Security and Development
Over the past years, European Union institutions have issued a number of policy documents and statements signaling a paradigm shift in the approach to the issue of security and development. These documents raise concerns about the specific role of development and humanitarian aid policies in the broader context of EU external policies. There are signs that long-term poverty reduction is losing ground as the primary objective, while security and stability are gaining importance.
Aprodev recognises the obvious and close links which exist between peace, security and development. Development co-operation policies should not be autonomous but their integrity should be safeguarded. Promoting the security of (northern) donor countries cannot take precedence over the primary goal of development co-operation, which is to improve the livelihoods of poor people with the ultimate objective of eradicating poverty.
Aprodev papers
Aprodev’s Special Project on Security and Development considers the 2007 Council Conclusions as an important step for the EU to improve its engagement in fragile situations. It has chosen to contribute to the process of developing an Implementation Plan for the EU, as this process is vital in finding practical solutions to crucial questions. Aprodev has engaged in dialogue with other civil society actors, both local and international as well as the Member States and the Commission in three of the chosen six pilot countries, namely Burundi, Sierra Leone and Haiti. This paper outlines the main viewpoints risen from these still on-going discussions.
Report commissioned by Aprodev on the question of the coherence of EU development and security policies in the specific case of South Sudan.
Whose Security? Human security seen from a gender and southern perspective - November 2005
Briefing paper from a workshop with partners from India and Sudan on the realities of conflict and threat to human security and the way it impacts on women's security.
Whose Security? Integration and integrity in EU policies for security and development - June 2005
An assessment of the changing EU external relations policy framework from a development perspective and policy recommendations to safeguard the integrity of EU work on poverty reduction. This discussion paper is published to stimulate reflection and action on the specific role of development cooperation in the broader context of EU external and security policies.
This dossier contains the main documents emanating from an internal workshop organised on 4 November 2004 by the three networks to reflect on the increasing tendency to see development cooperation as an instrument for achieving security objectives and countering threats, and the tendency towards military intervention becoming more accepted as a tool in the pursuit of peace and security, among other issues.
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