Danida holder i december et større udviklingsseminar i København med indkaldte eksperter fra udlandet, som skal belyse emnet “Opbygning af statslige myndigheders kapacitet” til at klare deres opgaver; ikke mindst i lyset af de udfordringer det stiller bistandsyderne for at yde en effektiv indsats.
Indbydelsen til seminaret er på engelsk og kommer her:
“Building State Capabilities Governance and Capacity Development – Old challenges and new perspectives” – A Danida Development Seminar
TIME: Tuesday, December 10th, 9.30 am – 16.30 pm
VENUE: Eigtveds Pakhus, Asiatisk Plads 2, Christianshavn, Copenhagen
NOTE: The seminar is open to all. For logistical purposes, please write to [email protected] to indicate participation.
Making development results sustainable in institutional and governance terms has always been a core preoccupation for development agencies, NGOs and practitioners alike.
Danida has paid systematic attention to this challenge for decades, and developed guidance and competencies for more effective support for Capacity Development and Change.
Very early on this guidance recognized the importance of political economy factors and the considerable limitations of attempts to introduce purportedly “best practice” linear blueprints for capacity development, governance and reform outcomes.
Recognizing the complexity of the challenges and issues at hand have not yet, however, led to broadly more effective support to capacity development, reform and reformers.
In the seminar, leading researchers and practitioners will discuss new perspectives that build on previous insights and suggest ways forward on how to escape capability traps where appearance overshadows realities, and on how more successful developmental states are able to solve collective action problems.
Possible operational implications for development agencies, NGO´s and practitioners working in support of capacity development will be discussed.
Presenters
DAVID BOOTH – Research Fellow in Politics and Governance at Overseas Development Institute, London.
David Booth has been Professor of Development Studies at the University of Wales Swansea and managing editor of two international development journals.
He was Director of Africa Power and Politics, a consortium research programme on African governance and development (2007-12) and now leads a project on Developmental Regimes in Africa funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
His latest publication is “Governance for Development in Africa: Solving Collective Action Problems”, with Diana Cammack, Zed Books 2013.
MATT ANDREWS – Associate Professor of Public Policy, Center for International Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, University of Harvard, Boston.
Matt Andrews focus on public sector reform, particularly budgeting and financial management reform, and participatory governance in developing and transitional governments. Recent articles focus on forging a theoretical understanding of the nontechnical factors influencing success in reform processes.
Specific emphasis lies on the informal institutional context of reform, as well as leadership structures within government-wide networks.
This research developed out of his work in the provincial government of Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa and more recently from his tenure as a Public Sector Specialist working in the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank.
He holds a BCom (Hons) degree from the University of Natal, Durban (South Africa), an MSc from the University of London, and a PhD in Public Administration from the Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
Programme
9.00 – 9.30
Registration, coffee
9.30 – 9.45
Welcome and introduction to the seminar – Danida, facilitator
9.45 – 10.15
Getting to where we are: The institutional strengthening and capacity development trajectory in Danida – Nils Boesen, former Director, Knowledge, Innovation and Capacity Group, UNDP, and Ole Therkildsen, DIIS
10.15 – 11.00
Escaping Capability Traps – Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation. Matt Edwards, Kennedy School of Governance, Harvard University
11.00 – 11.20
Buzz Groups (summegrupper) (at tables): What is new, what is different, does it work?
11.20 – 12.00
Governance for development in Africa – David Booth, Overseas Development Institute
12.00 – 12.30
Plenary – Q&A
12.30 – 13.15
Light lunch
13.15 – 13.30
From government focused capacity development to strengthening of collaborative capacities – Nils Boesen, former Director, UNDP
13.30 – 14.30
Buzz Groups and Plenary Summary: Action implications – New fads or practical alternatives? Can and should development agencies work differently? What would it take?
14.30 – 14.45
Coffee break
14.45 – 16.00
Panel discussion: What is new, and can it work? Presenters, Alison Evans, former Director of ODI (tbc), Danida representative.
16.00 – 16.30
Closure – take-aways for NGOs, practitioners and Danida
