About the Partners

CeSPI, the Centre for Studies in International Relations, is a research institute established in 1985, which carries out policy-oriented studies.

CeSPI is well known for its activities in the fields of research, consultancy, training and communication, on a number of key issues of international relations.

Its research focuses on: international development and cooperation; finance for development; the EU’s external action, and in particular its Wider Europe strategy and Neighbourhood policy; international migrations and migratory policies. Specific attention is paid to emerging actors of international relations – sub-state governments, NGOs – and to geographic areas particularly relevant for Italy (Southeastern Europe and the Balkans, the Mediterranean Basin Latin America). Research projects and programmes are carried out in cooperation amongst the different specialists in order to grasp the growing interdependency among the various dimensions of international relations.

www.cespi.it

The Society for International Development (SID) is an international network of individuals and organizations, founded in 1957 to promote social justice and foster democratic participation. Through locally driven international programmes and activities, SID strengthens collective empowerment and facilitates dialogue and knowledge sharing worldwide. In addressing issues from a multisectoral perspective, the Society emphasizes systemic and long-term approaches with a central focus on social and institutional transformation.

Through its network and international programme activities SID aims to build and nurture new social relations, to provide opportunities for the exchange of ideas, knowledge and information between diverse actors, and to create opportunities for local innovations to be strengthened, scaled-up and replicated. Underpinning all of SID's activities and linking its global initiatives and regional programmes, are the values that characterize SID's programme portfolio: equity, respect for diversity and participation.

The SID network consists of 65 local chapters, 55 institutional members and 3000 individual members in 125 countries. Its programme and activities are facilitated by an International Secretariat in Rome and a Regional Office in Nairobi.

www.sidint.org