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The Capacity4dev editorial team regularly publishes knowledge pieces on external cooperation (projects and policies), featuring development professionals sharing good practices, with operational insight.

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Biodiversity day
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Ambassadors' Blog Post

On International Day for Biological Diversity, our Capacity4dev Ambassador Enrique Andrés del Castillo shares his insights on the crucial role of youth activism in ensuring the future of biodiversity and ecosystems.

Worldwide
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Children and Youth
Climate change & disaster risks
+1
Environment & green economy
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Methodological Training Develops Capacities for Improved Outcomes

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Voices & Views

EuropeAid supports capacity development of its staff by providing Methodological Training and seminars in subjects ranging from Policy Dialogue to Aid Effectiveness, Budget Support to Green Economy. Trainings and seminars, held in...

Africa
Lesotho
Capacity Development
Knowledge Management
Learning
+1
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Building Ownership to Deliver Sustainable Water Aid

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Voices & Views

When the children of Inyima in southeast Nigeria began to fall sick and die, villagers were horrified to learn that their own poor hygiene practices had contaminated the community’s drinking water, causing a deadly diarrhoea...

Africa
Nigeria
Agriculture & Rural Development
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
+6
Civil Society
Fisheries
Health
Knowledge Management
Learning
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

The Challenge of Being ‘Backbone-minded’

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Voices & Views

How can we bring the principles of the Backbone Strategy on Technical Cooperation Reform into supporting infrastructure programmes? How can we be Backbone-minded? These were the themes of a recent internal session at EuropeAid...

Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Knowledge Management
+3
Learning
Transport & Infrastructure
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Somalia: Making Gains in a Fragile Environment

Article
Voices & Views

For almost two decades, a collapsed government and battling warlords have made Somalia a byword for anarchy.

Africa
Somalia
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Education
+4
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Knowledge Management
Learning
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene