Bilateral development cooperation
09.03.2007 / 12:21
Bilateral development cooperation is provided in the following forms: technical cooperation, cooperation in the fields of economic and social infrastructure, financial cooperation, debt relief, assistance for refugees in the Czech Republic, the granting of government scholarships, development guidance, development cooperation training and awareness, development research, and the building of the capacities of nongovernmental organizations active in development cooperation.
Bilateral development cooperation is provided in the following
forms: technical cooperation, cooperation in the fields of economic
and social infrastructure, financial cooperation, debt relief for
developing countries, assistance for refugees in the Czech
Republic, the granting of government scholarships, development
guidance, development cooperation training and awareness,
development research, and the building of the capacities of
nongovernmental organizations active in development cooperation.
a) Technical cooperation covers all areas of
assistance focusing on the training of the partner country's human
resources by improving its standard of teaching, training,
qualifications and technical and production capacities in
institutional, administrative, economic, environmental, health,
social, cultural, educational, scientific or technological fields.
Technical cooperation is usually provided in the form of projects
involving the participation of experts, social workers,
nongovernmental organizations, and enterprises, or technology
transfers.
b
) Cooperation in the fields of economic and social
infrastructure is provided via investment projects aimed
at increasing the physical stocks of partner countries and projects
to assist economic sectors.
c) Financial cooperation includes the provision of
financial gifts (as part of a specific project or as a contribution
to a sector or the national budget of the beneficiary country),
government loans for the development of recipient countries, debt
relief for developing countries, loans and micro-grants for the
populations of these countries.
d) Assistance for refugees in the Czech Republic
entails the provision of protection to refugees by enabling them to
stay and enjoy a decent existence in the Czech Republic.
e) The granting of government scholarships to
students from developing and other needy countries to study at
state universities, including the coverage of health care for
grantees.
f) Development guidance, education and awareness
in respect of development cooperation includes educating Czech
society, making it aware of the principles of development
cooperation and improving its grasp of economic, social, religious,
political, cultural and environmental impacts on the population of
developing countries.
g) Development research is the systematic
collection and analysis of information, culminating in a deeper
knowledge of economic, environmental health and social problems in
developing countries and the identification of new ways of
addressing these problems.
h) The capacities of nongovernmental organizations
are being built up to increase their share in the tackling of
problems faced by the inhabitants of developing countries.
As part of bilateral cooperation, it is possible to carry out
and co-finance joint activities with other donors in developing
countries (e.g. trilateral cooperation).