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CDP projects launched
2007 marks the official launch of the following 4 CDP projects, with the support of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- Access to Justice and the Rule of Law (Nigeria)
- Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness (Nigeria and Ghana)
- Financing Democracy in Africa (Ghana and Nigeria)
- Modelling Success (Ghana and Nigeria)
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CDP launches planning
phase
In late 2004 and early
2005, member institutions of the Consortium for Development Partnerships
(CDP) will work together to design joint research and capacity-building
projects in West Africa. The projects will include such priority
issues as: Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness; Local Contexts of Conflict
and Peacebuilding; and, Local Governance and Decentralization. For
each of the projects, teams of researchers will convene to discuss
how the Consortium can generate useful knowledge and strengthen
institutional capacity. The outcome of this planning phase will
be several project proposals that will guide CDP activities over
the next four years. This initial phrase is supported by a planning
grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and
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July
15-18, 2004
CDP Planning Conference, Eerbeek, the Netherlands
Representatives of 15 institutions in Africa, Europe, and the
United States met to discuss the agenda and structure of a new
initiative: the Consortium for Development Partnerships (CDP).
Sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
conference was convened to identify the priority issues that
CDP should address within its three thematic areas: democracy
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improving state capacity; private sector growth and poverty reduction;
and regionalism
and peace building. Paticipants also addressed questions of
organizational structures, guiding principles, and strategies
for achieving sustainibility and equality among members.
Final Conference
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November 13-15, 2003
Conference on Governance and Insecurity in West Africa
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
The three-day conference brought together
scholars, civil society representatives, and policymakers to offer
analysis of key issues and discuss recommendations for promoting
economic and political development in West Africa. PAS organized
panel discussions in which the conference’s presenters were
asked to define the challenges facing the region and to explore
strategies for overcoming them. The Governance and Insecurity in
West Africa conference was the final major event under the rubric
of the Program on International Cooperation in Africa (PICA), a
successful PAS program funded by the MacArthur Foundation since
1989. The CDP will build on the foundation of PICA to engage Northwestern
in productive, bridge-building activity on issues of importance
to contemporary Africa.
Final
Conference Report
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