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Changing Development Paradigm

Changing Development Paradigm. Changing Development Paradigm at a global level; Governing Board of ACT: Critical issue for the ACT Alliance; Advisory Group on Development Policy and Practice (DPPG); Regional Consultations;

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Changing Development Paradigm

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  1. Changing Development Paradigm • Changing Development Paradigm at a global level; • Governing Board of ACT: Critical issue for the ACT Alliance; • Advisory Group on Development Policy and Practice (DPPG); • Regional Consultations; • How can ACT contribute, participate and position itself in the debate of the Changing Development Paradigm?

  2. Key aspects of the Changing Development Paradigm: Actors and Financing • Financial and economic crisis: decline of aid for development; • Changes in instruments, institutions and mechanisms of financing of development; • Actors accessing and controlling resources; • New actors, the private sector • New actors, “emerging” countries, BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China); • Hugh disparities of living standard of people in emerging economies; • South South Cooperation;

  3. Key aspects of the Changing Development Paradigm: Actors and Financing • Discussions in the international development institutions: • Development Effectiveness Process: Paris Declaration, Busan, Post Busan, Civil Society Partnership on Effective Development (CPED); • Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and post-2015-framework. • Influence of the private sector to address sustainability issues; • Economic Globalisation: • Shifting of industry into the developing countries; • Attention to decent work and Fair Trade.

  4. Key aspects of the Changing Development Paradigm: Climate Change • Rio+20 Summit on sustainable development and Peoples Summit; • Green Economy; • Sustainable Development; • Food Security; • Climate Justice; • Economic Justice; • Ecological Boundaries;

  5. Key aspects of the Changing Development Paradigm: Culture and Religion • Changing demographics: especially in relation to youth; • Changing communication patterns; • Reflections and questioning of consumption patterns, life styles and development model. • Shrinking space for civil society actors, especially related to human rights; • Interculturalism and inter-religious opportunities and challenges; • Changing role of the churches in societies.

  6. Aspects for reflection • Regional context and Issues; • ACT’s role as a church and related alliance and its political role; • Christian and theological perspective for the concept of development; • Identify strategic platforms and networks to influence the development processes; • The experience of development of ACT.

  7. What development model/paradigm do we want as ACT Alliance? • What specific principles should it be based on and what operational strategies must be integrated?

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