WG 01.1: WG Aid Policy and Performance - Session I

Time: Wednesday, 25/Jun/2008: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Session Chair: Prof. Paul Hoebink
Session Title: New Aid Architecture (1)

Presentations

From Project Aid to Budget Support: How far Have We Come and What Have We Gained in Latin America?
Geske Dijkstra and Kristin Komives
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Netherlands; Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands

Ownership with Adjectives. Donor Harmonisation: Between Effectiveness and Democratisation - Synthesis Report
Stefan Meyer and Nils-Sjard Schulz
FRIDE, Spain

The Bumpy Road from Rhetoric to Reality - the EC on the Slippery Slope: Does the Governance Incentive Tranche Strengthen or Weaken Aid Effectiveness under the Umbrella of the Paris Declaration?
Nadia Molenaers and Leen Nijs
Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Poverty Reduction Strategies and Results-oriented Budgeting: A Case Study of Bolivia
Niek de Jong
SEOR, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Does Size Really Matter? Small Bilateral Donors and Programme-Based Approaches (PBAs) – Exemplified by Austria and Ireland
Laura Leyser
London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK

The “Spirit of the Paris Declaration” Requires a Fundamental Reform of the ODA Concept.
Michael Obrovsky
Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE), Austria


WG 01.2: WG Aid Policy and Performance - Session II

Time: Wednesday, 25/Jun/2008: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Session Chair: Prof. Paul Hoebink
Session Title: New Aid Architecture (2)

Presentations

Danish and EU Development Assistance: Any Possibilities for a Division of Labour?
Lars Engberg-Pedersen
Danish Institute of International Studies, Denmark

How Fit are Donors to Implement the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness? Results from an Evaluation on Germany
Guido Ashoff, Sven Grimm, Stefan Leiderer and Martina Vatterodt
German Development Institute (DIE), Germany

Shifting Organisational Arrangements of Donors’ Aid Administrations: A Critical Assessment of the Underlying Drivers of Change
Eva Beuselinck and Robrecht Renard
Public Management Institute - K.U.Leuven, Belgium; Institute of Development Policy and Management, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium

The Paris Declaration and Task Division among Donors: Messages from Donor Darlings
Paul Hoebink
Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen, The Netherlands


WG 01.3: WG Aid Policy and Performance - Session III

Time: Thursday, 26/Jun/2008: 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Session Chair: Prof. Paul Hoebink
Session Title: European Development Cooperation (1)

Presentations

Policy Coherence: The Newest Fad in the International Discourse?
Rolph van der Hoeven
ILO, Switzerland

Redefining Relations between the EU and the ACP Countries : Main Challenges of EPAs
Frederic Lapeyre
Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Policy Coherence for Development of the Czech Republic: Case Studies on Migration and Trade
Ondrej Horky
Institute of International Relations, Prague

The Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement
Stephen J. Dearden
Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

Aid Regime at Work: European Aid and Transnational Policy-export into Nepal and Tanzania
Lauri Siitonen
IDS, University of Helsinki, Finland


WG 01.4: WG Aid Policy and Performance - Session IV

Time: Friday, 27/Jun/2008: 9:00am - 10:40am
Session Chair: Prof. Paul Hoebink
Session Title: Aid Instruments and Modalities

Presentations

Food Aid: Cooperation Strategies and Good Practices
Francesco Burchi and Sara Turchetti
University Roma Tre, Department of Economics. Italy; University of Florence, Department of Economics; Italy

Security-related Development Cooperation of Small States
Jan Pospisil and Stefan Khittel
Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Austria

The Role of European Local Governments in Development Cooperation: Examples from the Netherlands and Germany
Marike C. Bontenbal
Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Compensatory Finance in the 21st Century
Adrian P. Hewitt
Overseas Development Institute, United Kingdom

An Evaluation of European Strategies to Involve the Private Sector in Energy Projects in Africa
Lars Holstenkamp
Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany


WG 01.5: WG Aid Policy and Performance - Session V

Time: Friday, 27/Jun/2008: 11:00am - 12:40am
Session Chair: Prof. Paul Hoebink
Session Title: European Development Cooperation (2)

Presentations

Development Cooperation in New EU Member States: The Role of Non-governmental Organisations
Maja Bucar, Anja Mesic and Eva Plibersek
Centre of International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Slovenia; Sloga NDGO Platform; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia

The Re-birth of Development Policies in Central and East European States
Simon John Lightfoot and Irene Lindenhovius
University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Hungarian Development Policy
Beata Paragi
Institute of International Studies, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

The Role of Central and Eastern Europe in the EU’s Development Policy
Andras Tetenyi and Balazs Szent-Ivanyi
Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary

The Politics of Coordination in EU Development Policy
Maurizio Carbone
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom