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Botswana's Ownership over the Development Cooperation with the European Union: Technical and Vocational Education and Training and the Cooperation of Stakeholders

Blasek, Maximilian LU (2019) STVM23 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The development research has stressed the importance of technical and vocational education and training for systemic progress in a society. However, proscribed donor-centred solutions often fail to deliver the expected result. As such enabling the local stakeholders and supporting their ideas rather than enforcing the donors' own visions is seen as a promising way to engage in development policy. By conceptualising ownership and examining the cooperation between the EU and key ministries in Botswana this study finds that there are regular exchanges between the EU and stakeholder ministries, which go beyond the usual diplomatic channels. While financial budget support limits the decision making possibilities of the Ministry of Finance and... (More)
The development research has stressed the importance of technical and vocational education and training for systemic progress in a society. However, proscribed donor-centred solutions often fail to deliver the expected result. As such enabling the local stakeholders and supporting their ideas rather than enforcing the donors' own visions is seen as a promising way to engage in development policy. By conceptualising ownership and examining the cooperation between the EU and key ministries in Botswana this study finds that there are regular exchanges between the EU and stakeholder ministries, which go beyond the usual diplomatic channels. While financial budget support limits the decision making possibilities of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning the subject orientated cooperation with the government ministries in Botswana relies more on local expertise and is less prone to European influence where such external expertise is not deemed necessary. (Less)
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author
Blasek, Maximilian LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20191
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
EU Development Cooperation, Ownership, Botswana, Development Policy
language
English
id
8991602
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 09:21:08
date last changed
2019-09-06 09:21:08
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  abstract     = {{The development research has stressed the importance of technical and vocational education and training for systemic progress in a society. However, proscribed donor-centred solutions often fail to deliver the expected result. As such enabling the local stakeholders and supporting their ideas rather than enforcing the donors' own visions is seen as a promising way to engage in development policy. By conceptualising ownership and examining the cooperation between the EU and key ministries in Botswana this study finds that there are regular exchanges between the EU and stakeholder ministries, which go beyond the usual diplomatic channels. While financial budget support limits the decision making possibilities of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning the subject orientated cooperation with the government ministries in Botswana relies more on local expertise and is less prone to European influence where such external expertise is not deemed necessary.}},
  author       = {{Blasek, Maximilian}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Botswana's Ownership over the Development Cooperation with the European Union: Technical and Vocational Education and Training and the Cooperation of Stakeholders}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}