The CDN

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TIn 1997 the University of Pavia, the International Centre Cooperation for Development (CICOPS), the Institute of Advanced Studies (IUSS), three Italian NGOs – CISP development of peoples, COOPI and VIS - with the financial support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of University and Research (MIUR), launched the “Master of Pavia”, the first Master Program in Cooperation and Development in Italy. Since then, the partnership among all the actors involved has been consolidated leading, through the years, to the establishment of a Cooperation and Development Network based in Pavia and involving, beyond the institutions mentioned above, the University of San Buenaventura (Cartagena des Indias, Colombia) and the University of Bethlehem.

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Today the CDN Program developed different initiatives all over the world on research and training at a higher educational level on cooperation and development field, namely:

• Master Program in Cooperation and Development (Master CD) - Pavia, Italy (since 1997)
• Escuela Latino-Americana de Cooperaciòn y Desarrollo (ELACID) - Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (since 2003)
• Master in International Cooperation and Development (MICAD) - Bethlehem, Palestine (since 2005)
• Master in International Cooperation and Development (MICD) - Kathmandu, Nepal (launched in February 2013)
• Master in Economics Cooperation and Human Development (MECOHD) -Nairobi, Kenya (forthcoming: May 2013)

To date, 736 students have successfully graduated from the three Masetr Programs (Pavia, Cartagena, Bethlehem).

Since 2004, CDN also offers in Pavia a Summer School in Quantitative Methods for Socio-Economic Analysis, held on a yearly basis.

The CDN is also an active member of several institutional networks like:

• HDCA-Human Development and Capabilities Association
• EADI- European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes
• NOHA-Network on Humanitarian Assiostance
• PEACE Program