The fourth episode of the Capacity4dev Podcast Series is now live!
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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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The new Capacity4dev: A brief virtual tour
Welcome to the very first Capacity4dev tutorial where our Community Manager gives a brief overview of the new Capacity4dev platform, the online hub for development professionals!
Welcome to our new platform!
It’s finally here! We are thrilled to unveil the brand new Capacity4dev, the European Commission's premier online knowledge sharing platform for international cooperation and development.
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Virtual classroom key takeaways
DEVCO 04 organised its first virtual training in April 2020. The topic of this online event was “Logical Framework Approach and Indicators”, and it was a real success. Evaluations demonstrated that participants felt engaged...
Our most popular stories of 2018
Capacity4dev’s objective is to connect the development community. But while a lot of the activity on our platform happens in groups and communities of practice, did you know that we also have our very own magazine?
Developing Financial Management Capacity in South African Municipalities – A Basis for Local Development
When you think about development challenges, a lack of trained accountants might not immediately come to mind. Yet poor public sector financial management is often at the root of patchy service delivery in other sectors, from...
Tanzania: New Resistant Coffee Varieties Developed with EU Support
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...
City Partnerships Tackle Global Problems
The Dutch city of Utrecht wanted to plant a new forest as a contribution to the global environment. Trouble was, it didn’t have the space.
Views from the Field: In conversation with the EU Ambassador to South Africa
Last October, Marcus Cornaro left the Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) to take up a new post as Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to South Africa. In this interview he shares some...
Debating New Approaches to Learning for Development
Development institutions are learning new ways to share knowledge. The traditional hierarchical model of training, in which information is passed down from teacher to student, or donor to recipient, is not always the most...