'Fragile States' in an Unequal World : : The Role of the G7+ in International Diplomacy and Development Cooperation.

• Author: de Siqueira, Isabel Rocha.
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, UK : : Open Book Publishers,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (258 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Figures and Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1. A Book about People: The Stories of the g7+ -- Behind the Scenes -- The Book -- 2. How to Find a Voice: On Being an Accidental Diplomat for the New Deal -- The Need to Listen -- Trust is the Most Valuable Currency -- Be Wary of the Annotated Agenda: Donor Pressures and the Problem of Empty Participation -- The Search for a Voice -- Avoid Hoarseness: Trying to Keep Up with SDG 16 -- Have your People in the Room: Seeking UN Observer Status -- 3. How to Use your Survival Skills (for Survival, Monitoring and Evaluation): On Patience, Opportunities and Cooperation -- Find Yourself Something Sacred and Go Beyond Survival: Valuing Peace and Solidarity -- Have Patience But Be Strategic About It: The Symbolism of Fragile-to-Fragile Cooperation (F2F) -- Seize and Multiply Opportunities for Yourself and Others: The Paths Towards Greater Equality -- Make Changes and See Things Through -- 4. How to Work with Passion: On the Value of Doing Things Together -- Togetherness Is a Value and a Practice: Harnessing Commonalities in Order to Move Forward -- Living with Frustration but Leaving No-One Behind: Monitoring the SDGs -- Putting Solidarity into Practice: Conflict Mediation in the Central African Republic -- Challenges to Passion and Solidarity: Seeking Flexibility in the Face of an Obsession with Templates -- 5. How to Decide Where your Pride Fits: The 'Fragile States' Label and the Need for a Unified Front -- Proud to Start With: Raising the Ownership Flag -- How to Decide Where your Pride Belongs: Shame and the World of International Experts -- The Micro and Macro Challenges to Pride: Geopolitical Negotiations and National Priorities -- What (Then) of Pride? -- 6. How to Act Responsibly: On the Sense of Duty.

Advocating for Context and Country Leadership on Peace and Development -- Making Sure Assessments Do Not Become Ends in Themselves -- Multiplying Impacts: Responsibilities Go Up and Down -- Strengthening Within: Finding Cohesion with a Diverse Group -- Engendering Interest and Responsibility in the Next Generations -- 7. The Way Forward -- The Next Generations -- Bibliography -- Videos -- g7+ Publications -- ANNEX I: g7+ Statements - A Selection -- 1. 10 April 2010, Dili, Timor-Leste -- 2. Port-au-Prince -- 3. Lomé -- 4. Kabul -- 5. Lisbon -- ANNEX II: Fragility Spectrum -- ANNEX III: g7+ Fragility Assessments -- ANNEX IV: Chronology of g7+'s Main Events Since 2010 -- ANNEX V: 2030 Agenda: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- ANNEX VI: 20 Targets Chosen in a 2016 Technical Meeting -- ANNEX VII: g7+ Statement of Solidarity and Cooperation: 'A call for concerted support in our efforts to curb COVID-19' (March 2020) -- Index.