{"id":56262,"date":"2026-05-19T13:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/?p=56262"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:23:05","slug":"giati-i-ellada-prepei-na-apoktisei-xana-ena-programma-dimerous-anaptyxiakis-voitheias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/why-greece-should-reestablish-a-bilateral-development-assistance-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Greece Should (Re)Establish a Bilateral Development Assistance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p>The policy brief argues that Greece should re-establish a substantial bilateral development aid programme, as its current contribution remains particularly low compared both to its international commitments and to pre-crisis levels. Development aid is not only as an act of solidarity, but also an instrument of foreign policy, security, and public diplomacy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Greek official development assistance remains very low (0.14% of Gross National Income in 2024), far below the country\u2019s international commitments.<\/li>\n<li>The crises in Ukraine, Gaza, and Sudan require increased humanitarian assistance and reconstruction support.<\/li>\n<li>Development aid is an instrument of foreign policy, security, and public diplomacy. It is an investment in stability and international credibility. If Greece wishes to play a role in its broader geopolitical region and participate actively in major European Union initiatives, like the Global Gateway, it must develop a bilateral aid programme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Policy-brief-197-\u03a7\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2-EL.pdf\">here<\/a> (in Greek) the Policy brief by <strong>Asteris Huliaras<\/strong>, Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese; Member of the Advisory Board of ELIAMEP.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The policy brief argues that Greece should re-establish a substantial bilateral development aid programme, as its current contribution remains particularly low compared both to its international commitments and to pre-crisis levels. Development aid is not only as an act of solidarity, but also an instrument of foreign policy, security, and public diplomacy. Greek official development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":56272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,492],"tags":[],"program":[17],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56262"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56273,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56262\/revisions\/56273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56262"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=56262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}