Unit LAW AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROJECTS
- Course
- International relations
- Study-unit Code
- A001437
- Curriculum
- Cooperazione internazionale e state building
- Teacher
- Lyda Favali
- Teachers
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- Lyda Favali
- Hours
- 45 ore - Lyda Favali
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- IUS/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of law and development.
This course is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on understanding the basic concepts of “law and development”. In this part, we examine the key actors in development cooperation at the international, regional, national, and sub-national level. We also look at the combination of national, international, and ‘soft law’ legal sources, that characterizes the current development context. The second part of the course focuses on project cycle design and management (PCM): students will understand how a ‘typical’ EU technical assistance project works from its design to its evaluation, and learn how to draft autonomously its core parts (logframe and action plan).
The first part of the course is based on frontal lecturing, with the support of audio-visual materials. Students are encouraged to read in advance the teaching materials, to be able to engage in active discussion in class. The second part of the course is based on coaching. Students will develop the core documents of the project cycle (logframe and action plan) by themselves with the active support of their teacher. Through a series of successive refinements (iterative method), students will prepare a final draft of their documents and will discuss it with their classmates. - Reference texts
- Students not actively attending lessons: M. Biggeri e F. Volpi, Teoria e politica dell'aiuto allo sviluppo, Franco Angeli, 2010
Students attending lessons: theoretical and practical materials will be distributed in class. - Educational objectives
- This course has three goals. First, it seeks to provide students with an understanding of what ‘Law and Development’ means, and how to measure it. Second, it offers an overview of the major actors active in the development field at the global, regional, and national levels, and of their diverse operational schemes and practices. Third, it aims at teaching the practical basic tools for project design and management, with special regard to the EU context.
- Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of English language (not compulsory)
- Teaching methods
- Combination of frontal lectures and coaching
- Other information
- Meaningful classroom participation is strongly encouraged. Please do the reading and be prepared to participate in the classroom discussions. I will be available after each class to discuss any questions and concerns. You can also send me an email or reach me by phone to make an appointment.
- Learning verification modality
- Evaluation 60% based on oral examination; 40% on the quality of project documents prepared and discussed in class
- Extended program
- This course focuses on the role played by the main international development agencies in the legal development of various countries. Non-lawyers will familiarize with legal concepts and materials, as well as with the key concepts of legal development.
The first part of the course will address the following topics:
- The origin and meaning of “development assistance” and its different indicators.
- The aid receivers: fragile states, least developed countries, emerging economies
- The main development actors: a) the UN system, organizations and specialized agencies; b) the international financial institutions (IMF e WB); c) the EU and the EEAS, instruments, programmes and their implementation, the coordination between member states, joint and decentralized programming; d) OSCE, DAC and the Working Party on Aid effectiveness; e) state actors: the Italian development cooperation and its reform; f) overview on the NGOs (international and national).
The second part of the course will focus on the tools for the formulation and implementation of EU development projects. Students will learn what Project cycle management (PCM) is and how to navigate its different phases. Each student will develop two core project documents (logframe and action plan) for a specific project with the active support of their teacher. Students will then present the final version of their logframes and action plans in class to their peers.