Università Roma Tre

CONTENT:
PART I – Introduction and description of the Course; the UN framework: past vs. future international development cooperation
Topic: Preliminary basics of the International development cooperation
Conceptual framework of the International development cooperation
Operational mechanisms and procedures
The right to development and international cooperation
Topic: Key-elements of the right to development
Economic, sustainable and social factors at the core of the human development concept: theoretical and practical approach
International actors: donors and partners; IOs; the role of the United Nations within the international cooperative framework
From MDGs to SDGs (including environmental and emergency-humanitarian cooperation)
Approaching to the 2015 time limit and beyond: the new era of the post-2015/2030 Development Agenda
PART II – The financial/trade development cooperation
Topic: The International financial and trade development cooperation
The role and action of the World Bank Group and related development cooperation mechanisms and models
The financial cooperation of the International Monetary Fund
Topic: Trade Law and development cooperation principles
The basics of WTO: principles and rules to create and perform International development cooperation practices
Comprehensive overview about international financial and trade development cooperation actors and models
PART III – The regional dimension, the non-institutional approach of the international development cooperation
Topic: The regional dimension of the development cooperation (including environmental and emergency-humanitarian cooperation)
Historical, legal and practical features of the development partnership between EEC/EU and the African and Mediterranean Countries
The European development model cycle: analysis and implementation in a comparative perspective
Topic: The non-state actors of the international development cooperation
NGOs: private profile, global action
The business and the International development cooperation: rethinking the way for best actions
Corporate Social Responsibility and human rights protection in the view of development cooperation
The environmental/climate issues in the international negotiations and multi-level cooperation strategies; focus on the right to water
PART IV – Case studies: Italy
Topic: The Italian development cooperation framework; case studies (environment/climate; humanitarian/emergency cooperation)
Lessons from the past for a new legal and institutional framework of the Italian development cooperation

REQUIRED READINGS:
1) UNDP, Human Development Report 2010/2011/2013/2014/2015/Global Sustainable Development Report 2016/2019 (free choice of one UNDP Report: http://hdr.undp.org/en; https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/globalsdreport) / 2020 and following annual editions
2) Books:
2010, Rumu Sarkar, International Development Law. Rule of Law, Human Rights, and Global Finance, Oxford University Press, chapters 2 and 4, http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195398281.001.0001/acprof-9780195398281
3) Articles listed by Journal/Review (one choice) free access to Journals/Reviews on www. sba.uniroma3.it, please refer to the Syllabus: as per the academic path, the choice should be focus on environmental/humanitarian proposals in the list.