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203 219 36 ; S ; [EN] Different stakeholders tried participatory approaches to boost progress in rural sanitation in India. The policy processes around these experiences, despite shaping their outcomes, remain a knowledge gap this paper addresses. Evidence show that the interests of the actors involved resulted in the national campaign being construction-focused. Therefore, participatory approaches could only be successfully introduced through networks with political champions at their centre. Moreover, political dynamics determined the success of the different introduction strategies. A better understanding of these policy processes, using analytical frameworks such as the one we propose, will lead to smarter influencing strategies in the sanitation sector. Hueso, A.; Boni Aristizábal, A.; Fernández-Baldor, Á. (2018). Embracing the Complexity of Policy Processes in Sanitation: Insights from India. Development Policy Review. 36:203-219. doi:10.1111/dpr.12246 Chambers , R. 2009 Going to scale with Community-Led Total Sanitation: Reflections on experience, issues and ways forward https://www.ids.ac.uk/publication/going-to-scale-with-community-led-total-sanitation-reflections-on-experience-issues-and-ways-forward Deak , A. 2008 Taking Community-Led Total Sanitation to scale: Movement, spread and adaptation http://www.ids.ac.uk/publication/taking-community-led-total-sanitation-to-scale-movement-spread-and-adaptation1 DFID 2009 Political economy analysis how to note: A DFID practice paper https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/events-documents/3797.pdf Duncan , A. Williams , G. 2010 Making development assistance more effective by using political economy analysis: What has been done and what have we learned? http://thepolicypractice.com/publications/making-development-assistance-more-effective-by-using-political-economy-analysis-what-has-been-done-and-what-have-we-learned/ Government of Himachal Pradesh 2005 Strategy for total rural sanitation in HP http://www.hptsc.nic.in/TSC%20Strategy.pdf Government ...

[EN] With the crisis in Spain, the youth face a situation of multi-dimensional disadvantage. In this paper we analyse the perspectives of different stakeholders on this situation, as well as how these perspectives inform the design and implementation of public policies. We carried out a qualitative study with an innovative theoretical approach, the capability approach. We reviewed secondary sources and undertook 21 in-depth interviews with 21 key stakeholders. Evidences show that current policies affecting the youth have a narrow focus on job creation, overlooking the multiple disadvantages that today's young face. This situation is aggravated by the lack of participation in definition and implementation of policies, and by partisan interests and short-term strategies. ; [ES] Con la crisis en España, la juventud se enfrenta a una situación multidimensional de desventaja. En el artículo analizamos los puntos de vista de distintos actores sobre dicha situación, y cómo estas perspectivas se reflejan en el diseño e implementación de las políticas públicas. Realizamos un estudio cualitativo mediante una aproximación innovadora, el enfoque de capacidades, utilizando tanto revisión de fuentes secundarias como entrevistas en profundidad a 21 actores clave. Las evidencias muestran que las actuales políticas tienen una perspectiva limitada, centrada en la creación de empleo y que no considera las múltiples desventajas a las que se enfrentan los jóvenes hoy en día. Esto se agrava con la falta de participación en la definición e implementación de políticas, y con intereses partidistas y estrategias cortoplacistas. ; Hueso, A.; Boni Aristizábal, A.; Belda-Miquel, S. (2015). Perspectivas y políticas sobre la juventud en desventaja en España: un análisis desde el enfoque de capacidades. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. (152):47-64. doi:10.5477/cis/reis.152.47 ; S ; 47 ; 64 ; 152

47 64 152 ; S ; [EN] With the crisis in Spain, the youth face a situation of multi-dimensional disadvantage. In this paper we analyse the perspectives of different stakeholders on this situation, as well as how these perspectives inform the design and implementation of public policies. We carried out a qualitative study with an innovative theoretical approach, the capability approach. We reviewed secondary sources and undertook 21 in-depth interviews with 21 key stakeholders. Evidences show that current policies affecting the youth have a narrow focus on job creation, overlooking the multiple disadvantages that today's young face. This situation is aggravated by the lack of participation in definition and implementation of policies, and by partisan interests and short-term strategies. ; [ES] Con la crisis en España, la juventud se enfrenta a una situación multidimensional de desventaja. En el artículo analizamos los puntos de vista de distintos actores sobre dicha situación, y cómo estas perspectivas se reflejan en el diseño e implementación de las políticas públicas. Realizamos un estudio cualitativo mediante una aproximación innovadora, el enfoque de capacidades, utilizando tanto revisión de fuentes secundarias como entrevistas en profundidad a 21 actores clave. Las evidencias muestran que las actuales políticas tienen una perspectiva limitada, centrada en la creación de empleo y que no considera las múltiples desventajas a las que se enfrentan los jóvenes hoy en día. Esto se agrava con la falta de participación en la definición e implementación de políticas, y con intereses partidistas y estrategias cortoplacistas. Hueso, A.; Boni Aristizábal, A.; Belda-Miquel, S. (2015). Perspectivas y políticas sobre la juventud en desventaja en España: un análisis desde el enfoque de capacidades. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. (152):47-64. doi:10.5477/cis/reis.152.47

El trabajo se sitúa en el actual debate sobre si la adopción de la Agenda Global 2030 y los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible en las políticas y prácticas de cooperación supone un avance o un retroceso. Para ello, nos interrogamos más concretamente sobre si pueden ser positivos o negativos para abordar los problemas concretos percibidos por el sector de la cooperación no gubernamental al desarrollo español. De forma más normativa y posicionada, nos preguntamos si la agenda puede contribuir a abordar estos problemas de una forma más transformadora, esto es, contribuyendo a la repolitización de la cuestión del desarrollo y la cooperación.Para ello, nos hemos centrado en las reflexiones y cuestionamientos que emergen desde la sociedad civil en el caso de la cooperación valenciana. Estas voces nos ofrecen una mirada cuestionadora de mucho interés, a partir de la cual repensamos y proponemos formas en la que la agenda global puede adoptarse, para avanzar hacia una cooperación más transformadora.

[EN] There is growing interest in the potential of grassroots innovations for the transition towards more just and sustainable societies. Nevertheless, there is lack of clear normative discussion regarding these processes. The paper strives to propose and test a framework that enables an analysis of how and in which sense specific grassroots innovation processes may be contributing to the construction of more just societies. To this end, we connect elements of the multi-level perspective on sociotechnical transitions (frequently used in the analysis of grassroots innovations) with elements of the capability approach, which offers a multi-dimensional perspective to justice. The framework is used to address two purposively selected empirical cases in two key sectors in Spain: an energy cooperative and a food purchasing group. We draw on the information of 25 individual interviews with members of these two cases, on observation, and on secondary sources. Information was processed by means of a qualitative content analysis. We draw on predefined categories from the framework, which was refined during the analysis. The paper illustrates that grassroots innovations may be contributing to justice in several aspects: they expand capabilities in different dimensions, improve public reasoning processes, and create better structural conditions for human flourishing. Nevertheless, these processes are not free of tensions and contradictions. ; This research was funded by the Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad, Plan Estatal de Investigacion, grant number CSO2013-41985-R. ; Belda-Miquel, S.; Pellicer-Sifres, V.; Boni Aristizábal, A. (2020). Exploring the Contribution of Grassroots Innovations to Justice: Using the Capability Approach to Normatively Address Bottom-Up Sustainable Transitions Practices. Sustainability. 12(9):1-20. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093617 ; S ; 1 ; 20 ; 12 ; 9 ; Bennett, W. L. (2012). The Personalization of Politics. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, ...

[EN] The approval of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has generated intense debates in the aid sector at the global, national and subnational levels. A key question is whether they can address structural problems in development aid policies and practices, such as the lack of accountability and coherence, unequal power relations, or depoliticisation. It seems that this will depend on how the agenda is adopted in the various territories as well as on the different interests at play. We address this question by studying the case of the Valencian Autonomous region. This is the territory in Spain where institutions have been the most active in establishing the SDGs at the core of the political discourses. We follow a qualitative methodology based on semi-structured interviews with key respondents from the public, civil society and university sectors, participant observation, and the analysis of secondary information. Inspired by critical discourse analysis, we explore the varying and conflicting discourses regarding the potential of SDGs to address the problems of aid, and on the impacts that its adoption are producing. We illustrate that the introduction of SDGs in aid policies is a conflictive process modelled by the power dynamics. ; Belda-Miquel, S.; Boni Aristizábal, A.; Calabuig Tormo, C. (2019). SDG Localisation and Decentralised Development Aid: Exploring Opposing Discourses and Practices in Valencia's Aid Sector. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 20(4):386-402. https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2019.1624512 ; S ; 386 ; 402 ; 20 ; 4 ; Belda-Miquel, S., Boni, A., Cuesta-Fernández, I., & Peris, J. (2016). Are rights-based approaches helping (re)politicise development NGOs? Exploring the Spanish case. International Development Planning Review, 38(2), 135-157. doi:10.3828/idpr.2016.7 ; Cimadamore, A. D. (2016). Global justice, international relations and the Sustainable Development Goals' quest for poverty eradication. Journal of International and Comparative Social ...

speeches and buoys dominant in international cooperation have been characterised by depoliticisation and unequal power relations. However, there is also a mere experience of transformative cooperation, in which the joint work between social organisations in the north and south is linked to a My's political perspective. These types of experiences can be considered as informal learning processes in social spirit: through shared actions, strategies and frameworks, and through interaction between organisations, institutions and grassroots, informal and multidimensional learning processes are produced in the individuals and organisations involved. The study addresses four cases of networks that have linked waves and Colombian organisations promoting defence and social mobilisation for the defence of human rights in Colombia. The results show that the people involved in the cases experience intensive learning processes that are relevant to the building of solidarity and a radical global citizen, but that these processes are also in the face of limitations, tensions and challenges. Dominant problems and practices in international cooperation have been characterised by depoliticisation and equal power relationships. However, a number of more transformative experiences of cooperation also exist, where joint work between Northern and Southern social organisations is linked with a more political perspective. This kinds of experience can be considered as processes of informal learning in social action: through targeted actions, strategies and frameworks and through interaction between organisations, institutions and the grassroots, informal and multidimensional learning processes in the people and organisations involved. The study approaches four cases of networks that have linked Spanish and Colombian organisations which promote advocacy and social mobilisation for the defence of human rights in Colombia. The results showing that people involved in the cases experience intentional learning processes that are relevant for ...

[EN]: The implementation of policies that have sought to involve immigrant associations in the development of their countries of origin, under the name of co-development, was a novelty in Spain during the last decade. This new model of development cooperation carried out by the migrants themselves has not only generated new opportunities for its associations, but also significant risks, especially in the field of decentralized cooperation driven by autonomous communities. In this article, we present the specific case of the Valencian Community, where the co-development reached a considerable degree of implementation between 2006 and 2012. Through the analysis of Valencian co-development policies, it is possible to see how immigrant associations have actually occupied a secondary place in the new cooperation schemes against the NGO Development, while many have abandoned their protest to focus on projects and proposals for welfare activities. ; [FR]: La mise en œuvre des politiques qui ont cherché à impliquer les associations d'immigrés dans le développement de leurs pays d'origine, sous le nom de codéveloppement, était une nouveauté en Espagne au cours de la dernière décennie. Ce nouveau modèle de coopération au développement menée par les migrants eux-mêmes a généré de nouvelles possibilités pour les associations, mais aussi des risques importants, en particulier dans le domaine de la coopération décentralisée conduite par les collectivités autonomes. Dans cet article, nous présentons le cas spécifique de la collectivité de Valence, où le codéveloppement a atteint un degré considérable de mise en œuvre entre 2006 et 2012. Grâce à l'analyse des politiques de codéveloppement de Valence, il est possible de voir comment les associations d'immigrés ont effectivement occupé une place secondaire dans les nouveaux programmes de coopération contre le développement des ONG, tandis que beaucoup ont abandonné leur protestation pour s'orienter vers des projets et des propositions d'activités de bien-être. ; [DE]: Die Implementierung von Richtlinien, die darauf ausgerichtet sind, Migrantenvereinigungen unter dem Begriff Ko-Entwicklung (co-development) in die Entwicklung ihrer Herkunftsländer zu involvieren, war in den vergangenen 10 Jahren ein neues Konzept in Spanien. Dieses neue Modell der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, die von den Migranten selbst ausgeführt wird, bot den Vereinigungen neue Möglichkeiten, brachte aber auch erhebliche Risiken mit sich, insbesondere im Bereich der dezentralisierten Zusammenarbeit, die von autonomen Gemeinschaften angetrieben wurde. Dieser Beitrag präsentiert den speziellen Fall von Valencia, wo die Ko-Entwicklung zwischen 2006 und 2012 in großem Maße implementiert wurde. Anhand einer Analyse der Richtlinien zur Ko-Entwicklung in Valencia kann man sehen, wie Migrantenvereinigungen in der Tat einen zweitrangigen Platz in dem neuen Programm der Zusammenarbeit gegenüber der Entwicklung der nicht-staatlichen Organisationen eingenommen haben, während viele nicht länger protestieren, um sich auf Projekte und Vorschläge für gemeinnützige Aktivitäten zu konzentrieren. ; [ES]: La implementación de políticas que han tratado de implicar a asociaciones inmigrantes en el desarrollo de sus países de origen, bajo el nombre de codesarrollo, fue una novedad en España durante la pasada década. Este nuevo modelo de cooperación al desarrollo llevado a cabo por los propios migrantes ha generado nuevas oportunidades para sus asociaciones, pero también riesgos significativos, especialmente en el campo de la cooperación descentralizada impulsada por las comunidades autónomas. En el presente artículo, presentamos el caso específico de la Comunidad Valenciana, donde el codesarrollo alcanzó un considerable grado de implementación entre 2006 y 2012. Mediante el análisis de las políticas de codesarrollo valencianas, es posible ver cómo las asociaciones de inmigrantes han ocupado realmente un lugar secundario en los nuevos planes de cooperación contra el Desarrollo de ONG, mientras que muchas han abandonado su protesta para centrarse en proyectos y propuestas de actividades de bienestar. ; Peer reviewed

[ES]: Con la crisis en España, la juventud se enfrenta a una situación multidimensional de desventaja. En el artículo analizamos los puntos de vista de distintos actores sobre dicha situación, y cómo estas perspectivas se reflejan en el diseño e implementación de las políticas públicas. Realizamos un estudio cualitativo mediante una aproximación innovadora, el enfoque de capacidades, utilizando tanto revisión de fuentes secundarias como entrevistas en profundidad a 21 actores clave. Las evidencias muestran que las actuales políticas tienen una perspectiva limitada, centrada en la creación de empleo y que no considera las múltiples desventajas a las que se enfrentan los jóvenes hoy en día. Esto se agrava con la falta de participación en la definición e implementación de políticas, y con intereses partidistas y estrategias cortoplacistas. ; [EN]: With the crisis in Spain, the youth face a situation of multi-dimensional disadvantage. In this paper we analyse the perspectives of different stakeholders on this situation, as well as how these perspectives inform the design and implementation of public policies. We carried out a qualitative study with an innovative theoretical approach, the capability approach. We reviewed secondary sources and undertook 21 in-depth interviews with 21 key stakeholders. Evidences show that current policies affecting the youth have a narrow focus on job creation, overlooking the multiple disadvantages that today's young face. This situation is aggravated by the lack of participation in definition and implementation of policies, and by partisan interests and short-term strategies. ; Peer reviewed

The Almanario is a project management methodology created by Small Grants Programme in Guatemala which operates following United Nations Global Environment Fund premises. The main goal of our research is to show the results of fourth compulsory gender measures included in the Almanario approach in ten indigenous communities in Western Guatemala. The research reveals women participation has beenincreased and had allowed them to manage project resources. Two measures (the Promotora role and mixedAdvisory Board) are preliminary steps to visualize women leadership but more time is needed in orderto consolidate and increase women participation. Nursemaids are perceived by women as a good measureto increase participation and really appropriate in a patriarchal context. Gender and self-esteem trainingshave increased women self-esteem and awareness on women rights.CITE AS:López-Torrejon, E., Boni-Aristizabal, A., Peris-Blanes, J. (2012). Incorporando la perspectiva de género en pequeños proyectos ambientales. La experiencia del Almanario en 10 comunidades indígenas de Guatemala. Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies, 1 (1): 84-100

[EN]: Dominant discourses and practices in international cooperation have been characterised by depoliticisation and unequal power relationships. However, a number of more transformative experiences of cooperation also exist, where joint work between Northern and Southern social organisations is linked with a more political perspective. These kinds of experiences can be considered processes of informal learning in social action: through shared actions, strategies and frameworks and through interaction between organisations, institutions and the grassroots, informal and multidimensional learning processes occur in the people and organisations engaged. The study approaches four cases of networks that have linked Spanish and Colombian organisations which promote advocacy and social mobilisation for the defence of human rights in Colombia. The results show that people engaged in the cases experience intense learning processes that are relevant for the construction of solidarities and a radical global citizenship, but that these processes are also replete with limitations, tensions and challenges. ; [FR]: Les discours dominants et les pratiques dans le domaine de coopération internationale ont été caractérisés par la dépolitisation et des rapports de force inégaux. Toutefois, un certain nombre d'expériences de coopération plus transformatrices existent également, au cours desquelles un travail commun entre les organisations sociales du Nord et du Sud est associé à un point de vue plus politique. Ces expériences peuvent être considérées comme des processus informels d'apprentissage en action sociale: grâce à des actions, des stratégies et des cadres communs et grâce à l'interaction entre les organisations, les institutions et les populations locales, des processus d'apprentissage informels et multidimensionnels apparaissent parmi les personnes et les organisations engagées. Cette étude aborde quatre exemples de réseaux qui ont associé des organisations espagnoles et colombiennes promouvant la sensibilisation et la mobilisation sociale pour la défense des droits de l'homme en Colombie. Les résultats montrent que les personnes engagées dans ces exemples connaissent des processus d'apprentissage intenses pertinents pour la construction de solidarités et d'une citoyenneté mondiale radicale, mais aussi que ces processus sont remplis de limites, de tensions et de défis. ; [ES]: Los discursos y las prácticas dominantes en la cooperación internacional se han caracterizado por la despolitización y por relaciones de poder desiguales. Sin embargo, existen también un número de experiencias de cooperación más transformadoras, en las que el trabajo conjunto entre organizaciones sociales del norte y del sur está vinculado a una perspectiva más política. Estos tipos de experiencias pueden ser considerados procesos de aprendizaje informal en acción social: mediante acciones, estrategias y marcos compartidos y mediante la interacción entre organizaciones, instituciones y las bases, se producen procesos de aprendizaje informales y multidimensionales en las personas y organizadas implicadas. El estudio aborda cuatro casos de redes que han vinculado a organizaciones españolas y colombianas que promueven la defensa y la movilización social para la defensa de los derechos humanos en Colombia. Los resultados muestran que las personas implicadas en los casos experimentan procesos de aprendizaje intensos que son relevantes para la construcción de solidaridades y una ciudadanía global radical, pero que dichos procesos también están repletos de limitaciones, tensiones y desafíos. ; [DE]: Die vorherrschenden Diskussionen und Praktiken in der internationalen Zusammenarbeit zeichnen sich seit einiger Zeit durch eine Entpolitisierung und ungleiche Machtbeziehungen aus. Allerdings gibt es auch eine Reihe von transformativeren Erfahrungen bei der Zusammenarbeit, wo die Kooperation zwischen nördlichen und südlichen sozialen Organisationen mit einer politischeren Perspektive in Verbindung steht. Solche Erfahrungen können als Prozesse informalen Lernens im Rahmen sozialen Handelns betrachtet werden: Gemeinsames Handeln, gemeinsame Strategien und Systeme sowie die Wechselbeziehung zwischen Organisationen, Institutionen und Basisbewegungen führen bei den involvierten Personen und Organisationen zu informalen und multidimensionalen Lernprozessen. Die Studie betrachtet vier Netzwerke, die spanische und kolumbianische Organisationen zusammengeführt haben, welche sich für die Interessenvertretung und soziale Mobilisierung für die Verteidigung von Menschenrechten in Kolumbien einsetzen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die involiverten Personen intensive Lernprozesse durchmachen, die für den Aufbau von Solidarität und einer radikalen globalen Bürgerschaft relevant sind, jedoch auch durch zahlreiche Einschränkungen, Spannungen und Probleme geprägt sind. ; This study forms part of the research project 'La movilización social como dimensión estratégica de la educación para el desarrollo'', funded in 2011 by the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation (AECID) in its call for research projects in development studies (11-CAP2- 0995). ; Peer reviewed

Trabajo presentado a la 14th General Conference of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) on "Responsible Development in a Polycentric World. Inequality, Citizenship and the Middle Classes" celebrada en Bonn (Alemannia) del 23 al 26 de junio de 2014. ; We depart from criticism towards current depoliticized and managerial discourses and practices in the development sector, which had also been assumed by non-governmental development organizations (NGDOs). These managerial approaches would not be challenging structural problems of inequality and Human Rights violation, and would be strengthening unequal power relationships in aid, between northern and southern organizations. However, we also find a number of alternative and more transformative experiences and forms of international cooperation: It is the case of some alliances between grassroots movements and organizations in the Global South that are confronting hegemonic development models, and certain progressive NGDOs and other social organizations in the Global North. Their approach to international cooperation is essentially and consciously political: These alliances prioritize advocacy and social mobilization, and are based in political engagement, solidarity, responsibility and common values and goals of social transformation. We can approach these relations of cooperation from the perspective of development education, as informal processes of learning arise in them. Through participation, accountability, the building of trust, reflection and dialogue, multidimensional and complex learning processes emerge ¿at individual and collective level-, with political, ethical, cultural and civic dimensions. In our study, we also discuss the idea that these learning processes have an emancipatory potential, as long as they may be contributing to the construction of what we call a ¿radical global citizenship¿. This can be defined as an active and politically engaged citizenship, which confronts hegemonic neo-liberal models, build transnational solidarities, values diversity and alternative epistemologies, connects struggles at local, national and global levels, and creates a cosmopolitan vision. The structure of the paper is the following one: we begin with the explanation of our theoretical framework that develops and connects these ideas on political relationships in aid, informal learning in social action, and global radical citizenship. From this framework, we approach five cases that can be considered as experiences of political relationships in aid. These are experiences of alliances between grassroots and social organizations in Colombia (women movements and indigenous movements, local NGOs, unions and Human Rights organizations) and NGDOs and other solidarity organizations in Spain, that promote together advocacy and social mobilization for the defence of Human Rights in Colombia. We will explore what has emerged in terms of learning, in individuals and groups engaged in the experiences, for global radical citizenship building. Also, we explore how these learning processes are modelled by relations within the alliances and with other stakeholders, by discourses and ideas, and by the broader context. We will find that these experiences have promoted the construction of a global citizenship in very different ways. However, they are also processes full of tensions and challenges, particularly if they want to engage more people and have a broader impact for global radical citizenship building. ; Peer Reviewed

Trabajo presentado al IV Congreso de Educación para el Desarrollo: "Cambiar la educación para cambiar el mundo. ¡Por una acción educativa emancipadora!, celebrado en Vitoria (España) del 9 al 11 de octubre de 2014. ; [ES]: El artículo parte, por un lado, de la crítica a los discursos y prácticas gerencialistas y despolitizados mayoritarios en el campo de la cooperación al desarrollo. Por otro, de la constancia de que existen experiencias de cooperación más transformadoras que conectan a personas y organizaciones en el Sur y el Norte desde una perspectiva más política del trabajo conjunto. Se tratará de experiencias sustentadas en posiciones políticas comunes, en la construcción de confianza, el trabajo horizontal y la acción política. Estas experiencias pueden ser entendidas y analizadas como procesos de aprendizaje en la acción social. Se trataría de procesos educativos complejos y multidimensionales, con implicaciones éticas, políticas, sociales y culturales, que se dan a nivel individual y colectivo, relevantes para la construcción de ciudadanía activa y una sociedad civil global. Desde esta perspectiva, se analiza el caso de cinco redes que vinculan organizaciones españolas y colombianas, las cuales realizan conjuntamente acciones de movilización e incidencia en torno al tema de los Derechos Humanos en Colombia. El análisis nos permitirá profundizar en las complejidades y tensiones, y también en la relevancia para la construcción de ciudadanía, de los procesos informales de educación a través de la movilización social, hasta ahora poco explorados. ; [EN]: The paper departs, on the one hand, from the critics to current dominant discourses and practices in the filed of development and aid, characterized by managerialism and depoliticization; on the other hand, on the fact that there exist a number of more transformative experiences of international cooperation, that link Northern and Southern peoples and organizations from a more political perspective on the joint work. We can approach these alternative experiences from the frameworks provided by Development Education, as in these experiences, built on common values and political positions, and through the construction of confidence, dialogue and reflection, multidimensional learning processes arise, at the individual and collective level. These learning processes are relevant for the construction of a global civil society. Drawing on this perspective, the study approaches five cases of networks that have linked Spanish and Colombian organizations, which promote together advocacy and social mobilization for the defense of Human Rights in Colombia. The analysis will help us to re-evaluate the idea of Development Education form a more political perspective, as well as to emphasize the relevance of informal learning processes that arise in social mobilization, ideas that have been little explored. ; Peer Reviewed