Strengthening the National Institutional and Educational Capacity to Carry out ODA Programmes and pr

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Strengthening the National Institutional and
Educational Capacity to Carry out ODA Programmes
and projects (SNIECODA)

• September 16 19 2009
• Raporteur Mirela Iancu

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Programme components

• Capacity Building of ODA Stakeholders
• 1. Creating operational Rules and Procedures for
  policy implementation (i.e. operational manual)
• 2. Designing a new Strategy on Romanias ODA
  based on Comparative Advantages
• 3. Map existing expertise (Roster of Experts)
• Increased Ownership and Knowledge on ODA policy
• 4. Advocacy to build constituency among
  (political) elite and key stakeholders
• 5. Awareness and Outreach to wider public
• 6. Curriculum development, education and training
  opportunities.

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Operational Manual

• On-going
• Daniel Svoboda, identified as an Expert
• Structure and basic content drafted
• Difficulties in identifying a national expert in
  support to the international one.
• Comparative advantages
• Identified child protection and HIV/AIDS more
  on the designated panel by Sandra Pralong

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Advocacy for Romanian ODA

• Activities completed
• Outreached to key stakeholders in
• Parliament (2 Foreign Affairs Commissions), Line
  Ministries, Presidency Prime Ministers Office
• Private sector Civil Society (intellectual
  elite youth)
• Media (including through contributions to
  publications).
• Further steps
• Round table to be organized to build more
  capacity on the targeted stakeholders.
• Romanian Development Camp II - an active forum
  for debates in the field of development
  cooperation, a chance to strengthen the network
  of experts in this area and to identify new ways
  of cooperation in regions of common interest.

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ODA website roster

• Official launch at the Romanian Development Camp
  II www.aod.ro

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Documentaries

• Serbia completed on War Crimes Trials and
  Notions of Justice, Strengthening of Rural
  Capital networks projects.
• Georgia in progress
• Moldova Starting next year

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Intl Dev Curricula (MA level) 1

• Goal develop curricula on MA level, launch it on
  2010 - 2011
• Working group UBB Cluj, AIC Iasi, UV Timisoara.
  Possible partner ASE Bucuresti.
• Supporting activities undergone 4 working
  meetings, 1 seminar, 1 study visit to Leeds and
  Bradford
• Profile 4 core courses different optional

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Intl Dev Curricula (MA level) 2

• Next steps
• 1. Contracts to be signed btw UNDP and
  Universities
• 2. Prepare file for accreditation (October -
  January)

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Academic Conference

• Goal to jumpstart the research backbone
  associated with the field of international
  development, in Romania
• Disablers new field, no research support (i.e.
  field experience, availability of publications,
  interest?)
• Rethinking
• Regional conference State of research in
  development studies Perspectives of emerging
  donors. Policy, comparative studies, market
  reaction.
• Romanian, Regional (emerging donors) and European
  (traditional donors) academic representatives.
• When? January 2010.

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• Second edition
• Location Carmen Hotel, Venus
• The camp space for training, information and
  best practices exchange forum of dialogue and
  networking, ensuring the sustainable interaction
  between national stakeholders, as well as between
  the national and European counterparts.

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Thank you!