GLOBAL COOPERATION NEWSLETTER
November 2007
In this edition:
ILO Forum on Decent Work for a Fair Globalization
Global Social Policy
Rethinking Food Aid
Four New Websites
New from OECD
Four New Books
2008 ICSW 33rd Global Conference on Social Welfare
ILO Forum on Decent Work for a Fair Globalization
The ILO Forum focused on the analysis and promotion of the Decent Work concept and theDecent Work Agenda. These concepts and agendas are the path towards economic, social,and environmental sustainability to shape a world of fair and inclusive globalization. The
phrase, Decent Work, refers to the opportunity for all individuals to have access to
productive work in conditions of freedom, equality, security, and dignity. The Decent Work
Agenda is the program policy approach to pursue the objectives of productive employment
and decent work at the local, national, regional, sectoral, and global levels, and has fourpillars: 1. Standards and rights at work, 2. Employment creation and enterprisedevelopment, 3. Social protection, and 4. Governance and social dialogue. Broad strategies
and specific policy areas include the challenges of skill development, the upgrading of
informal economies, migration for work, extending social protection, overcoming
disadvantage and discrimination, and ways and means to improve policy coherence
amongst international organisations.
The event brought together governments, employers’ organizations, trade unions,intergovernmental institutions, parliamentarians, local authorities, academics, and civilsociety organizations. Papers from the Forum can be found at
http://www.ilo.org/global/What_we_do/Events/Symposiaseminarsandworkshops/lang-en/WCMS_083618/index.htm
Global Social Policy
ICSW through its donors Sida and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland provide part
sponsorship to this important journal. All member organisations of ICSW receive the journal
as part of their membership subscription. The edition that members will soon receive is a
special issue on the Social Policy Dimensions of World - Regionalism. As a special offer from
Sage Publications all readers of Global Cooperation can get access to the articles through theconnections below until the end of November.
Edited by Nicola Yeates: 1 December 2007; Vol. 7, No. 3
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Editorial Introduction: Special Issue on The Social Policy Dimensions ofWorld-Regionalism Nicola Yeates Global Social Policy 2007; 7 251-252
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Global Social Policy Forum Brid Brennan and Cecilia Olivet
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Global Social Policy 2007; 7 253-254
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Alternative Regionalisms: Why and How?
Dot Keet Global Social Policy 2007; 7 255-258
http://gsp.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/7/3/255?etoc
People's Dialogue on Alternatives for Regional Integration (CANDIDOGRZYBOWSKI is a Sociologist and Director General of the Brazilian Institute of Social andEconomic Analysis (IBASE), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Candido Grzybowski Global Social Policy 2007; 7 258-260
http://gsp.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/7/3/258?etoc
Civil Society Challenging ASEAN (JENINA JOY CHAVEZ is Senior Researcher with Focus on
the Global South, Manila, Philippines.)
Jenina Joy Chavez Global Social Policy 2007; 7 260-262
http://gsp.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/7/3/260?etoc
Alternative Regional Strategies in Africa
Dot Keet Global Social Policy 2007; 7 262-265
http://gsp.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/7/3/262?etoc
Social Movement Strategies and Integration of Peoples (GONZALO BERRON is
Coordinator of the Secretariat of the Hemispheric Social Alliance [HSA],
Sao Paolo, Brazil.)
Gonzalo Berron Global Social Policy 2007;7 265-267
http://gsp.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/7/3/265?etoc
Regionalisms Futures: The Challenges for Civil Society
Brid Brennan and Cecilia Olivet Global Social Policy 2007; 7 267-270
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The Social Dimension of the European Union: Innovative Methods for
Advancing Integration
Monica Threlfall Global Social Policy 2007; 7 271-293
http://gsp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/3/271?etoc
Strategic Regionalism and Regional Social Policy in the FTAA Process
Jose Briceno Ruiz Global Social Policy 2007; 7 294-315
http://gsp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/3/294?etoc
Caribbean Single Market Economy (CSME) and the Intra-Regional Migration of
Nurses: Some Proposed Opportunities
Roger Hosein and Clive Thomas Global Social Policy 2007; 7 316-338
http://gsp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/3/316?etoc
Free Trade and Social Citizenship: Prospects and Possibilities of theCentral American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)
Peter Abrahamson Global Social Policy 2007; 7 339-357
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Social Policy in ASEAN: The Prospects for Integrating Migrant Labour Rights and Protection
Jenina Joy Chavez Global Social Policy 2007; 7 358-378
http://gsp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/3/358?etoc
Review essay: Regional Integration, Poverty and Social Policy: K. MALHOTRA,
C. BAHADUR, S. JAHAN AND M. KEKLIK, Making Global Trade Work for People.
New York: UNDP and Earthscan, 2003. 341 pp. M. SCHIFF AND L.A. WINTERS,Regional Integration and Development. Washington: The World Bank, 2003. 321
pp. D.W. TE VELDE (ed.), Regional Integration and Poverty. Aldershot:
Ashgate, 2006. 297 pp
Luk Van Langenhove and Philippe De Lombaerde Global Social Policy 2007; 7 379-385
http://gsp.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/7/3/379?etoc
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Rethinking Food Aid
The Guardian Weekly ran an interesting supplement on 19th October “feeding the world”.
Annie Kelly quoted a statement from Care International. This year it turned down $USD23
million of US food aid. Care said it would be phasing out monetised food aid – the practice ofNGOs selling food-aid grain to fund development work by 2009. Care said “Selling food tofund programmes is inefficient and often delivers life-sustaining grain not to the hungry, but
to those who can afford it…the subsidised importation from America reduces the growth in
the local market. It destroys the very thing it is trying to promote.” http://www.unngls.org/site/article.php3?id_article=330&var_mode=calcul’
Four New Websites
United Nations and the MDGs
The United Nations has launched a new Web site that will show how and where the world is
succeeding or failing in meeting the Millennium Development Goals on ending poverty:
http://www.mdgmonitor.org/ The MDG Monitor is designed as a tool for policymakers,
development practitioners, journalists, students and others to: TRACK progress throughinteractive maps and country-specific profiles LEARN about countries' challenges andachievements and get the latest news SUPPORT organizations working on the MDGs
around the world
New Health Promotion Website
The NGO Advisory Group on Health Promotion has now its own website.
The address is: http://www.ngos4healthpromotion.net
It covers ten years of the NGO Advisory Group's involvement in health promotion since the
Jakarta Conference. The NGO Advisory Group says “The aim of the website is to give easy
access to the activities and documents related to NGOs and health promotion, and as wellprovide an interactive tool for members and a wider network of the NGO community.”
New Website for UN Human Security Unit
The Human Security Unit at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs has launched its new website, which serves as a platform for the United Nations TrustFund for Human Security (UNTFHS), the Advisory Board on Human Security (ABHS) and forthe work of the Unit as focal point on human security within the UN system.
http://ochaonline.un.org/humansecurity
New Website on Mental Health
WHO MIND website which provides essential information on mental health policy, legislation,
services, human rights and development http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/en/
New from OECD
OECD Review of Canadian Development Co-operation Programme: Announcement(includes links to Main Findings Report - Full Report to be published in the future issue of theOECD Journal on Development).
European Community (2007), DAC Peer Review: Main Findings andRecommendations
Review of the Development Co-operation Policies and Programmes of the European
Community
OECD Review of European Community’s Development Co-operation (English)
Aid Effectiveness: 2006 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration - Overview of
the Results: Website (Text available as OECD Journal on Development, Volume 8, Issue 2
on SourceOECD)
Public-Private Dialogue in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Risks: Book on
Online Bookshop | Book on Source OECD
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Informal Institutions: How Social Norms Help or Hinder Development: Book on
Online Bookshop | Book on Source OECD
Four New Books
Development Centre Studies
Informal Institutions: How Social Norms Help or Hinder Development
Informal institutions — family and kinship structures, traditions, and social norms — areoften decisive factors in shaping policy outcomes and this book advocates a pragmatic wayof dealing with them.
Now available in paperback and/or PDF E-Book from the Online Bookshop
NGO Diplomacy: The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International
Environmental Negotiations
Edited by Michele M. Betsill and Elisabeth Corell Foreword by Felix Dodds
This book presents an analytic framework for the systematic and comparative study of NGO
diplomacy in international environmental negotiations.
Available at Amazon or through MIT
Integrated Social Services in Europe from Council of Europe PublishingThis report is the result of a two year project carried out by a group of specialists whose task
was to examine the integration of social services with other selected public services. The
concept of integration covers various approaches and methods intended to increase thecoordination and effectiveness of different services in order to serve the best interests of
their users and their families and carers.
Author Prof Brian Munday ISBN 978-92-871-6209-0 €10 or USD15 + 10% post.
To place an order directly
http://book.coe.int/sysmodules/RBS_page/admin/redirect.php?id=36〈=EN&produit_aliasid=
2234
Democracy and Social Policy (New from UNRISD)This book, edited by Yusuf Bangura, examines the complex relations between democracy
and social policy. Economic development is a necessary but not sufficient condition for
welfare development.
http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BF3C2/setLanguageCookie?OpenAgent&langcode=en&u
rl=/80256B3C005BCCF9/search/280A6C8B6A117FE9C125737F0024B4B6?OpenDocument
2008 ICSW 33rd Global Conference on Social Welfare
Date: 30th June to 4th July 2008
Venue: Tours, France
Contact Information: http://www.icsw2008.org/ and comite.service.francais@wanadoo.fr
This will be the 80th Anniversary of ICSW. The theme of the conference is Social Work, Social
Protection and Social Development: Where have we been? Where are we going?
The content of this Global Newsletter may be freely reproduced or cited provided
the source is acknowledged. The views expressed in this publication are notnecessarily the policy of ICSW.
Newsletter Editor: Denys Correll – Executive Director
ICSW C/- MOVISIE Netherlands Centre for Social Development
PO Box 19129
3501 DC Utrecht
Netherlands
Email: icsw@icsw.org
Tel: +31 30 789 2226

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GLOBAL COOPERATION NEWSLETTER
December 2007
In this edition:
ICSW major activities for 2007
Civil Paths to Peace
Report on the World Social Situation
New UN NGO Website
OECD reports on Migration; Development Aid; and Health at a glance
UNRISD on Neoliberalism in East Asia; Public – Private partnerships
Conferences
ICSW major activities for 2007
The 2007 annual report containing the detail of ICSW activities for this year will be postedon the website in the early part of 2008. Some of the highlights are:• Rapid growth in membership in Africa and new ventures in the Black Sea region.
• Successful training programme in Eastern and Southern Africa for Executive Directorsof national umbrella organisations (national member organisations of ICSW) hosted
by our member in Mauritius. Subjects included building a national council; challengesof an executive director; building a value base for a national council; from values topolicy; influencing the policy agenda. The training concluded with each participant
preparing a work plan for their own council.
• The Black Sea NGO Network coming of age with its third meeting of members in
Bulgaria. In a short space of time the Network has established a solid working
relationship with the Black Sea Economic Cooperation particularly throughparticipation in the Working Group on Institutional Renewal and Good Governance.
• Central and West Africa engagement with the Economic Community of West African
States.
• Training for African NGO leaders in influencing government budgets and building
national councils at the World Social Forum in Nairobi Kenya.
• South East Asia and Pacific region engagement with the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations including the first Government-NGO Forum on social policy with Senior
Officials from Social Welfare and Development portfolios from all ASEAN countries.
• Continued support of the journal Global Social Policy which is received by all ICSW
members.
• ICSW Europe taking a lead through its regional conference on Equal Opportunities for
Individuals, Groups and Nations; Expert meeting on Cultural Preservation andEmpowerment of Immigrant Communities; International expert seminar: Social
investment and social protection as productive factors - The role of decent work andsocial integration for an economically successful and socially cohesive society.
• Presentation to the UN Commission for Social Development of the ICSW statement on“Promoting full employment and decent work for all”. Also presentation at a side
event “Comprehensive social employment policies for development in a globalisingworld”.
• Participation in two UNESCO meetings of ministers for social development• Speeches in numerous forums on ICSW support for the commitments made at the
Copenhagen World Summit on Social Development.
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International Development Cooperation Agency, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
and the Norwegian Government.

Civil Paths to Peace
Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate in economics and professor at Harvard University chaired theCommonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding. The report of the Commission
was released in November 2007. Sen in the Guardian Weekly (16.11.07) says “the reportfocuses particularly on ways to prevent terrorism and cultivated violence” and “The report
does not argue that military initiatives are never justified, but does argue that when they arebased on wrong information or weak reasoning, or inadequately linked to civil measures,
they can generate counterproductive results. Sen argues cogently “Today the divisiveness ofa singled-out priority is increasingly based on the championing of religious – rather thannational – identity, ignoring other affiliations.”
For more information http://publications.thecommonwealth.org/civil-society-18-c.aspx
2007 Report on the World Social Situation
The Report on the World Social Situation covers the crucial role of productive employment
and decent work in reducing poverty and promoting social development. The reportexamines global trends in employment and work and concludes that policies during the last
decades have resulted in greater insecurity for workers. The report urges governments toplace productive employment at the heart of economic and social policy-making.
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/social/rwss/
New UN NGO Website
The UN NGO Section of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has launched
its new web site, focusing on information required by the NGOs with consultative status.
Through the web site, NGOs can also access UN-NGO-IRENE, an informal regional network
established to coordinate collaboration between the UN and NGOs. Civil society will be able
to access information on how to participate in the new functions of ECOSOC including theblog on the AMR Innovation Fair which will allow interactive inputs on best practices andsuccess stories in the field. http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/ UN-NGO-IRENE:
http://www.unpan.org/NGO.asp AMR Innovation Fair: http://www.amrif2008.blogspot.com/
OECD Report on Migration and Developing Countries
This new report concludes that better and more coherent migration policies can contribute to
the fight against global poverty. If adequately managed, migration can support developmentin three different ways
·by fostering migrants' skill formation (brain gain);·by increasing remittances sent home by migrants; and·by absorbing excess labour supply in developing countries.
For more information Purchase the book Read more on Migration and Developing
Countries Visit our website on Migration Find out more on Migration: New Policies forGreater Gains
OECD's new Development Aid at a Glance Makes Foreign Aid Information Easier toUnderstand and Includes StatLinks to Key Data: Book on Online Bookshop | Book on
SourceOECD *DACNews, November 2007 issue features articles on aid effectiveness, aid for trade, civilsociety organisations, and the role agriculture plays in poverty reduction: Newsletter
Health at a glance: Health Care is improving in OECD countries but better management ofchronic diseases is necessary -only half of diabetics get needed eye screening according to
Health at a Glance 2007: Press Release | Book Announcement | Book on Online Bookshop |Book on SourceOECD
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UNRISD
Neoliberalism and Institutional Reform in East Asia: A Comparative Study
Following the Asian Financial Crisis, international financial institutions suggested neoliberalsolutions for reforming economic management in East Asian countries. This study examines
structural changes that occurred in East Asia following the crisis and explores philosophicaland empirical bases of suggested solutions, and questions how far they have been adopted.
http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BF3C2/setLanguageCookie?OpenAgent&langcode=en&u
rl=/80256B3C005BCCF9/search/9B93198E376F0AF4C125739B002EB6FD?OpenDocument
Assessing the Impact of Public-Private Partnerships in the Global South:
This paper examines some of the key assumptions underlying the current debate on PublicPrivate Partnerships (PPP) impact assessment, arguing that (i) different stakeholders may
not want to know about the effects of PPPs in developing countries; (ii) there is no objective
truth about these effects that can be discovered through the use of impact assessment
methodologies; and (iii) insights generated through impact assessments may be used as alearning resource, but cannot necessarily be transferred from one context to another, since
what works in one particular setting may not work in another. The paper then investigates
what can actually be known about a PPPs impacts through the use of impact assessment
methodologies.
http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BF3C2/setLanguageCookie?OpenAgent&langcode=en&u
rl=/80256B3C005BCCF9/search/CB11C6423C3C33E1C1257393004A339C?OpenDocument

Remittances, Migration and Social Development: A Conceptual Review of LiteratureThis paper reviews the empirical literature on the relationship between remittances anddimensions of social development in the developing world within a broader conceptual
framework of migration and development theory. Migration and remittances are generally part ofrisk-spreading and co-insurance livelihood strategies pursued by households and families.
Migration and remittances have the potential to improve well-being, stimulate economic growth
and reduce poverty directly and indirectly. Their effects on inequality are much more ambiguous.
http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BF3C2/setLanguageCookie?OpenAgent&langcode=en&url=/80256B3C005BCCF9/search/8B7D005E37FFC77EC12573A600439846?OpenDocument
Toward a Typology of Civil Society Actors: The Case of the Movement to ChangeInternational Trade Rules and Barriers. This paper proposes a typology of civil society actors
based on organizational attributes and worldviews. It then applies the typology to the
movement to change international trade rules and barriers. In so doing, it aims to contributeto current debates about the increasing autonomy and influence of civil society, and thegrowing
diversityof
civil
societyactorsinthecontext
ofglobalization.
http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BF3C2/setLanguageCookie?OpenAgent&langcode=en&u
rl=/80256B3C005BCCF9/search/0451352E376C1031C12573A60044CE42?OpenDocument
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Gender Justice and Reconciliation Occasional Paper N° 35 / November 2007
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/05000.pdf
Nahla Valji examines how women’s experiences of conflict and transition differ to that ofmen because of inherent gendered power relations. The paper discusses the specific needsof women within post-conflict systems that are male-orientated, and examines theassumptions of the transitional justice field from a gendered perspective.
Reconciliation and Development Occasional Paper N° 36 / November 2007
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/04999.pdf
Karen Brounéus provides an overview of some key concerns regarding reconciliation in
relation to justice, security, and politics respectively, and their policy implications. She
introduces recent research on truth commissions and truth telling. Brounéus argues that if
security is not provided, the process of reconciliation may risk a backlash, increased violence
or in suppression of truth.
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Pro-Poor Growth: Though a Contested Marriage, Still a Premature Divorce – One
Pager # 45
The author, Terry McKinley, analyses why enthusiasm for the concept of ‘pro-poor growth’
has waned and been replaced recently by such alternatives as ‘inclusive growth’. Available
online at: http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCOnePager45.pdf
Growing Pains’: Key Challenges for New Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes in
Latin America One Pager #44 The authors, Fabio Veras Soares and Tatiana Britto, address
the key challenge of ‘exit door’ strategies for CCT programmes, particularly in countries,
such as El Salvador and Paraguay, which have less financial and institutional capacities thanBrazilandMexico.
Available
onlineat:
http://www.undppovertycentre.org/pub/IPCOnePager44.pdf
The Macroeconomic Implications of MDG-Based Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa –Policy Research Brief # 4 The authors, John Weeks and Terry McKinley, attempt to outline
the macroeconomic policies that will be consistent with MDG-based development strategies
that can accelerate investment, economic growth and human development. Rejecting theprevailing neoliberal economic model, they call for more expansionary fiscal policies focusedon public investment, exchange-rate management focused on fostering international
competitiveness and monetary policies that support fiscal expansion and export promotion.
Available online at: http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCPolicyResearchBrief4.pdf
Conferences
34th Biannual Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work(IASSW)
Date: 20th to 24th July 2008
Venue:
International
Convention
CentreDurban,KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa
Theme: Transcending Global-Local Divides: Challenges for Social Work Education andPractice. Deadline for abstracts 31st January 2008
Contact: www.iassw2008.co.za Email iassw2008@infosa.co.za.
2008 ICSW 33rd Global Conference on Social Welfare
Date: 30th June to 4th July 2008
Venue: Tours, France
Contact Information: http://www.icsw2008.org/ and comite.service.francais@wanadoo.fr
This will be the 80th Anniversary of ICSW. The theme of the conference is Social Work, Social
Protection and Social Development: Where have we been? Where are we going?
The content of this Global Newsletter may be freely reproduced or cited provided
the source is acknowledged. The views expressed in this publication are notnecessarily the policy of ICSW.
Newsletter Editor: Denys Correll – Executive Director
ICSW C/- MOVISIE Netherlands Centre for Social Development
PO Box 19129
3501 DC Utrecht
Netherlands
Email: icsw@icsw.org
Tel: +31 30 789 2226

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