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This text explains the recent process of mainstreaming the codevelopment concept in policy-making, NGO and academic fields in Spain. |
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An example of this tendency may be found in the imbalance between de 23 million euro budget that the [[EU]] plans on investing in the [[Schengen Information System]] and the [[Visa Information System]] (aimed at a further immigrant identification and control) with the 3 million euro budget (4 million in its second year) granted to codevelopment projects.
== CODEVELOPMENT IN SPAIN ==
Since the late nineties, codevelopment has been the subject of postgraduate studies, specialist courses, discussions and forums among multiple actors, as well as calls for project grants by some local and regional administrations, beginning with the Municipality of Madrid. These authorities were quickly aware of the local impact of the presence of new immigrant communities, the importance of the links that bind them with their communities of origin, and the desirability of relating them in any future action to support the policies of cooperation. Codevelopment policies had a much stronger presence and development in the regional and local levels.
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In the last five years, academic research on codevelopment increased, as a result of the strong immigration process experienced by the Spanish society from 2000 onwards (which represented nearly 80% of Spain’s demographic growth). A website devoted to codevelopment, with many useful resources and discussions papers, was set up by CIDEAL, a development cooperation think tank. Many universities decided to open up new learning courses on the matter, following the steps of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Several doctoral thesis are currently being carried out, focusing diverse aspects of codevelopment, including the impact of migration in the sending countries, mainly Ecuador and Morocco.
''Current definitions of codevelopment in Spain''
The Spanish viewpoint on codevelopment has been strongly influenced by the work of the Migration and Development International Network, based in the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas and El Colef (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte), in Tijuana, Mexico.
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