BENGO [a counselling service for private sponsors in development cooperation], the German Federal Ministery of Economics and Technology, the German Caritas Association, ChildFund Deutschland, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Commission for UNESCO, Deutsche Post AG/DHL, the German Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), JIGSAW Services for Development, the Johanniter Accident Aid, the Ministry for Intergenerational Affairs, Women and Integration of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the University of Bonn, the Association of German Development Non-Governmental Organisations (VENRO), Welthungerhilfe/German Agro Action, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the Centre for Development Research at the University of Bonn.

We are indebted to the above-mentioned organisations for their active support in providing us with plenty of information and ideas to design the programme of study.