F1ID 4010 - Development Cooperation within International Relations

The course will address the history, purposes, and features of what is commonly called development cooperation, framing this within the broader context of International Relations, starting from decolonization. It will address theoretical policy concepts, their practical implementation, instruments, and the regulatory framework.

The course will make an emphasis on the viewpoint of the European Union, the biggest aid provider in the world, showing the relationship between the process of European integration and its action worldwide in this field. A special focus will be concentrated on Africa, dealing with the multidimensional reality of the continent and its states, including an overview of its continental organization, the African Union. Within this scope, the course will provide insights on the relations between Europe and Africa, while analyzing the current global landscape marked by the increasing presence of new development players from the Global South, such as China and the BRICS.

Policy fields that will be addressed will consist of trade, migration, peace & security, governance, economic and social transformations. Key issues of globalization will constitute a critical reference during the whole course which will aim at being comprehensive and holistic.

> PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Capacity to connect events and contexts with a matrix approach
• Capacity to synthetically present complex realities, taking the structural essence of them
• To develop critical analysis based on facts and documents.

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• Individual written paper (end of semester): 50% final grade
• Oral presentations (group): 40% final grade
• Participation 10% final grade

• In Class: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
• Reading and Preparation for Class: 48 hours a semester
• Research and Writing for Group and Individual Assessments: 48 hours a semester
• Other: 24 hours a semester