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Abstract
This article provides an analysis of the co-development engagement of local authorities and migrant organisations from the city of Madrid. ‘Co-development’ has become a key notion that relates to the transnational involvement of migrants in development (cooperation). It is argued that co-development serves as transnational governance in which local authorities and migrant organisations collaborate and where links are established between integration, development and migration control and management. In order to analyse and understand these forms of engagement, the article combines an approach to the rescaling of governance with a transnational perspective on cities and migrants.
Notes
[1] Most of the data used here are from interviews and from online and printed documents. Data collection for this article started out as part of a larger project on migrant organisations and local governments in Spanish metropolises. The data collected in Madrid consists of some 30 interviews conducted between 2006 and 2007 with public officials from the municipality and other levels of government, representatives from non-governmental organisations, and presidents, volunteers and staff members from migrant organisations, all of whom are engaged in integration or development, and in many cases in both areas. In addition, official documents provided by these actors and data collected online were used.
[2] It should be noted that these themes are not strictly limited to the more specific area of co-development; rather, their application in other areas, the wider development cooperation frameworks or other transnational projects by migrant organisations are based on this discussion.