Reconsidering the consistency between principles and practices for Technical Cooperation between Developing Countries: A critical analysis of ProSavanah.

The present article analyses the relationship between principles and practices for Technical Cooperation between Developing Countries (TCDC), in the case of Brazilian-Mozambican collaboration within the ProSavanah programme. The notion of horizontality can be identified as a strong part of the ideational basis for Brazilian development cooperation. Such egalitarian conceptions are also strongly reflected within the discourse of the ProSavanah programme, but their effectuation encounters a range of complications related to the practical implementation and difficulties with aligning the multitude of different motivations, development perceptions and particular interests permeating the programme. The article argues that a layered approach, with a focus beyond inter-governmental relations, and comprising of local community consultancy and civil society inclusion, is necessary for such cooperation projects to be consistent with their basis of principles. O presente artigo analisa a relacao entre principios e praticas na Cooperacao Tecnica entre Paises em Desenvolvimento (CTPD), no caso da colaboracao Brasileira-Mocambicana dentro do programa de ProSavanah. O conceito de horizontalidade pode ser identificado como uma parte substancial da base ideacional na cooperacao pelo desenvolvimento do Brasil. Tais concepcoes igualitarias tambem refletem fortemente dentro do discurso do programa de ProSavanah, porem, a sua efetuacao encontra uma serie de complicacoes relacionadas a implementacao pratica e dificuldades de alinhar a multiplicidade de diferentes motivacoes, percepcoes sobre o desenvolvimento e interesses particulares que permeiam o programa. O artigo argumenta que uma abordagem abrangendo diferentes niveis de foco, indo alem das relacoes inter-governamentais, e que compreende consulta das comunidades locais e inclusao da sociedade civil, e necessaria para que tais iniciativas sejam coerentes com a sua base de principios.

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