BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TYPO3/NONSGML Calendarize//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendarize-aid-and-autonomy-entwicklung-in-afrika-neu-denken DTSTAMP:20260107T101258Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261204 SUMMARY:Aid and Autonomy: Rethinking Development in Africa DESCRIPTION:– primarily for scholars from Africa –\nRelations between the Global North and the African continent have been characterized by bila teral and multilateral "development aid" projects for decades. Development cooperation (DC) between Germany and African countries can look back on a long\, complex and sometimes contradictory history. A central problem is the continuation of colonial patterns and power asymmetries. Many projects implemented within the framework of development cooperation are still bas ed on a donor-recipient relationship that positions the countries of the G lobal North as "helpers" and the countries of the Global South as "recipie nts". In recent years\, criticism of this form of traditional development cooperation has grown. African intellectuals\, civil society organization s and students are calling for a reassessment of its effectiveness and sid e effects. It is becoming increasingly clear that aid payments\, which wer e once intended as a contribution to solidarity\, are deepening dependenci es and weakening individual initiative in many places. Voices such as thos e of the Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo ("Dead Aid") or the Kenyan economi st James Shikwati call for the structural patterns of paternalism and ineq uality to be broken. Development cooperation still reproduces images of a needy Africa and a superior North.\nAgainst this backdrop\, the seminar as ks how development can be rethought in the future in terms of partnership\ , sustainability and from an African perspective. It is not only about cri ticism\, but also about the search for alternative approaches that do just ice to the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In coope ration with the Catholic Academy Freiburg\, the seminar will seek dialog w ith actors in church and state development cooperation and bring them toge ther with Africans who formulate and discuss their own ideas of "developme nt". The exchange with German students reflecting on their own role in dev elopment policy will also play a role. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Relations between the Global North and the African continent have been characterized by bilateral and multilater al "development aid" projects for decades. Development cooperation (DC) be tween Germany and African countries can look back on a long\, complex and sometimes contradictory history. A central problem is the continuation of colonial patterns and power asymmetries. Many projects implemented within the framework of development cooperation are still based on a donor-recipi ent relationship that positions the countries of the Global North as "help ers" and the countries of the Global South as "recipients". \;
In recent years\, criticism of this form of traditional development co operation has grown. African intellectuals\, civil society organizations a nd students are calling for a reassessment of its effectiveness and side e ffects. It is becoming increasingly clear that aid payments\, which were o nce intended as a contribution to solidarity\, are deepening dependencies and weakening individual initiative in many places. Voices such as those o f the Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo ("Dead Aid") or the Kenyan economist James Shikwati call for the structural patterns of paternalism and inequal ity to be broken. Development cooperation still reproduces images of a nee dy Africa and a superior North.

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Against this backdrop\, the semina r asks how development can be rethought in the future in terms of partners hip\, sustainability and from an African perspective. It is not only about criticism\, but also about the search for alternative approaches that do justice to the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. \ ;

In cooperation with the Catholic Academy Freiburg\, the semin ar will seek dialog with actors in church and state development cooperatio n and bring them together with Africans who formulate and discuss their ow n ideas of "development". The exchange with German students reflecting on their own role in development policy will also play a role.

LOCATION:Freiburg im Breisgau\, Katholische Akademie Freiburg (https://www .katholische-akademie-freiburg.de/) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR