As 2012 came to a close, the capacity4dev.eu Coordination Team took a look back at some of the most popular Voices & Views (V&Vs) from 2012, which addressed issues from the Arab Spring to how to assist women entrepreneurs.
Over the course of the year a total of 64 V&Vs were published, and we’ve selected six of the most popular ones to share with you. However, we’re keen to hear which ones were your favourites and which topics you would like covered in 2013. Share your thoughts with us by using the comments box below.
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Developing Civil Society after the ‘Arab Spring’: Lessons Learned from the EU Delegation in Tunisia With the fall of Ben Ali’s government at the beginning of 2011, space was suddenly created for the emergence of civil society in Tunisia. In the frenetic eleven months that followed, the European Commission (EC) was able to fund 24 new civil society initiatives across the country. Michel Mouchiroud of the EU Delegation in Tunisia shares personal insight and lessons learned from the process. |
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Improving Development Outcomes With the Use of New Technologies Aleem Walji, Head of the Innovation Team at the World Bank Institute, explains how the bank has applied a knowledge-based approach in combination with new technologies to revolutionise capacity development. |
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A New Tool Assesses Capacity Development Gains Development professionals are regularly asked to assess results of Capacity Development programmes – a challenging task that is not always easily carried out. But a new tool, called the Rapid Assessment of Capacity, or RAC, has been designed with the intention of being fast, effective and low cost to implement. |
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The EU Approach to Resilience: Learning from Food Security Crisis Climate change and extreme weather, population growth, galloping urbanization and soil degradation impact the lives of an unprecedented number of people today. More communities are exposed to possible natural or economic disaster than ever before. Bolstering their ability to handle a shock and its consequences is the focus of an important EU Communication. |
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New Ways to Help Women Entrepreneurs Impact on MENA Economies Participants at a high level panel discussion entitled, “Women Entrepreneurship to Reshape the Economy through Innovation in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA)” held during the 2012 European Development Days explored ways to increase women’s participation in the economy. |
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Policy Forum on Development Confirms EU Commitment to CSO Involvement About 80 development practitioners, representatives of civil society organisations, local authorities and members of European institutions exchanged on the New Communication on Civil Society, and the post-2015 Development Agenda. They stressed the need to involve civil society and local authorities, particularly during their first discussion on the new Thematic Programme on Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and Local Authorities (LA). |
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