A Agência Espanhola de Cooperação Internacional para o desenvolvimento e a cooperação descentralizada no Mercosul

Abstract

The present work analyzes the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID). The theme portrayed is the International Cooperation for Development which is very important to the field of International Relations since the end of Second World War, due to its complexity, featured in the international agenda of States, as well as your characteristic of international aid that moves large values and crosses borders in search of a more equitable world. Even with all the evidence, many countries still have difficulties in dealing with the topic. Most of the developed countries help countries less developed, is called North-South exchange between donor and recipient countries. Although the theme is known for a long time, it was only with the end of the Cold War and with the advent of globalization, that it began to be treated harder by the international society. In this context, the concept of International Cooperation for Development and Decentralized Cooperation was studied, highlighting the historical developments of these modalities, and was also demonstrated the importance of promoting cooperation in the MERCOSUR environment and maintenance of the program with the Spanish Agency of cooperation for Development (AECID). The main objective of this paper is to deepen the knowledge of the activities AECID, particularly the continuation of Program MERCOSUR-AECID, in view of the parties involved and should know the methods and actions of this agency cooperation. To address this issue, bibliographic methods were used through the exploitation of documents and books related to the subject and by international laws and treaties concerning the subject matter articles.