Interactive workshop and discussion: Different approaches and views on development

Main issues to be raised and introduced by trainers:

1. Analyse the discourse of development (including HRBA, democratization, morality)
2. Critically approach the discourse and the practice of development (search of the origins of development thinking and its adscription to the Euro-American culture. 
3. Analyse the practice of development

-        discuss problems of development policy and its bureaucratic condition

-        discuss problems of development projects functioning in the field

1. Introduce and analyse main anthropological concepts that can be useful in development practice: ethnocentrism, otherness, cultural relativism, universalism, cultural knowledge, power relations, etc
2. Analyse problems of Polish development cooperation, search for alternatives and propose changes
3. Introduce such skills as mediation, respect, openness to different cultures
4. Propose activism alternative to development aid: global education programs at schools, campaigns concerning fights with poverty aiming to raise awareness among general public, advocacy activities targeting decision makers.

Requirements:

Fluent English (the main part of workshop will be conducted by Rosalind Duke in English; some exercises during the workshop can be run in Polish if they are done only among the participants and do not require Rosalinds’ intervention)

Profile of participants:

The participant can be everyone interested in development cooperation giving preference for people already having some experience or education background in the field of development  

All people interested in participation in the workshop are requested to fill in the attached questionnaire and send it to Aneta.Moscicka@pah.org.pl before 2nd June 2010.