[JMCE at Keio/Japan] Special Lecture #2 (17062017) > Special Lectures

Title

The Evolution of the Rhetoric in UN-EU Collaboration on MDGs

Speaker

Hiroshi OHKUMA, Professor, Emeritus, Seijo University

Dates

17 June 2017

Venue

4F Conference Room, South Building, Mita-Campus,

Keio University, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan

Number of

Participants

(approx.)

7

Outlines

(up to 5 points)

-The EU’s regional policy was to provide LDCs with aids to influence

them, but this was not very fruitful.

-The EU has shifted from its past policy to support all developing

countries.

-The EU’s policy is analyzed as being international public goods rather than a hegemonic power.

-The EU’s stance has been a good partner of the UN in terms of

development cooperation and countering poverty.

-The EU’s approach has been influencing other development aid

providers such as US, Russia, China and Japan.