From Development Business to Civil Society? Societal Actors in Development Cooperation

Abstract

In March 2005, Siim Kallas, then Vice-President of the Commission and responsible for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud, in a speech at the European Foundation for Management in Nottingham, made no secret of his aversion to the involvement of non-governmental organizations in European integration: ‘Many NGOs rely on public funding, some from the Commission. Annually the Commission channels over 2 billion Euros to developing countries through NGOs… Currently, a lot of money is channelled to “good causes” through organisations we know little about. Noble causes always deserve a closer look. In the Middle Ages the forests of Nottingham were famous for the courageous Robin Hood, the “prince of thieves” who tricked the Sheriff of Nottingham and stole from the rich in order to help the poor. One may regard this legendary figure as an early NGO. His cause seemed noble, but his ways to redistribute wealth were not always quite transparent.’ 1 These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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