| Many
in the international community believe that a fundamental, multi-polar,
cross-border debate on development is needed, one in which a
key challenge will be to find a new and broader meaning for
this concept. A prominent example is the debate on the future
of Europe's role, the multi-annual 'European Development Cooperation
to 2010' programme EDC 2010. Launched by the European Association
of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
last year, it has now turned into a long-term programme in partnership
with the Society for International Development Europe (SID)
and Europe's Forum on International Cooperation (Euforic),
which builds on the past accomplishments of the individual organisations.
The September 27-28 Conference in The Hague is a milestone of
the EDC 2010 programme. |