The Trento Charter

The full text of the Trento Charter 2010 is at the bottom this page

The world has changed. The Trento Charter is an attempt to re-interpret contemporary times in order to rethink together the meaning of 'development cooperation' in its essential and unique characteristics, beyond the current legislative scenario and the need for new laws governing the matter. The fact that this movement has been detected in diverse locations stresses the urgency of this problem.

We therefore have attempted to set down a few traits that we deem fundamental in shaping what we call "cooperation as we see it": a new vision and a new practice of cooperation. Other traits may be added to these and we hope all of them in the future will be transformed into explicit indications for new regulations. Methodologically speaking, the following paper is the product of the work performed together by players in the field of international cooperation, each one variously committed in international solidarity action.

Promoters of the Trento Charter

THE BASIC POINTS OF THE TRENTO CHARTER

1. READING THE PRESENT: cooperation that thinks and acts.
2. REGAINING THE WORLD: dialogic and not self-referential cooperation.
3. INVESTMENTS: in human and social capital.
4. FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITY: quality cooperation released from economism.
5. RIGHTS IN RESPONSIBILITY: beyond the logic of need.
6. ESTABLISHING LONG-LASTING RELATIONS: cooperation beyond emergencies and next to conflicts.
7. COOPERATION IN THE PLURAL: recognizing the pluriverse of the players and of the forms.
8. BEYOND THE NETWORK: building overall schemes in creating cooperation.
9. LOOKING AHEAD: sustainable and responsible cooperation.
10. KNOWING ONE'S LIMITS: experimental, fallible, participated cooperation

To contact the Promoters of the Trento Charter:[email protected]

For the Italian text of the Charter see here

HERE 'THE TRENTO CHARTER' 2010 VERSION IN ENGLISH (in .pdf)