http://www.search4dev.nlOnline library for Dutch development cooperationenwww.kit.nldpcmedewerkers-uba@uva.nldpcmedewerkers-uba@uva.nlThu, 23 May 2013 23:11:56 CEST/d/dprn/graphics/bbhead.gifhttp://www.search4dev.nlhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/445223http://www.search4dev.nl/record/445223This is the annual report of the Bernard van Leer Foundation for the year 2012. The Bernard van Leer Foundation funds and shares knowledge about work in early childhood development and child rights. Working with other organizations, its mission is to develop and support programmes that create significant positive change for children up to the age of eight who are growing up in circumstances of social and economic disadvantage.Bernard van Leer Foundationhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/445126http://www.search4dev.nl/record/445126If the idea of ‘country ownership’ is to help improve aid for development, it needs to be realistic about the likely political drivers of development effort in poor countries. Too much of the current approach to aid effectiveness is based on wishful thinking. This lecture will discuss reasons for not expecting the early emergence of a social contract of a liberaldemocratic type in the poorest developing countries, and therefore for rejecting a ‘best practice’ approach to governance improvement and so-called democratic ownership. Instead, more effort needs to be devoted to recognising more and less developmental types of neo-patrimonial regime and to supporting development in a politically intelligent way. Research from the Africa Power & Politics Programme (www.institutions-africa.org) will be drawn upon to illustrate what this might mean and why it provides the best basis for directing aid towards country-owned development efforts.D. Boothhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/445107http://www.search4dev.nl/record/445107More than one billion people live in fragile states. These countries face great development challenges, and progress remains elusive. Poverty rates are higher than in other low-income countries and states are unable to deliver basic services to their citizens. Internationally, many attempts have been made to ‘fix’ fragile states, but most of these efforts were unsuccessful. Should development actors continue to assist fragile states in order to promote development for their citizens or must we learn to live with them? Should we continue to send more aid, or rather supporting them in building strong institutions?R. TreffersS. KaplanR. Grotenhuishttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/443066http://www.search4dev.nl/record/443066The lecture “Making Services Work for the Poor” by Mr Shantayanan Devarajan, lead author of the World Development Report 2004, is followed by a case-study of local government accountability in Gedaref, Sudan by Peter van Tilburg and Arne Musch.S. DevarajanP. van TilburgA. Muschhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/443062http://www.search4dev.nl/record/443062A special of the P+ magazine about Municipal International Cooperation. With inspiring examples about a.o. social housing in South Africa, the Millennium Municipality Campaign and separation of waste in Uganda.J. Bom (edt)A. van Unen (edt)http://www.search4dev.nl/record/443060http://www.search4dev.nl/record/443060Local governments across the world consider high quality service delivery to their citizens as one of their first and foremost tasks. VNG International has supported numerous local governments in achieving this goal by establishing so-called "one stop desks", considered to be one of the most effective and efficient instruments for citizen-friendly service delivery. A one stop desk is an office where citizens can go to obtain or ask for local government products and services. VNG International has developed a new toolkit, "How can we help you? A toolkit for establishing a local government one stop desk", which presents the step-by-step approach VNG International has developed over the years in various projects, mainly in Central and Eastern Europe. Its final objective being the creation of fully operational one stop desks wherever these may be needed.J. HeckerM. Netolickýhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/443056http://www.search4dev.nl/record/443056A brochure published for a non-Dutch audience explaining the success of the Millennium Gemeente (Millennium Municipality) Campaign in the Netherlands. It goes into questions such as: ‘Why do local authorities sign up, and what do they do?’ ‘What support does VNG offer?’ and ‘What lessons can be learned from the experience so far?’J. Breugem (edt)A. Wiggers (edt)http://www.search4dev.nl/record/442140http://www.search4dev.nl/record/442140This is the annual report of Partos for 2011. Partos is the national platform for Dutch civil society organisations in the international development cooperation sector. This field includes poverty alleviation, humanitarian intervention, human rights and sustainable development. Partos supports its member organisations in reaching their goals by working to increase professionalism throughout the sector and helping it to position itself clearly in the public eye.Vereniging Partoshttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/442138http://www.search4dev.nl/record/442138This is the annual report of Plan Nederland for 2010/2011. Plan Nederland is member of Plan International. Plan Nederland is member of Plan International. Plan's vision is of a world in which all children realise their full potential in societies that respect people's rights and dignity. Plan aims to achieve lasting improvements in the quality of life of deprived children in developing countries, through a process that unites people across cultures and adds meaning and value to their lives, by: 1) enabling deprived children, their families and their communities to meet their basic needs and to increase their ability to participate in and benefit from their societies, 2) building relationships to increase understanding and unity among peoples of different cultures and countries, and 3) promoting the rights and interests of the world's children.Planhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/441891http://www.search4dev.nl/record/441891NCDO annual report for 2011. NCDO (National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development) involves people in the Netherlands in international cooperation and supports them with information, subsidies and advice. The millennium goals provide the point of reference for all these activities.NCDO