The Capacity4dev editorial team regularly publishes knowledge pieces on external cooperation (projects and policies), featuring development professionals sharing good practices, with operational insight.
This year’s theme for World Environment Day puts the focus on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience with the slogan “Our land. Our Future. We are #GenerationRestoration.” According to data from the...
The Middle East has faced political tension, military conflicts and other disputes for many years. It is, as a result, a region with one of the most enduring conflicts in the world. The EU has set out its policy on the Middle East...
The recent European Green Deal, set by the European Commission, is paving the road to a sustainable Europe by clearly recognising the global climate emergency, and by providing new input for action in and outside of Europe...
An intercultural approach is increasingly recognised as a key element in development, especially for a new and more effective relationship with Partner Countries. But how do you get from theory to practice? Staff at the EU...
A new ingredient in the development effectiveness debate is intercultural competence – that is, the ability to overcome challenges posed by working with colleagues and partners from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds...
The European Union and its Member States have kept their place as the world’s leading aid donor, contributing €68 billion in 2015. They have recently begun to present a united front, pulling together their combined resources and...
Communist Laos began opening up to the world in the 1990s, joining ASEAN and trading with the EU under the ‘Everything but Arms’ scheme. Yet the largely rural population remains poor and development challenges abound. Michel...