Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS) | 6 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté des Sciences sociales) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course will get into different topics of contemporary development cooperation and humanitarian aid.
Part 1: New Actors and New Strategies of the international Assistance. This part particularly deals with: the South-South Co-operation; the Sustainable Development Goals and the climatic justice; the new trends of the financing of the development; the bilateral and regional agreements of trade and investment (APE in the TTIP including the agreements of regional integration.
Part 2 - The Speeches of the International Co-operation. This part deals with an analysis of some international co-operation' buzzwords (participation, ownership, empowerment...)
Part 3 - Stakes and mechanism of the humanitarian aid. This last part approaches various aspects of the humanitarian aid (history, architecture, ways of intervention and financing, tools, mechanism of action...). We shall also study some structural stakes in the contemporary humanitarian aid : mediatization, relations with the local States, the efficiency and the legitimacy of aid....
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Thorough knowledge of the current stakes in the development aid and in the modalities of humanitarian intervention.
The student must also be able to develop a critical reading of the international co-operation's buzzwords: participation, ownership, capacity building, etc.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
This course is running on from the course "Sociology of international cooperation". An elementary knowledge of the actors and stakes of the international co-operation is essential.
A minimal skill in English is needed.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex-cathedra classes, debates and role-playing.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face
For the academic year 2020-2021, compliance with covid measures: 1m gap between each student and compulsory wearing of the mask.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
No Syllabus.
Powerpoint files + complementary readings progressively distributed at each lesson.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Written examination.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Gautier PIROTTE, Professeur
Phone : 04/366.27.80 Fax : 04/366.47.51
E-mail : Gautier.Pirotte@uliege.be
Arnaud ZACHARIE, maître de conférences
E-mail : arnaud.zacharie@cncd.be
Secrétariat Faculty of Social Sciences:
Nathalie Pulgar
Phone : 04/366.36.18
E-mail : npulgar@ulg.ac.be