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WTYSL toured the US & Europe in October/ November of 2010. The documentary 1+1=11 was screened and a discussion followed using Open Space Technology. The following are the reports that came out of those discussions.

OPEN SPACE TOPICS:

* WHAT IS IT? * THE CYCLE OF AID? * THE FOREIGNER INVOLVEMENT? * MONEY & SCALE? * THE CULTURES & THE IDEAS? * SOLUTIONS?*

WHAT IS IT?

•    What is aid?

Harvard/ Cambridge, Massachusetts

•    What do you define as aid effectiveness?

Hub/ Zurich, Switzerland

•    What kind of AID do “they” need?

LSE/ London, UK

•    Who is we? How about the local government?

LSE/ London, UK

•    Where to start?

GWU/ Washington D.C

•    What really helps? Food? Education? Breaking the vicious cycle?

LSE/ London, UK

•    How can aid be made more sustainable?

Columbia/ New York

THE CYCLE OF aid?

•    How to raise people over the poverty line.

University of Economics/ Prague, Czech Republic

•    Is it efficient to focus on children?

Bucerius Law School/ Hamburg, Germany

•    The compulsory aspect of conversion / practice in distributing Aid.

GWU/ Washington D.C.

•    How do you make the best use of limited resources over time?

GWU/ Washington D.C

•    Does aid foster dependency?

LSE/ London, UK

•    The Hand Out Mentality.

University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

•    How do we solve the issue of hand-outs?

Yale/ New Haven, CT

•    Aid/ NGO effectiveness.

Brown/ Providence, Rhode Island

•    Can NGOs connect with governments – is it more efficient to work with governments?

Bucerius Law School/ Hamburg, Germany.

•    Should the western world give aid to a government or an NGO?

LSE/ London, UK

•    Motivations behind NGOS in Africa.

University of Economics/ Prague, Czech Republic

•    Do NGOs address root of problem or symptoms?

University of Economics/ Prague, Czech Republic

•    Who determines aid, society or donor?

Bucerius Law School/ Hamburg, Germany

•    Aid effectiveness of small NGOs versus effectiveness of bigger NGO.

University of Economics/ Prague, Czech Republic

THE FOREIGNER INVOLVEMENT?

•    Community-grown versus foreign intervention – what works best?

Hub/ Vienna, Austria

•    What is the value added by foreigners?

Hub/ Vienna, Austria

•    Do people in Africa want to live at a ‘Western’ standard?

University of Economics/ Prague, Czech Republic

•    Is it important for organizations to be run by locals or foreigners?

Columbia/ New York, NY

•    Reconciling foreign vs local involvement in development.

GWU/ Washington D.C.

•    How can we make change come from within?

Hub/ Zurich, Switzerland

•    Own development versus helping others.

Hub/ Vienna, Austria

•    Is it fashionable to care?

LSE/ London, UK

•    What can we learn from Africa (and how)?

The Hub/ Zurich, Switzerland

MONEY & SCALE?

•    How can we find local sustainable ways of funding?

Hertie School of Governance/ Berlin, Germany

•    Are monetary transfers available?

Hertie School of Governance/ Berlin, Germany

•    How can we scale it?

Hertie School of Governance/ Berlin, Germany

•    How to sustain what you started and how to scale it up?

University of Economics/ Prague, Czech Republic

•    How can we create sustained sustainability?

Hub/ Zurich, Switzerland

•    How can we transfer the knowledge between developed & developing countries?

Hertie School of Governance/ Berlin, Germany

•    How can we leverage technology?

Hertie School of Governance/ Berlin, Germany

THE CULTUREs & THE IDEAs?

•    Where and how can we find reliable partner organizations?

Hertie School of Governance/ Berlin, Germany

•    How do you tailor aid for each region?

LSE/ London, UK

•    What is more important, cultural identity or prosperity?

University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

•    How can we connect different cultures to support ideas?

Hertie School of Governance/ Berlin, Germany

•    How to make it relevant for the kids?

Hub/ Zurich, Switzerland

•    Are the art programs for the people or another form of colonialisation?

Hub/ Vienna, Austria

•    Should religion play a role in aid?

University of St. Gallen/ Switzerland

SOLUTIONS?

•    Children focused.

University of St. Gallen/ Switzerland

•    Health.

Yale/ New Haven, CT

•    Rural Development.

Hub/ Zurich, Switzerland

•    Social business and entrepreneurship.

University of Economics/ Prague, Czech Republic

•    Education is the key to Aid in Africa. -adults & Children education.

University of St. Gallen/ Switzerland

•    Engagement.

Brown/ Providence, Rhode Island

•    Collaboration.

Yale/ New Haven, CT

•    Breaking the cycle.

GWU/ Washington D.C

•    Internet as aid.

Harvard/ Cambridge, Massachusetts

•    Once we know and understand how social structures work, then we can ACT.

Bucerius Law School/ Hamburg, Germany