European Report on Development (ERD); Finland's contribution 2012

Description What is done in the programme or project and why, what results are pursued, who benefits from the activities and who are involved in the implementation.

The role of European development research in global discussions and its link to EU's policy processes is being strengthened through the "European Report on development (ERD)" initiative. The ERD is an EU Commission initiative made in 2006, and it will be implemented as a joint project between the Commission and Member States. The result will be an annual, critically analytical research report. The ERD 2009 focused on the questions of fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa and the ERD 2010 focused on the questions of global social policy and social protection. The topic of the ERD 2011 is "Effective natural resource management for inclusive and sustainable growth", special focus being on land, energy and water questions. The topic of the ERD 2012 is initially agreed to be "Post 2015 Paradigm - towards a global for development beyond 2015".