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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
Results (13)
Isabella Olsson episode 2

Rooted advocacy to foster community ownership: challenges and lessons learnt

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Podcast

The second episode of the Capacity4dev Podcast Series is now live!

Worldwide
South Sudan
Sudan
+1
Africa
Capacity Development
Communicating Development Cooperation
Development Effectiveness
+3
Education
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Humanitarian Aid

COVID-19. How EU Delegations are responding to the pandemic: the case of Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria

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Voices & Views

EU Delegations' efforts to assist developing countries to fight the COVID-19 virus and its consequences have been a priority since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. The Heads of Cooperation in Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria are...

Africa
Nigeria
Asia
+1
Kyrgyzstan
Development Effectiveness
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Social Protection and Inclusion

The Work of the EU Delegation to Mali: How to Continue Development Projects in Times of Crisis

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Voices & Views

In Brussels on May 15th 2013, an international donor conference, organised by the European Union and France together with Mali and entitled “Together for a new Mali”, mobilised €3.25 billion of financial commitments and pledges...

Africa
Mali
Development Effectiveness
EU Internal Procedures
Development Policy
+1
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience

Anti-corruption reforms in Afghanistan. What does the research tell us?

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Voices & Views

A leading Afghanistan expert provided key advice related to aid delivery and institutional support in Afghanistan at a conference named “Corruption in Afghanistan: What do we know, how do we go forward?” held in Brussels at the...

Asia
Afghanistan
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
+3
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Risk Management Relating to Budget Support – A New Assessment Framework

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Voices & Views

The Communication on the Future Approach to Budget Support announces that EuropeAid has developed a new Risk Management Framework for budget support operations. Lars Wilke of EuropeAid A2 introduces the new concept and explains...

Development Effectiveness
EU Internal Procedures
Capacity Development
+3
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Knowledge Management
Learning

Elections Bring Stability and Era of Renewed Cooperation

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Voices & Views

Guinea recently emerged from decades of authoritarian government and a period of instability to hold, with strong support from the international community, the country’s first ever credible polls heralding a new beginning for one...

Africa
Guinea
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Democracy
+4
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Education After the Disaster: Lessons from Haiti

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Voices & Views

How can long-term development programmes survive the instant turmoil of a crisis situation? Alain Calosci, Technical Assistant at the European Union delegation to Haiti, tells us about his experience working on an education...

Americas & the Caribbean
Haiti
Development Effectiveness
EU Internal Procedures
Education
+1
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience

Haiti Quake Recovery: A Task for a Generation

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Voices & Views

One year after a devastating earthquake hit the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, homes, cities and lives still need to be rebuilt. While the European Union maintains that helping Haiti is a top priority, EU representatives...

Americas & the Caribbean
Haiti
Development Effectiveness
EU Internal Procedures
Capacity Development
+3
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Knowledge Management
Learning

Governance Challenges in Education: Similar Problems, Different Causes, Tailored Solutions

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Voices & Views

While a massive body of water separates Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo, there’s not an ocean of difference between them in terms of the scale of the governance challenges facing their education sectors.

Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Americas & the Caribbean
+1
Haiti
Development Effectiveness
Education
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
+1
Governance & Corruption

Quake Disaster Shouldn't Detract from Long-term Objectives

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Voices & Views

Haiti is still reeling from a devastating earthquake, but its leaders don’t want the humanitarian relief operation to detract from the country’s long-term development objectives and the Commission has offered its support...

Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
+3
Knowledge Management
Learning
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation