EADI Programmes

EADI programmes connect and faciliate working relationships between development research institutes in Europe. The programmes are formally reviewed and adjusted by the EADI Executive Committee.

Programmes within the 7th Framework Programme under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities theme


Chance2sustain: Urban Chances - City Growth and the Sustainability Challenge

Chance2Sustain is a research project examining how governments and citizens in Indian, South African, Peruvian and Brazilian cities with differing patterns of urban economic growth make use of participatory (or integrated) spatial knowledge management to direct urban governance towards more sustainable development.

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European Development Cooperation to 2020

This programme running from 2008 to 2011 brought together the expertise of EADI members on EU development cooperation.

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Association Programmes


International Accreditation Council

In the emerging European Area for higher education, the EADI institutes wish, where possible, to influence proactively the options for accreditation and quality assurance as far as Development Studies (DS) is concerned.

EADI Dossier on Accrediation with background information

International Accreditation Council for Global Development Studies and Research


IKM Emergent Research Programme (2007-2012)

The programme is based on the premise that the development sector has not fully appreciated the strategic importance of knowledge to its work, and that it has not responded effectively to the practical challenges of organising and using information and knowledge within and between organizations at a time of rapid but uneven ‘informational developments.

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Journal Ranking

The aim of this initiative to develop EADI as a forum for a journal benchmarking exercise.

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EADI Research

EADI Research is the gateway to the latest free online publications from over 150 EADI members, think tanks, research institutes and universities.

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EADI Programmes are programmes of the association. See http://www.eadi.org


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