV

Targetgroup: Civil servants, academics and researchers, representatives of NGOs working in the field of International and European Development cooperation in particular those specialising in Latin America

Background: This publication condenses the final results of forum that was sponsored by ICCO, RIMISP and EUFORIC, and brought experts from Latin America together with European specialists on Latin America. The conclusions were presented at the conference Europe and the South: A New Era. European Development Cooperation Towards Policy Renewal and a new Commitment, held in The Hague, September 27th and 28th 2004, which was organized by the Society for International Development SID in cooperation with EADI and Euforic. The book reveals through general examination of the relations between the regions of Latina America and Europe that, at the present time, Latin America does not occupy an important place among European economic, commercial, or geopolitical priorities, nor in terms of its foreign assistance. The principal interest of the European Union is geared, instead, towards other regions and the new countries within the Union itself. The authors of this publication propose the reversal of this situation, taking into account historical and cultural ties, their common legacy of respect for democracy, the complementarity of their economies and common multilateral perspectives. Taken together, these factors can contribute to the promotion of a political dialogue and the consolidation of inter-regional relations.

Organisers: ISS www.iss.nl , SNV www.snvworld.org, SID European Programme www.euforic.org/sid-europe

Sponsors: ICCO www.icco.nl , SNV www.snvworld.org, RIMISP www.rimisp.org , Euforic www.euforic.org,

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