http://www.search4dev.nlOnline library for Dutch development cooperationenwww.kit.nldpcmedewerkers-uba@uva.nldpcmedewerkers-uba@uva.nlFri, 17 May 2013 23:10:49 CEST/d/dprn/graphics/bbhead.gifhttp://www.search4dev.nlhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/419288http://www.search4dev.nl/record/419288The KCRD has published a report (in Dutch) on the policy dialogue ‘Fragile States and Religion', a gathering in 2009 of the then minister of Development Cooperation Bert Koenders and NGO-members of the Knowledge Forum Religion and Development Policy (a liaison between Dutch NGOs and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs). In this policy dialogue the role of religion in development practices in fragile states was discussed. The dialogue was preceded by several preliminary meetings and an international conference. This report provides an overview of the policy dialogue including the preparatory trajectory and the follow-up.M. van Meerkerkhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/419286http://www.search4dev.nl/record/419286This research report addresses the roles and responsibilities of faith-based educational institutions (FBEIs) in processes of conflict transformation in fragile states. It builds on insights from academic literature and an examination of expertise and policy among the members of ICCO Alliance, a coalition of Dutch, Christian development organisations. This study outlines both the achievements and the challenges that characterise the efforts of FBEIs in (post‐)conflict settings. In addition, the report offers incentives for reflection and discussion, as well as openings for further research into the relationships between education, religion, and conflict transformation.E. van Ommeringhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/419285http://www.search4dev.nl/record/419285Ton Groeneweg (Mensen met een Missie, KCRD member) held a lecture on the Weak Vilification of Religion in Development Discourse, on the conference Religions and their Despisers, organised by the Dutch Society of Religious Studies on November 4-5 2011. He adapted this to an article.T. Groeneweghttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/419283http://www.search4dev.nl/record/419283‘Fragile states and religion’ was the central topic of a policy dialogue organized by the Knowledge Forum Religion and Development Policy with (former) Dutch minister of Development Cooperation Bert Koenders and the NGO-members of the Knowledge Forum in April 2009. For both the NGOs and the Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs, fragile states are an important focus point in development cooperation. The Dutch ministry follows the 3-D strategy: Development, Diplomacy and Defense. The NGOs have more or less a bottom-up approach. Preparatory meetings and an international conference preceding the policy dialogue learned that the NGOs and the Ministry share the viewpoint that religion plays an important role in development in fragile states, whereas their intervention strategies differ. In the policy dialogue the NGOs and Ministry proposed to investigate if, and how, they could complement and strengthen each other with regard to recognizing and involving religion in their development practices in a specific fragile state. The participants of the policy dialogue chose the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a research case. Based on the results of the DRC case study research conducted in 2011, this chapter outlines to what extent the NGOs and the Ministry could be complementary to each other in dealing with religion in development in a fragile state. We first give a short overview of the role of religion in development in fragile states, followed by the main findings of the case study concerning the complementarity of roles of five Dutch NGOs and the Dutch Embassy in the DRC.M. van MeerkerkW. Boenderhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/377803http://www.search4dev.nl/record/377803This reader contains lectures held and reports written on the conference on religion, a source for human rights and development cooperation, organized by ICCO, Cordaid and the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in Soesterberg in September 2005. The main goals of the conference were: 1) to give Cordaid, ICCO and participating organizations more insight into the positive contribution of religion to human rights and development, and 2) to obtain practical recommendations for the policy and practice of development cooperation.R. GrotenhuisJ. van HamL. de la Rive Boxhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/377800http://www.search4dev.nl/record/377800Until recently, scientists thought that modernity will automatically lead towards secularisation. An increase in prosperity, economic growth, education and health systems will eventually lead to a decrease in the relevance of religion. However, religion has not disappeared with modernity. Nowadays, we speak of a 'transformation' rather than a 'disappearance' of religion under the influence of modernity. In the United States and Europe, fundamental groups have risen. In Latin America and Africa, Pentecostalism continues to grow. Local contexts give modernity different colors. This is called 'glocalisation' or 'multiple modernity'. Is there just one (secular) modernity? Or are there other forms of modernity, such as Christian modernity, Islamic modernity and Hinduistic modernity? What does this mean for the Dutch development sector? This article tries to answer these questions.W. Boenderhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/377799http://www.search4dev.nl/record/377799This article discusses modernity in relation to the Islam. Many Islamic countries have to deal with poverty and internal conflicts. Looking at these countries, one might say that Islam is an obstruction to modernity, development and democracy. 'Islam and modernity' could be seen as a 'contradictio in terminus'. However, this conclusion is too blunt. The reality of the relation between Islam and modernity is much more complex than this. Knowledge of this complex relation is essential, especially for people that are involved in the development of Islamic countries and Human Rights.D. Renkemahttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/377798http://www.search4dev.nl/record/377798This article discusses the relation between Hinduism and modernity. Professor Gautam indicates this relation as 'making modernity hindu'.E. Dwarswaardhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/377797http://www.search4dev.nl/record/377797In this article, the prejudices against Islamic development organizations are being discussed.W. Boenderhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/377767http://www.search4dev.nl/record/377767This article on ‘Religion as an instrument for development cooperation’ was published in the Dutch magazine "Religie en Samenleving".D. Renkema