THE BLOG OF THE FIIAPP. Spanish cooperation
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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...
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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...
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At the First Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development (July 2006), 57 African and European countries signed the Rabat Declaration and its Action Plan, giving rise to what is known as the “Rabat Spirit”.
For the first time, there was recognition of the fact that Euro-African migration routes are a complex phenomenon that requires close collaboration between all the states involved: the countries of origin, transit and destination for migratory flows. The wor...
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Lo intentaron varias veces años atrás, pero no fue hasta marzo de 2013 cuando anunciaron de manera oficial que Turquía ya contaba con un Defensor del Pueblo. Una figura que pretende velar por los derechos de los ciudadanos en el país euroasiático y por el buen hacer de la Administración Pública. Para consolidar sus raíces, Turquía recibe el apoyo de la Unión Europea (UE) a través de un proyecto de hermanamiento gestionado por la FIIAPP junto a Francia.They tried it several times years ago, but it wasn't until March 2013 that Turkey officially announced that it had an Ombudsman. A figure whose role it is to advocate for the rights of citizens in this Euro-Asian country and for the proper functioning of the Public Administration. To consolidate its roots, Turkey is receiving the support of the European Union (EU) through a twinning project managed jointly by the FIIAPP and France.
By the end of last year, after just nine months of operation, the Turkish Ombudsman had received over 7,000 complaints according to the institution's own statistics. The main sources of dissatisfaction: the civil service, local administrations, education, access to the university...
