Municipal cooperation for the development in the current crisis / La cooperación municipal al desarrollo ante la crisis actual

• Main Author: Manuel Rodríguez Maciá
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Asociacion Castellano-Manchega de Sociologia (ACMS) 2013-10-01
• Series: Barataria : Revista Castellano-Manchega de Ciencias Sociales
• Subjects: International cooperation; foreign policy; Spain-Latin America experiences; technical assistance; institutional municipal strengthening; identity and universality
• Online Access: https://revistabarataria.es/web/index.php/rb/article/view/94

The economic crisis is responsible for the cuts destined by the State to policies of international cooperation in its various administrations. Spain has invested significant resources in cooperation but a speech to understand this cooperation as a key concept of the political life has been missing. Municipal cooperation is one of the peculiarities of Spanish cooperation. The municipality as a school of citizenship must develop cooperation as an essential part of the political discourse. Its close vision, knowledge of specific problems, is essential in the light of efficiency. Cooperation as a need to develop our human vocation, the siege of xenophobia must be destroyed. Opting for cooperation means opting for civilization and opposing barbarity. The economic crisis is an opportunity to revise the improvements required by the system of cooperation. Suggestions from experience: technical assistance, institutional development aid, strengthening of the National Associations of Municipalities, etc.