Immigrant Associations and Co-development Policies. Among the Opportunities for Strengthening and the Risks of Cooptation in the Case of Valencia Region (Spain)

[ES] La implementacio´n de polı´ticas que han tratado de implicar a asociaciones inmigrantes en el desarrollo de sus paı´ses de origen, bajo el nombre de codesarrollo, fue una novedad en Espan˜a durante la pasada de´cada. Este nuevo modelo de cooperacio´n al desarrollo llevado a cabo por los propios migrantes ha generado nuevas oportunidades para sus asociaciones, pero tambie´n riesgos significativos, especialmente en el campo de la cooperacio´n descentralizada impulsada por las comunidades auto´nomas. En el presente artı´culo, presentamos el caso especı´fico de la Comunidad Valenciana, donde el codesarrollo alcanzo´ un considerable grado de implementacio´n entre 2006 y 2012. Mediante el ana´lisis de las polı´ticas de codesarrollo valencianas, es posible ver co´mo las asociaciones de inmigrantes han ocupado realmente un lugar secundario en los nuevos planes de cooperacio´n contra el Desarrollo de ONG, mientras que muchas han abandonado su protesta para centrarse en proyectos y propuestas de actividades de bienestar.[EN] The implementation of policies that have sought to involve immigrant associations in the development of their countries of origin, under the name of codevelopment, 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 codevelopment 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.Lacomba, J.; Boni Aristizábal, A.; Cloquell Lozano, A.; Soledad, C. (2015). Immigrant Associations and Co-development Policies. Among the Opportunities for Strengthening and the Risks of Cooptation in the Case of Valencia Region (Spain). Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 26(5):1852-1873. doi:10.1007/s11266-014-9491-9S1852187326