European Union and Mediterranean:
Historical, Cultural, Political, Economic and Social Bases
MASTER ON-LINE
COMPLUTENSE
UNIVERSITY OF MADRID





Learning Module

8.0
8. EuroMed Progressive Policy:  II. Strategies of Cooperation and Development

Academic Coordinator

                          


Abstract

The European Union Development Policy is aimed to eradicate poverty, to foster democracy and human rights, and to promote harmonious and progressive integration of developing countries in the world economy. Development is also an important component of the so-called Wider Europe-Neighbourhood Policy, and a specific area of work in the Barcelona Process aimed to create a Partnership between the EU and the Mediterranean Countries. These policies are supported by a number of instruments, such as Financial and Technical Assistance, trade agreements, and a number of programs aimed to create networks of civil society and decentralized actors. Nevertheless, these programs are faced up with a number of challenges in order to achieve its stated aims: the course will analyse the problems of policy coherence among development aid programs and trade, migration, security or other foreign policy interests, and the obstacles posed by the political and social structures in the partners of the EuroMed economic and political space.  

Course Objectives


- To know the origins, evolution, aims and instruments of EU development Policy
- To analyse the relationship between foreign aid, trade and other policy instruments of the EU in the Euromed context
- To analyse the evolution of the Euromed Partnership and the Barcelona Process in the field of development policies
- To discuss alternative proposals to achieve the political, economic and social goals of the EuroMed partnership
 

Programmatic Contents


01. Development Policies and trends in the global context: The Milleniumm Development Goals (MDGs), the Paris Declaration and the specific situation of the Middle-Income Countries of the Mediterranean
02. The Development Policy of the EU: Goals, strategies, instruments and resources. Development Aid, trade preferences, trade agreements, and financial instruments. The European Consensus on Development.
03. The Neighbourhood Policy and the Barcelona Process: Evolution, situation, and perspectives.
04. Competing Goals and Policy Coherence in the EuroMed Partnership: Trade, development, migration, security, democracy and stability.
05. Proposals for development and co-operation in the EuroMed area


Teaching Units
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8.1
The global agenda of development co-operation: the MDGs, the Paris Declaration and the aid architecture
8.2
a) The EU development policy: objectives, rules, instruments and processes of reform
b) The “europeanisation” of development co-operation policies: the European Consensus on Development
8.3
a) The Neighbourhood Policy and the Barcelona Process: foundations, aims and evolution of the EuroMed Partnership
b) Policy areas for co-operation and development: economic and social development, trade, migration, security, democracy and human rights. The Policy coherence issue.






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