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Interim report on the research phase
Full text linkThis is the report of one year of interdisciplinary team research in preparation of the Dassenetch Integrated Development Program (DIDP),
SNV (Netherlands Development Organization) – ETHIOPI
Relativistic international development and its potential for implementing self-determination in Ethiopia: Policy recommendations
No full textThis paper is an abstract of policy recommendations based on my presentation to the 2019 Annual Conference of Oromo Studies Association. It is included in the official Proceedings of the Conference. A longer paper was published open access in Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo, XXII, n. 21 (2), 2019, title: 'The relativistic attitude in development: reflections on the implementation of the Ethiopian multinational Constitution'
The relativistic attitude in development: reflections on the implementation of the Ethiopian multinational Constitution
Full text linkL’approccio allo sviluppo che considera la crescita economica come unico obiettivo può produrre degli effetti deleteri sui gruppi marginalizzati. Lo sviluppismo adottato in Etiopia dal 1991 illustra questo punto con riferimento ai contadini, ai popoli pastorali e alle minoranze etniche. La riflessione internazionale sullo sviluppo e il progresso nel campo dei diritti umani hanno portato all’emergere di nuovi paradigmi. L’articolo mostra come le misure correttive siano state caratterizzate da una crescente attitudine ‘relativistica’, che consiste nel dare considerazione alla rilevanza di articolazioni particolari di cultura, norme formali o informali, e condizioni locali. L’attitudine relativistica è prima definita e poi considerata in relazione alla compatibilità con la Costituzione Etiopica, adottata nel 1995 ma mai messa realmente in pratica. La pressione del movimento Qeerroo sta inducendo la coalizione al potere ad aprire effettivamente alla democratizzazione del paese e alla decentralizzazione. C’è quindi una concreta possibilità di rivedere anche le politiche sviluppiste, in linea sia con la Costituzione sia con i diritti umani di seconda e terza generazione.Under the development approach that targets economic growth as its sole objective the marginalised groups may seriously be impacted. The developmental policy adopted since 1991 in Ethiopia illustrates it in relation to small-holding farmers, pastoralists and ethnic minorities. At the international level, alternative development paradigms have evolved along with progress in human rights. This article shows that the corrective measures have been informed by a growing ‘relativistic’ attitude, consisting in giving consideration to the relevance of specific articulations of culture, formal or informal norms and local conditions. The relativistic attitude is first defined and then considered in terms of compatibility with the Ethiopian multinational Constitution, adopted in 1995 but never really implemented. Under the pressure of the Qeerroo movement the ruling coalition in Ethiopia is today opening up to democracy and effective decentralisation. There is today a concrete possibility to revise the country’s developmental policy, in line with the Constitution and respecting second and third generation human rights
I Borana: Una società assembleare dell'Etiopia
No full textEtnografia degli Oromo-Borana , Kenya ed Etiopia
Territories of Life in Europe. Towards a Classification of the Rural Commons for Biodiversity Conservation
Full text linkInternational awareness has grown about the relevance of considering indigenous and local communities as agent of eco-compatible territorial governance. This is today fully acknowledged in the context of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) and the CBD (United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity). Notions like “territories of life”, “ICCAs”, “community-based OECMs” (Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures) and voluntarily “conserved areas” have become central in international conservation discourse, but they are not equally considered in the EU environmental and agricultural policy. The Italian case here presented shows that rural commons have survived and are re-emerging as relevant factor of biodiversity conservation. The specific political and juridical histories of the process of recognition in Italy deeply affected the modality of Common Pool Resources (CPRs) governance. Given the high level of the regulatory function by the State in Europe, it is recommended that the EU develops ad hoc policy attention for the environmental value of the rural commons. To this aim more studies are needed at European scale. Building on the criteria adopted for the Italian classification of rural commons, it is here suggested that careful methodological design may help to address the complexity of CPRs and Common Action research and high intraEuropean diversity, for constructing meaningful interdisciplinary, multi-method and policy-oriented research
Pastoralists are peoples: Key issues in advocacy and the emergence of pastoralists' rights
Full text linkThis article deals with the rights-based approach to development that in the last decade has informed discourse on pastoralism. It focuses on the organisations that have engaged in pastoral advocacy at the global level, considering the dynamic conceptions of development, human rights and policy that provide their cultural and operative background. It outlines the convergence of indigenous rights with the core challenges of pastoralism, and the emergence of the new concept of 'pastoralists' rights', eventually considered as a separate domain. It argues that the mobility paradigm of pastoral development may not by itself provide an adequate answer to the problems of pastoral communities, unless explicit consideration is made of the collective and procedural rights recognised under the international human rights framework
Report on the peace making ceremony held in Arbore, Ethiopia, 6-9 March 1993
Full text linkThis is the technical report of the support provided by SNV to the elders that have organised the the Peace Making ceremony in Arbore in 199
GEM-CON-BIO Case Study Report. Borana-Oromo Community Conserved Landscapes, Ethiopia
Full text linkTechnical report for the GEMCOBIO project
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