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1. Women, peace and security beyond resolutions

Author:
Karmen Tornius, Marie Kolling, and Lars Engberg-Pedersen
Publication Date:
08-2023
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Abstract:
Experiences of implementing the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda in African countries indicate a need to focus on engaging civil society and grassroots actors as well as developing adequate reporting systems. Denmark’s candidacy for the non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2025-26 would benefit from a strong position on the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda both nationally and locally by all UN member states.
Topic:
Security, United Nations, Women, Peace, UN Security Council, and Peacebuilding
Political Geography:
Africa, Denmark, and Global Focus

2. Development co-operation between Scylla and Charybdis

Author:
Lars Engberg-Pedersen
Publication Date:
10-2023
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Abstract:
This DIIS Working Paper seeks to provide a basis for understanding aid management today internationally and in a Danish context. An evaluation of Danish aid management is underway and to help clarifying issues to address and to avoid, the paper discusses changes of international development co-operation in general and of Danish development policies in particular over the last 20 years. These contextual and policy changes constitute a decisive framework for the management of development co-operation. The paper also deals with recent international discussions of aid management as well as with pragmatic approaches sometimes employed in Danish development co-operation. While seeking to help identifying useful issues for the evaluation, the paper concludes that aid management often has to negotiate different and sometimes contradicting purposes. This makes the choice of criteria for assessing aid management very important, but also very difficult. Since the results of development co-operation in terms of poverty reduction, the promotion of human rights, the adaptation to climate change, etc. depend on how concrete development activities are managed, this discussion is important as criteria and indicators not only assess results, but also push activities in particular directions.
Topic:
Development, International Cooperation, Foreign Aid, and Donors
Political Geography:
Europe, Denmark, and Global Focus

3. The Aid Effectiveness Agenda: Past experiences and future prospects

Author:
Erik Lundsgaarde and Lars Engberg-Pedersen
Publication Date:
06-2019
Content Type:
Special Report
Institution:
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Abstract:
The 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness provided an important framework for encouraging donor and partner countries to adapt aid management practices to make development cooperation more effective. The agenda it advanced has since lost visibility, even among aid providers that were once its strongest advocates. This DIIS report, written by Senior Researcher Erik Lundsgaarde and Senior Researcher Lars Engberg-Pedersen, indicates that there are several explanations for the declining attention to Paris Declaration principles. Implementation of the agenda was challenging from the outset due to different starting points among countries, the tension between a universal approach and the need to adapt cooperation approaches to varied contexts, and the tradeoffs involved in implementing prescriptions such as increasing partner ownership, strengthening donor coordination, and improving results management. In spite of these challenges, the authors argue that core ideas from the Paris Declaration remain valid today. In particular, the importance of fostering partner ownership and measuring results has not faded. Improving the consistency of how donors pursue these objectives in practice is essential in carrying lessons from decades of development cooperation experience forward.
Topic:
Development, Diplomacy, Environment, International Organization, Treaties and Agreements, Natural Resources, and Global Political Economy
Political Geography:
Global Focus