Finally, what is known as the 'human rights' clause, which has been incorporated into most cooperation and development agreements with third countries since the 1990s, enables the EU to keep up the pressure, in respect of human rights, on the countries with which it is linked.
WHO: World Health Organization; HDI: Human development index; MDG: Millennium development goals; PALOP: Portuguese-speaking African countries; ETPS: Technical and Vocational Schools in Health HEI Health Education Institutionon; IMES: Secondary Education Institutes in Health OECD Organizationof of Economic Cooperation and Development.
Neven Mimica, the EU commissioner for international cooperation and development, said that honouring the commitment on official development assistance (ODA) would enhance Europe's global standing and help pressure other countries into accepting their financial responsibilities.
The OECD is the Organization for European Cooperation and Development.
The Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development.
In conclusion, CDM projects in Brazil have not encouraged a cleaner model of development through cooperation among industrialized and developing countries, as they were expected to do.
The visit was an example of cooperation between developing countries, in which they share knowledge, experiences and best practices on various aspects of development.
Busan also established a number of complementary actions – on untying aid, predictability of development cooperation and use of country systems, among others (see Figure 1 for a selection) – applicable differently across members of the platform.
Grants and official development aid make up a small portion of China's toolkit for cooperation with other developing countries.
C. Cooperation in research and development, building on past cooperation in this area.
