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The European Union Development Policy between Intention and Public Perception: ​Analysing the Role of Feedback from Project Beneficiaries

Casian, Diana LU (2021) STVM23 20202
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The European Union’s development policy has the primary goal to eradicate poverty at the global level and to promote sustainable development. But is the EU doing enough effort to engage the voices and the needs of the poor in order to deliver locally informed aid projects?
Emerging from these complex questions, the following research explores the importance and resourcefulness of an institutionalised feedback mechanism between the development agency of the EU and beneficiaries of its funded projects.
The exploration is tridimensional and begins with a social constructivist explanation on the importance of communicative action and socialization for norms sharing, by bringing examples from the metamorphosis of EU’s development policy.... (More)
The European Union’s development policy has the primary goal to eradicate poverty at the global level and to promote sustainable development. But is the EU doing enough effort to engage the voices and the needs of the poor in order to deliver locally informed aid projects?
Emerging from these complex questions, the following research explores the importance and resourcefulness of an institutionalised feedback mechanism between the development agency of the EU and beneficiaries of its funded projects.
The exploration is tridimensional and begins with a social constructivist explanation on the importance of communicative action and socialization for norms sharing, by bringing examples from the metamorphosis of EU’s development policy. After an in-depth analysis of the EU’s performance in providing participatory development project management, the research dwells
into the case-study analysis - its third and ultimate dimension. There, the impact of the exercise of feedback on public perception and awareness of the EU as a development actor is of most interest. Interviews with beneficiaries of EU development projects implemented in Moldova
reveal polarized opinions and division lines across the society that is the biggest recipient of EU aid per capita in the European Neighbourhood. (Less)
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author
Casian, Diana LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20202
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
feedback, development policy, European Union, public perception, actorness, participatory development
language
English
id
9033745
date added to LUP
2021-05-25 12:56:49
date last changed
2021-05-25 12:56:49
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  abstract     = {{The European Union’s development policy has the primary goal to eradicate poverty at the global level and to promote sustainable development. But is the EU doing enough effort to engage the voices and the needs of the poor in order to deliver locally informed aid projects?
Emerging from these complex questions, the following research explores the importance and resourcefulness of an institutionalised feedback mechanism between the development agency of the EU and beneficiaries of its funded projects.
The exploration is tridimensional and begins with a social constructivist explanation on the importance of communicative action and socialization for norms sharing, by bringing examples from the metamorphosis of EU’s development policy. After an in-depth analysis of the EU’s performance in providing participatory development project management, the research dwells
into the case-study analysis - its third and ultimate dimension. There, the impact of the exercise of feedback on public perception and awareness of the EU as a development actor is of most interest. Interviews with beneficiaries of EU development projects implemented in Moldova
reveal polarized opinions and division lines across the society that is the biggest recipient of EU aid per capita in the European Neighbourhood.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The European Union Development Policy between Intention and Public Perception: ​Analysing the Role of Feedback from Project Beneficiaries}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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