From Recipient to Donor: The Case of Polish Developmental Cooperation

Drążkiewicz-Grodzicka, Elżbieta

doi:10.17730/humo.72.1.f115m11742314855

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“…In contrary to wider efforts to promote democracy, including diplomatic pressure, aid conditionality or economic sanctions, democracy assistance highlights the role of partners in recipient countries in the development cooperation to establish democracy. ing countries since they learned from their own transition experiences and were the recipients of democracy assistance themselves not that long ago (Beichelt, Hahn-Fuhr, Schimmelfenning, Worschech, 2014;Chimiak, 2016;Drążkiewicz-Grodzicka, 2013;Horký-Hlucháň, Lightfoot, 2015;Jonavicius, 2008;Kucharczyk, Lovitt, 2007;Petrova, 2014a;Pospieszna, 2014Pospieszna, , 2016aPospieszna, , 2016bSzent-Iványi, 2014;Szent-Iványi, Lightfoot, 2015). The process of spreading ideas, institutions, policies and models across neighbouring countries through different channels is known in the literature as democracy diffusion (Brinks, Coppedge, 2006;Bunce, Wolchik, 2006).…”

Section: Development Cooperation Democracy Assistance Media Assistancementioning

confidence: 99%

Wsparcie nowych mediów na Ukrainie w ramach polskiego programu pomocy rozwojowej

Galus

Pospieszna

2017

10.14746/ssp

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After the relatively successful system transformation, some young democratic countries from Central and Eastern Europe which used to receive democratic aid in the 1980s and 90s have engaged as new donors in assisting pro-democratic changes in other post-communist countries. The donor-recipient relations between two post-communist countries can be observed on the example of the development of cooperation between Poland and Ukraine. This paper deals with Polish assistance to new media in Ukraine in from 2007-2017 as a part of supporting democracy in Ukraine under the Polish Cooperation Development Program. Firstly, this work examines whether the Polish government's support of Ukrainian media as part of cooperation development will be sustained regardless of changes in the Polish government. Secondly, the paper explores whether Polish NGOs tailor their projects, financed by the Polish MFA, to the recipients' respective needs and the current situation in Ukraine. By examining Polish media assistance, the authors aim to explain the efforts of the new donor in developing media in a partner country, emphasizing the relation between the involvement of external actors and the presence of independent media which play an important role in democratization processes.

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Section: Development Cooperation Democracy Assistance Media Assistancementioning

confidence: 99%

Wsparcie nowych mediów na Ukrainie w ramach polskiego programu pomocy rozwojowej

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Pospieszna

2017

10.14746/ssp

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“…The stage of the development of Polish aid policy (1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004), characterised by the future use of development aid coming mainly from EU sources that prepared Poland for accession to EU, was gradually coming to an end. At the same time, the first signals reflecting the change in global development awareness among the Polish political elite could be noticed (Drążkiewicz-Grodzicka, 2013). Governmental activity in the field of development aid as the donor, not only a beneficiary, was initiated.…”

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“…(1) Order submitted usually by the representative of the local authorities (city engineer, mayor, districts sub-governors, heads of line departments of Afghan ministries, schools' headmasters, the elders or local NGOs) with the key role of the Provincial Development Council (PDC). Formally, PDC was based on the Provincial Development Plan worked out for -2013(GIROA MRRD, 2007 based on Afghanistan National Development Strategy 1387-1391 (2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)) (GIROA ANDS Secretariat, 2007); in practice, it rather served as a developed list of 'infrastructural' wishes of the Afghan party.…”

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The Polish Development Programme for Ghazni Province (Afghanistan): Outputs and Challenges

Stępień

2015

J. Int. Dev.

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Polish bilateral development aid program for Afghanistan is perceived as an integral part of international efforts to rebuild the war-torn country. It was focused on Ghazni province in South Eastern part of Afghanistan, where a Polish part of a local Provincial Reconstruction Team was established in 2008. This paper analyses the outputs and challenges of the Polish Development Program for Ghazni province. Based on a field research, it shows that Polish development aid program for Ghazni was not well thought out in the then and current development and security situation. Research results indicated that Polish development aid in Ghazni had some major weaknesses, and in fact, it was contributing mainly to the infrastructure development in the province capital.

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“…The literature concerning Polish development assistance is rich, though it is not diversified in terms of the range of topics. Since the accession of Poland to the European Union, foreign institutions, non-governmental organisations and individual scientists have been analysing the Polish development cooperation system mainly from the perspective of the Visegrad Group countries (Drążkiewicz-Grodzicka, 2013;Horký-Hlucháň & Lightfoot, 2013;Kopiński, 2012;Kudzko, 2014;Lightfoot & Szent-Ivanyi, 2014;Lightfoot & Zubizaretta, 2008;Szent-Ivanyi & Lightfoot, 2015;Szent-Ivanyi & Tetenyi, 2008) or a separate case (Wasilewska, 2006;Hinz & Hofmokl, 2013;Drążkiewicz-Grodzicka, 2013;Kochanowicz, 2013;Kugiel, 2016;Szymoniczek, 2016;OECD, 2017). These publications present a complete picture of the institutional development cooperation system during the post-socialist transformation.…”

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Capacities of African-oriented Polish NGOs: a quantitative approach

Frankowska

Łęcka

Frankowski

2019

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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The aim of the paper is to investigate the capacity of Polish non-governmental organisations implementing development projects in Africa. Drawing on an integrated systemic perspective of capacity that recognises internal and external factors, this paper focuses on internal factors. Using a quantitative approach to operationalise capacity, the study suggests that those non-governmental organisations implementing the Polish development policy in Africa are highly polarised and can be divided in two groups. Whilst the first group comprises two fairly large organisations with long track records and the ability to fundraise internationally, the second group consists of smaller NGOs of different capacities and working strategies. Most Polish NGOs operate within independent networks – Catholic and secular ones. The study identifies a research gap related to the lack of comprehensive study of religious organisations’ contribution to development assistance in Africa.

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From Recipient to Donor: The Case of Polish Developmental Cooperation

Cited by 16 publications

References 16 publications

Wsparcie nowych mediów na Ukrainie w ramach polskiego programu pomocy rozwojowej

Wsparcie nowych mediów na Ukrainie w ramach polskiego programu pomocy rozwojowej

The Polish Development Programme for Ghazni Province (Afghanistan): Outputs and Challenges

Capacities of African-oriented Polish NGOs: a quantitative approach

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