THE BLOG OF THE FIIAPP. Spanish cooperation
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Interview with the Inspector of the National Police Force, Fernando Santos, who spent 14 months in Guinea coordinating a FIIAPP security project
Fernando touched down in Guinea in late 2013 to coordinate a pilot project financed by the European Union and managed by the FIIAPP to restore trust in the National Police on the part of the population of this African countr...
Por Maxence Defontaine, compañero de la FIIAPP dentro del proyecto de migración 'El Proceso de Rabat'. By Maxence Defontaine, colleague of the FIIAPP within the migration project 'The Rabat Process'. Article previously published in the 3500 Millones blog(El País).
Lucid and balanced, two terms that should be considered essential when it comes to developing adequate migration policies. Lucid, because it's necessary to observe the reality of migration as it is: a phenomenon originally initiated by the person but which currently, as a result of unsustainable ...
James Midgley, es Catedrático de Servicios Sociales Públicos en la Escuela de Bienestar Social, en la Universidad de California, Berkeley. Originario de Sudáfrica, estudió en la Universidad de Ciudad del Cabo y en la London School of Economics. Es especialmente conocido por su labor desarrollada en trabajo social y la política social en los países en desarrollo. Además, está considerado como un pionero de este campo. James Midgley tiene nuevo libro “Desarrollo Social: Teoría y Práctica y lo ha presentado en la FIIAPP. James Midgley is a Professor of Public Social Services at the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley. Originally from South Africa, he studied at the University of Cape Town and the London School of Economics. He is especially known for his contributions in the area of social work and social policy in developing countries and is considered a pioneer in this field. James Midgley has a new book called “Social Development: Theory and Practice”, which he presented at the FIIAPP.
What is the purpose of this book?
It's important to keep in mind that this is a textbook for students in upper-level and graduate courses. I've taken some of the practical projects carried out in diverse countries around the world as exam...
Can you imagine doctors prescribing medicines without knowing whether or not they work? What it would be like if they tried out a series of treatments on us until one, by chance, happened to cure our disease? Can you imagine how long our illnesses would drag on while they searched for the right drug? And the money we'd waste trying ineffective medicines fruitlessly? Luckily, drugs have been tested for effectiveness since the 18th century, so that when we go to the doctor, he or she knows exactly which drug will cure us.
Unfortunately, in the world of development programmes, we're closer to the former situation than to the latter. Every year thousands of programmes designed to fight underdevelopment are carried out, yet we know very little about their effectiveness. Do vocational training programmes...
