Capuano, Jenny and De Marchi, Massimo and Franch, Sara and Rossi, Stefano and Rosso, Paolo
(2015)
Decentralised cooperation and its potential for
local democratic governance: the experience
of
Trentino
decentralised
cooperation.
Research and Perspectives on Development Practice, 19.
ISSN 2009-6976
Abstract
Since the early 1990s Local Authorities (LAs) have stepped into the international development
cooperation arena and in many European countries Decentralised Cooperation (DC) has become
increasingly relevant as a new development cooperation modality that has great potential in terms
of promoting sustainable development and local democratic governance. DC in international
development is a relatively new phenomenon and its full potential is not yet fully
known.
Based on the findings of a two year long evaluative research of four DC programmes implemented
by Trentino in Northern Italy in partnership with three municipalities in the Balkans and a rural
district in Mozambique, this paper contributes to the literature on DC policies and practices in
highlighting a scarcely analysed issue: the contribution of DC to local democratic governance and
the possible reasons as to why DC, despite its potential, faces challenges that hinder its capacity to
effectively contribute to decentralised
governance
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Additional Information: |
Research
and
Perspectives
on Development
Practice
Series
Paper
No.
19 |
| Keywords: |
Decentralised Cooperation; Local Authorities; Democratic
Governance; Kimmage Development Studies Centre; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > International Development |
| Item ID: |
9940 |
| Depositing User: |
IR Editor
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| Date Deposited: |
18 Sep 2018 11:09 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Research and Perspectives on Development Practice |
| Publisher: |
Kimmage Development Studies Centre |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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