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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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Tanzania: New Resistant Coffee Varieties Developed with EU Support

Article
Voices & Views

As soon as the seedlings are ready for planting, women in brightly coloured clothes wrapped at the waist load the new disease resistant varieties of coffee seedlings into the back of a truck. Developed at the Tanzania Coffee...

Africa
Tanzania
Agriculture & Rural Development
Capacity Development
Fisheries
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning

South-South Cooperation – Another Way of Sharing Knowledge

Article
Voices & Views

Attendants of a high level conference "Organising Inclusive Ownership" which took place in Brussels in May heard of the success stories of a Dutch financed South-South Cooperation programme between Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica.

Africa
Benin
Americas & the Caribbean
+3
Costa Rica
Asia
Bhutan
Agriculture & Rural Development
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
+6
Civil Society
Fisheries
Knowledge Management
Learning
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

Donor Support to the Private Sector Can Work, says Kenyan Entrepreneur

Article
Voices & Views

A thriving private sector is essential to long-term sustainable development, but entrepreneurs in developing countries face numerous obstacles, not least accessing the finances to help them realise their business dreams. One...

Africa
Agriculture & Rural Development
Capacity Development
Fisheries
+5
Innovative Financing for Development
Knowledge Management
Learning
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

Building Ownership to Deliver Sustainable Water Aid

Article
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

Enhancing Agricultural Performance – An Inside Job

Article
Voices & Views

In Zambia, the European Commission is set to play a secondary role, supporting the government’s Performance Enhancement Programme in agriculture and livestock. The driving force of the programme is to come from the ministries...

Agriculture & Rural Development
Capacity Development
Fisheries
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning