{"id":2005,"date":"2017-09-26T16:35:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T14:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/en\/?page_id=2005"},"modified":"2021-10-11T13:03:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T11:03:01","slug":"cycle-de-rencontres","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/en\/cycle-de-rencontres\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycles of meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Prospective and Cooperation organizes <strong>cycles of meetings between academics and practitioners of development and cooperation<\/strong>,\u00a0in the form of workshops-debates.<\/p>\n<p>These aim at <strong>initiating a collective reflection in the field of cooperation and development aid<\/strong> between international, national and local actors (academic researchers, civil society representatives, practitioners of development and cooperation and public authorities representatives).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Cycle 2013-2014: Knowledge mobilization and transfer in the framework of North-South mutations&#8221; icon=&#8221;angle-double-down&#8221; icon_closed=&#8221;angle-double-right&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1529674404473-1d23c9bd-791f&#8221;]This cycle\u00a0includes four workshops on the issue of knowledge mobilization and transfer in the context of North-South mutations: from a dominant unidirectional transfer to diversification and co-construction of the knowledge and\u00a0its diffusion, <em>from brain drain to brain circulation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The following results were expected and obtained:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Workshops work as a <strong>catalyst<\/strong> for research projects: new projects have emerged<\/li>\n<li>The recommendations made at each workshop <strong>feed reflection and action<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Work within the network<\/strong> of the different regional institutions is facilitated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CYCLE PROGRAMME<\/span><\/p>\n<p>May 2013 &amp; October 2013: Preparatory sessions, definition of the axes of the debate cycle:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Workshop #1<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong>Major changes in North-South relations&#8217; influences on development cooperation<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Marseille, IRD, 25th March 2014<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/en\/workshop-1-major-changes-in-north-south-relations-influences-on-development-cooperation-marseille-25th-march-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&gt;&gt; Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Workshop #2<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong>The impact of long-term development policies: how to measure them? What lessons to draw from it?<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Marseille, Aix-Marseille University, 13th May 2014<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/en\/workshop-2-the-impact-of-long-term-development-policies-how-to-measure-them-what-lessons-to-draw-from-it-marseille-13th-may-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&gt;&gt; Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Workshop #3<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong>Towards a pluralistic and innovative model for the development cooperation<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Marseille, MuCEM, 4th July 2014<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/en\/workshop-3-towards-a-pluralistic-and-innovative-model-for-the-development-cooperation-marseille-4th-july-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&gt;&gt; Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Workshop #4<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong>A critical reflection on education for development toward a policy of openness\u00a0to new academic and social actors<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Marseille, MuCEM,\u00a03rd October 2014<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/en\/workshop-4-a-critical-reflection-on-development-for-education-toward-a-policy-of-openness-to-new-academic-and-social-actors-marseille-3rd-october-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&gt;&gt; Learn more<\/a>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Cycle 2015-2017: Professional and scientific practices as a political project&#8221; icon=&#8221;angle-double-down&#8221; icon_closed=&#8221;angle-double-right&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1529675067996-ff1cf203-fd92&#8243;]This cycle consists of 3\u00a0workshops-debates on the issue of <strong>professional and scientific practices as a political project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>International cooperation and official development assistance are eminently political concepts whose ideological foundations are rarely questioned in the professional frameworks where development projects are implemented. This cycle\u00a0has addressed\u00a0the following issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What <strong>political dimension<\/strong> is underlying professional and scientific practices of development cooperation?<\/li>\n<li>What <strong>power relationships<\/strong> does this involve?<\/li>\n<li>What <strong>regulatory<\/strong> mechanisms does it use?<\/li>\n<li>Is the use of <strong>implicit<\/strong> and unspoken a consensual strategy to allow actors ideologically\u00a0diverse to collaborate?<\/li>\n<li>Is it a <strong>necessary<\/strong> strategy or is it <strong>counterproductive?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Should it be <strong>challenged<\/strong> and how?<\/li>\n<li>Should it be <strong>preserved<\/strong> to build pragmatic and diversified projects?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CYCLE PROGRAMME<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Workshop #1<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong>Networking and social, professional and political innovation: too much networking kills networking?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Marseille, Villa M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, 19th June 2015<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/en\/workshop-1-networking-and-social-professional-and-political-innovation-too-much-networking-kills-networking-marseille-19th-june-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&gt;&gt; Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Workshop #2<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong>Civil society and democratization in the Maghreb<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Marseille, IRD, 23rd March 2017<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/en\/workshop-2-civil-society-and-democratization-in-the-maghreb-marseille-23rd-march-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&gt;&gt; Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Workshop #3<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong>Mediterranean, a case study of the criminalization of migration: Franco-Tunisian crossed views on migratory issues in the Mediterranean and the situation in Libya<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Marseille, AAJT, 8th November 2017<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/en\/workshop-3-mediterranean-a-case-study-of-the-criminalization-of-migration-franco-tunisian-crossed-views-on-migratory-issues-in-the-mediterranean-and-the-situation-in-libya-marseille-8t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&gt;&gt; Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Cycle-entier-2015-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the 2015\/2017 cycle programme (in French)<\/a>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Cycle 2018: Is hell always and still paved with good intentions?&#8221; icon=&#8221;angle-double-down&#8221; icon_closed=&#8221;angle-double-right&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1539773622482-6c7363ce-b0d5&#8243;]The 2018 cycle consists of 2 workshop-debates around the question of ambivalence which the dynamics of cooperation are based on, between the &#8220;good intentions&#8221; and the reality of implementation.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of international relations where the law of the strongest is still the best, despite a century of efforts to build a supranational rule of law, the <strong>dynamics of cooperation and official development assistance unfold on an ambivalence<\/strong> between their asserted ethics aims\u00a0and their implementation by a complex set of actors and intersecting and competing interests.<\/p>\n<p>From the point of view of professional practices as well as that of academic research, <strong>how can we build a coherent, critical and constructive individual and collective positioning within this framework<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>The following cycle of meetings will seek to suggest some paths for reflection around concrete case studies:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CYCLE PROGRAMME<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Workshop #1<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong>&#8220;Poubelles nos vies ?&#8221; Myths and realities of the global recycling industry<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Marseilles, Les Docks village, 5th July 2018<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/en\/workshop-1-poubelles-nos-vies-myths-and-realities-of-the-global-recycling-industry-marseilles-5th-july-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&gt;&gt; Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Workshop #2<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><strong>Your aid or your life? Is International Aid merely a balance of power in the game of international relations or is it still the expression of a more complex social relation?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Marseilles, Faculty of M\u00e9decine of La Timone, 31st October 2018<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/en\/workshop-2-your-aid-or-your-life-is-international-aid-merely-a-balance-of-power-in-the-game-of-international-relations-or-is-it-still-the-expression-of-a-more-complex-social-relation-marseilles-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&gt;&gt; Learn more<\/a>[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=&#8221;Cycle 2019: Criticism of collapse or collapse of criticism?&#8221; icon=&#8221;angle-double-down&#8221; icon_closed=&#8221;angle-double-right&#8221;]The 2019-2020 cycle will address the themes of <strong>&#8220;collapse&#8221;, &#8220;resilience&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;transition&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These concepts, ubiquitous in today&#8217;s world, will be explored through the prism of <strong>research<\/strong> advances, sifted through a critical analysis, in the light of professional and scientific practices, and observed from<strong> citizen actions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We will focus more specifically on the challenges of the \u201ccollapse\u201d paradigm on research issues and <strong>professional practices<\/strong> in the field of <strong>cooperation<\/strong> and its <strong>sectoral<\/strong> and <strong>intersectoral<\/strong> variations (health, education, urbanism, social, political, etc.): how can we <strong>grab it<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><em>Upcoming dates and programmes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prospectivecooperation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ateliers-d\u00e9bats2019-2020_WiP.pdf\">Pr\u00e9programme (in French)<\/a>[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Prospective and Cooperation organizes cycles of meetings between academics and practitioners of development and cooperation,\u00a0in the form of workshops-debates. 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