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Capacity4dev.eu reviews the most popular Voices & Views in 2014, which featured a variety of topics including education, youth, ICT, and ended with a focus on Ebola.

We’ve selected the most popular Voices & Views from each month. We’re also keen to hear which ones were your favourites and which topics you would like to see covered in 2015. Share your thoughts with us by using the comments box below. 


January: European Development Cooperation in Context: Director General Fernando Frutuoso de Melo

EuropeAid is responsible for designing EU development policies and delivering aid to reduce poverty in the world. In November 2013, EuropeAid welcomed new Director General, Fernando Frutuoso de Melo. Capacity4dev.eu took a camera to his office for a conversation on the context of EU development cooperation in 2014.


February: Young Voices for Inclusive Governance

At the European Development Days, several leading development and youth organisations came together to organise a session on Young Voices for Inclusive Governance. The panel included two young people, Luciano from Brazil and Jennifer from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who shared their thoughts on why listening to the voice of today’s youth is important.


March: Experts Discuss How to Achieve ‘Education for All’

Education is the “pillar” for all other development goals though each country is different and quantity does not guarantee quality. These were among the lessons shared by experts at a High-level discussion on education in the post-2015 development agenda.


March: The Future of Entomophagy

Insects are rich in protein and ecologically sustainable to produce, so why are we reluctant to put them in our mouths? According to Marian Peters, chairperson of the Dutch Insect Breeders Association, the answer is partly cultural.


April: Promoting a Conducive Environment for Civil Society in Partner Countries – New Case Studies Released by EuropeAid

How to strengthen the involvement of civil society in public life? Three case studies from EuropeAid illustrate good practice from three different corners of the world.


May: Local Production of Generic Medicines in Africa

Now more than ever Africa needs a steady supply of quality medicine. Not only does the continent bear the burden of 75 percent of the world’s HIV cases and 90 percent of deaths from malaria – it is also facing the spread of non-communicable diseases.


June: Overcoming Social Inequality: Highlights from Brazil and Honduras with EUROsociAL

Despite its positive development over the last decade, Latin America still faces challenges in overcoming social inequality. To tackle these discrepancies the EU launched in 2005 a programme of cooperation with Latin American Countries: EUROsociAL.


July: Roadmaps to Engage Civil Society

For EU delegations and member states, working effectively with civil society organisations presents different challenges. In Chad it takes five days of desert travel to reach organisations in the north, while in Azerbaijan there are about 3 000 registered NGOs.

 


August: Big Data: Big Potential

Imagine being able to gain information instantly about whether a development project is reaching its intended recipients, or where the next cholera outbreak might be. These are some of the possibilities of Big Data analysis, where data of increasing volume, velocity and variety is mined for the unprecedented patterns and insights it may yield.


September: Getting Results in Global Education: Funding Models, Future Goals, and Fun

After rising steadily in the first decade of the 21st century, aid to education fell by 10 per cent between 2010 and 2012. With almost 58 million children still out of school, the Millennium Development Goal of giving every child basic literacy and numeracy skills by 2015 will not be met.


October: A Culture of Results: Change is Possible

European Union external assistance, which accounts for half of development aid, must demonstrate that development policy achieves results. A workshop in Brussels looked at how a results-based approach that considers desired outcomes from the beginning can improve development cooperation.


November: How to Fight Illegal Fishing

What illicit trade is worth up to $23 billion each year, threatens the environment, food security and the economies of developing countries, and is now the subject of a special taskforce at INTERPOL? The answer is illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).


December: Threats to the Congo Basin

A major report on the Congo Basin has found the world’s “second lung” is struggling to maintain its rich biodiversity amid deforestation, poaching and the worsening effects of climate change.

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