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The Backbone Strategy on "Reforming Technical Cooperation and Project Implementation Units" for External Aid Provided by the European Commission and its workplan starting in October 2009: This key policy document presents...
The Backbone Strategy on "Reforming Technical Co-operation and Project Implementation Units" is an ambitious and comprehensive reform, launched in July 2008, to overhaul the Technical Cooperation (TC) funded by the EC. It includes...
At a recent debate at the European Commission's EuropeAid headquarters, Theodore Trefon, who is also a contributor and editor of the 2005 book, "Reinventing Order in the Congo", sparked a lively debate with his hard-hitting...
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Whether you work in the headquarters or in the European Commission Delegations, you may at some point have to present and communicate on the subject of technical cooperation reform. You might be asked to contribute at a country...
Asian TC mapping presentation Mar09 Jos Jonckers and Franck Viault from EuropeAid's Asia office in Brussels highlight the results of the mapping exercise in Asia and look at the next steps to follow.
The European Commission delegation in Guyana is working on an Action Plan to implement the Backbone Strategy on technical cooperation reform in a rather original way, using an external consultant to develop a more comprehensive...
EuropeAid staff are encouraged to engage even more actively in the drive towards technical cooperation reform.
The Director General of EuropeAid, Koos Richelle, has circulated the new Guidelines on Making Technical Assistance More Effective and urged staff across the European Commission to take a leading role in implementing technical...