Working Paper 93/2011: A cooperação multilateral no contexto da União Europeia: o caso português
Title: Working Paper 93/2011: A cooperação multilateral no contexto da União Europeia: o caso português
Author(s): Faria, Raquel
Publication Date: 2011
Publisher: ISEG - CEsA
Quotation: Faria, Raquel. 2011. "A cooperação multilateral no contexto da União Europeia: o caso português". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão. CEsA - Documentos de Trabalho nº 93/2011.
Abstract: Over more than six decades, underdevelopment (situations of extreme poverty, the lack of basic sanitation networks, difficult access to drinking water and foodstuffs, …) has been one of the major concerns of the international community, more precisely of the European community. In fact, with the end of the Second World War, with the independence of many former colonies, the underdevelopment that characterized them became a target of great concern on the part of the most developed countries, not only from an economic point of view, but also from a political and social point of view. Although, at times, overlapped by other priorities and concerns, what is certain is that in this period there were already signs of fostering a joint will towards Development Cooperation. These signs grew, taking on particular importance in the mid-twentieth century, with the Treaty of Rome in 1957 and, later, with the conventions of Yaoundé I and II in 1963 and 1969, respectively. However, and as a result of the international political and economic context, it was in the 1970s (70s) that there was talk of a policy of Development Cooperation with the European Community. The objective was to develop a cooperation policy that could be applied to any and all countries, regardless of their characteristics. The idea of global cooperation, in the broadest sense of the word, then arises, which with some changes, largely as a result of evolution and even the phenomenon of globalization that has been witnessed in recent years, has perpetuated to the present day. It is within a framework of International Development Cooperation, based on the principles defended by the European Union's development policy (good governance; promotion of human rights; promotion of fair, equitable and lasting development; respect for the rule of law and democratic policies; elimination of extreme poverty, …) that the Portuguese Cooperation policy is part of. Indeed, the national cooperation policy, regardless of the type of cooperation it assumes (bilateral, decentralized or multilateral), shares the same purposes as the European Union, in defining lines of action that ultimately aim at peace, the spirit of solidarity among peoples, the establishment and consolidation of a democratic political regime in all countries, irrespective of their culture, religion or ethnicity. It seeks, above all, respect for human rights in any circumstance, as well as the promotion of the Portuguese language and the protection of the environment, which is increasingly despised by Man. It is therefore concluded that, despite the possibility of Portugal participating in the process of defining and deciding on strategies, the “(…) EU constitutes an institutional political framework to which we are bound and whose decisions and legislative process influence the performance of Portuguese cooperation in a special way, simultaneously constituting the space that allows us to disseminate and project within it the values and principles that animate Portuguese cooperation, as well as those of our development partners. It is also through the EU that these values can be taken to broader spaces than those that bilateral cooperation would allow us (…)" (Portuguese Strategy for Multilateral Cooperation, document of the Portuguese Institute for Development Support).
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3520
Category: Working paper
Abstract:
Over more than six decades, underdevelopment (situations of extreme poverty, the lack of basic sanitation networks, difficult access to drinking water and foodstuffs, …) has been one of the major concerns of the international community, more precisely of the European community. In fact, with the end of the Second World War, with the independence of many former colonies, the underdevelopment that characterized them became a target of great concern on the part of the most developed countries, not only from an economic point of view, but also from a political and social point of view. Although, at times, overlapped by other priorities and concerns, what is certain is that in this period there were already signs of fostering a joint will towards Development Cooperation. These signs grew, taking on particular importance in the mid-twentieth century, with the Treaty of Rome in 1957 and, later, with the conventions of Yaoundé I and II in 1963 and 1969, respectively. However, and as a result of the international political and economic context, it was in the 1970s (70s) that there was talk of a policy of Development Cooperation with the European Community. The objective was to develop a cooperation policy that could be applied to any and all countries, regardless of their characteristics. The idea of global cooperation, in the broadest sense of the word, then arises, which with some changes, largely as a result of evolution and even the phenomenon of globalization that has been witnessed in recent years, has perpetuated to the present day. It is within a framework of International Development Cooperation, based on the principles defended by the European Union’s development policy (good governance; promotion of human rights; promotion of fair, equitable and lasting development; respect for the rule of law and democratic policies; elimination of extreme poverty, …) that the Portuguese Cooperation policy is part of. Indeed, the national cooperation policy, regardless of the type of cooperation it assumes (bilateral, decentralized or multilateral), shares the same purposes as the European Union, in defining lines of action that ultimately aim at peace, the spirit of solidarity among peoples, the establishment and consolidation of a democratic political regime in all countries, irrespective of their culture, religion or ethnicity. It seeks, above all, respect for human rights in any circumstance, as well as the promotion of the Portuguese language and the protection of the environment, which is increasingly despised by Man. It is therefore concluded in A cooperação multilateral no contexto da União Europeia: o caso português that, despite the possibility of Portugal participating in the process of defining and deciding on strategies, the “(…) EU constitutes an institutional political framework to which we are bound and whose decisions and legislative process influence the performance of Portuguese cooperation in a special way, simultaneously constituting the space that allows us to disseminate and project within it the values and principles that animate Portuguese cooperation, as well as those of our development partners. It is also through the EU that these values can be taken to broader spaces than those that bilateral cooperation would allow us (…)” (Portuguese Strategy for Multilateral Cooperation, document of the Portuguese Institute for Development Support).
Quotation:
Faria, Raquel. 2011. “A cooperação multilateral no contexto da União Europeia: o caso português”. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão. CEsA – Documentos de Trabalho nº 93/2011.
