# Development Cooperation Handbook

Managing, Evaluating and Communicating in Development Programs
Sharing knowledge and tools for cooperation and dialogue
* Experiences
* Testimonials
* Stories
* Development Cooperation in Action: steps and tools
* Development Cooperation in Action
* The Development Organization
* Designing and Managing Programmes
* Designing and Executing Projects
* Partnership Management
* How do we Monitor and Evaluate Projects and Programmes?
* The Communication Challenge in International Cooperation for Development
* Communication Management
* Communication Skills
* Learning and Knowledge Management
* Tools
* Templates
* Guidelines
* Checklists
* Definitions
* The Vrinda Project Documentary
* 1 - MDG 1 - Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
* 2 - MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education
* 3 - MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
* 4 - MDG 4 Reduce child mortality
* 5 - MDG 5: Improve maternal health
* 6 - MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
* 7 - MDG 7 - Ensure environmental sustainability
* 8 - MDG 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
* Other Resources
* Other Handbooks, Manuals, Tools
* Other books
* Magazines and Journals
* Web sites
* Films
* Informing and setting the vision
* General introduction: the scope of this handbook
* Introduction - The Vrinda Project
* Overview of the Content of this handbook
* The video resources linked to this handbook
* The documentary
* How you can contribute in TVP
* Redefining The basic concepts
* Defining Development
* Defining Cooperation
* Cooperation and Communication
* The factors causing poverty and suffering
* Development assistance as social education
* The participatory approach
* Defining Aid
* Humanitarian aid
* Linking relief, rehabilitation and development
* Actors and Other Stakeholders - Who is "on board" and why?
* Donors
* Local Authorities and Civil Society
* World citizens
* Development Cooperation Issues
* The Millennium Development Goals and the International Development Agenda
* The Millennium Development Goals
* The Sustainable Development Goals
* Actors
* 1. National and International commitments to MDGs - (Doc 1)
* 2. How can local policy actors contribute to the achievement of global policy objectives? - (Doc 6)
* 3. NGOs as development actors: their role, their challenges - (Doc 4)
* 4. Can we, as individuals, contribute to the achievement of the Global Development Agenda?
* Cooperation - How?
* 5. Do developed and developing nations agree on the road map for global development? - (Doc 3)
* 6. Does international aid really benefits the target populations? - (Doc 2)
* 7. What is the relationship between "Global" and "Local" agendas and responsibilities? - (Doc 8)
* 8. How to design and manage successful cooperation programmes? - (Doc 5)
* Communication - How?
* 9. Media and the international communication climate.
* 10. Sharing knowledge and resources - (Doc 7)

#### Authors

This wikibook is the result of a collective effort; the Kautilya Society is a Non Governmental Organization taking on a facilitator role in managing the project that promotes the collection and sharing of knowledge resources that form the basis of this handbook. The principal editors of the articles are Stefano De Santis and Vrinda Dar. Contribution from all sources are welcome, in line with the Wikimedia founding principles.

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#### Video Library

⇒ The Vrinda Project Channel
⇒ The Development cooperation stories
⇒ The development Cooperation Issues
⇒ The interviews in English and in Italian
⇒ The stories related to the specific MDGs ⇒ The backstage dialogues
More in ⇒ The video resources linked to this handbook

#### External Links

⇒ The Vrinda Project Channel on YouTube
⇒ The Vrinda Project Page on Facebook