Instituto de Estudios sobre Desarrollo y Cooperación Internacional
Nazioarteko Lankidetza eta Garapenari Buruzko Ikasketa Institutua
Instituto de Estudios sobre Desarrollo y Cooperación Internacional
Nazioarteko Lankidetza eta Garapenari Buruzko Ikasketa Institutua
EDITORIAL
Alimentación y vida en el caos climático
AMASANDO LA REALIDAD
DE UN VISTAZO Y MUCHAS ARISTAS
EN PIE DE ESPIGA
VISITAS DE CAMPO
PALABRA DE CAMPO
Whether this is the "age of crises", polycrisis or permacrisis, the idea that we are living in an unprecedented period of instability and uncertainty has become a common way of understanding our times. At the time of writing these lines, the future of humanitarian action and human solidarity appears even more precarious, as the erosion of multilateralism, cuts in public development aid and the global rise of the far right increasingly challenge the very notion of international cooperation.
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In the early 2000s, “professionalisation” was the rallying cry in the humanitarian aid sector. Twenty years later, professionalisation has undeniably and largely done its job. It is no longer just a process, welcomed by many and criticised by some, but a fact (with a salaried workforce, career structure, standardised practices, increasingly complex division of labour, etc.), even though the term is still used in a way that makes it far from clear whether this indicates a lack of understanding of these developments or empty criticism. We can but wonder, however, if the community of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has not been struggling to find a new lease of life over the past few years. It is as if the structure of the sector – whose benefits are incontestable – has gone on to erase its distinctive character built on activism and “vocational values”, at times unsettling the “old hands” and disillusioning the “newcomers”.
Del editorial del nº26.
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