EU-12 development policies at half-time
Europeanization, specialization, or both?
International conference organized by Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
in cooperation with EADI Working Group on Development Aid of the Non-DAC Donors
CALL FOR DISCUSSION PAPERS/APPLICATION
Wednesday 15th - Friday 17th February 2012 Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
With the accession of the "new" member states to the EU in 2004 and 2007 and, for some of them, to the OECD in the preceding years, the mostly post-communist countries have begun or renewed their bilateral and multilateral cooperation programmes as well as defined their national position towards the EU development policy. At this "half-time" when the bases of their development cooperation programmes are laid down, the aim of the conference is to offer a time of reflexion on the outcomes of the interaction between the "new" member states and the Union in a larger political and societal context. Discussion papers of 600 to 1000 words reacting on the conference papers on individual EU-12 countries (see further information below) will be accepted. The discussants may also choose one specific aspect of the "new" member states' development policy and comment on them in a comparative perspective. Finally, discussants from outside the EU-12 may present a discussion paper that evaluates the development policies of the "new" member states form an outsider's perspective. University students and young scholars are especially encouraged to apply. Limited travel grants for selected discussants will be available.
Selected conference and discussion papers will serve as a base for a peer-reviewed monograph, which will be published in 2012.
For any enquiries please contact us at olomoucconference2012@gmail.com
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For further information and applying (with or without a discussion paper) please visit
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