Issue 1: Reflections and Projections
Focus article abstracts:
Development Education in Northern Ireland - Assessing the past and charting the future
In this assessment of development education practice in Northern Ireland over the past twenty years, Stephen McCloskey examines the funding trends and issues of capacity in the development sector. He examines the influence of the Department for International Development’s intervention in the sector in the late 1990s, and considers the importance of local policy and resource support of development education and the prospects for extending development education into new sectors of civil society in the future.
Opportunities for development education within formal education in the Republic of Ireland
Development education has been a feature of education in the Republic of Ireland for over thirty years. Annette Honan explores the development education opportunities within the formal education sector in the contemporary Irish context.
The Irish Development Education Association:Reflections and Projections
The need for an organisation to represent and support Irish development education practitioners resulted in the creation of the Irish Development Education Association. In this article, Sally Corcoran discusses the strategic planning, processes and constraints involved with this new organisation.
Development Education Exchange in Europe
Public engagement with development education is one of the key objectives of the Development
Education Exchange in Europe Programme. Angelo Caserta looks in detail at DEEEP’s activities and its role within development education in Europe.
Perspectives on Change: the Development Cooperation Ireland Development Education Strategy Plan 2003-2005
As the Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI) development education strategy plan comes to an end, and in light of the White Paper process on overseas development policy, it is an appropriate time to assess progress and to reflect on future planning. In this report, Catherine Roche presents DCI’s view of the gains made through their strategy in the development education sector in Ireland.
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