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Guidance on Making Technical Assistance more Effective is now Available

Article
Voices & Views

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...

Worldwide
Capacity Development
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Knowledge Management
+2
Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation

New Tool Increases Focus on Quality Assessment of Technical Cooperation

Article
Voices & Views

EuropeAid has developed a new Technical Cooperation Quality Assessment Grid, which must be used by its task managers to self-assess quality of TC. This gives a clear signal that focus on quality has moved up a gear as the European...

Capacity Development
Knowledge Management
Learning

Bringing Technical Cooperation Down to Earth in Manila

Article
Voices & Views

Over five days in May, the TC reform was presented, discussed, and brought "down to earth" in Manila in the Philippines. The EC Delegation had organised this first flexible learning and coaching process in close dialogue with the...

Asia
Philippines
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
+4
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation

The Backbone Strategy and In-Country Partners

Article
Voices & Views

What does the European Commission’s reform of technical cooperation mean for in-country partners? This digested paper offers some guidance.

Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
+3
Knowledge Management
Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation

EC Procedures: As Complex as Their Reputation?

Article
Voices & Views

Do you know how to encourage individuals to offer their services? Do you know how to organise a successful round of interviews, or modify a Financing Agreement with or without an addendum? Or how to mobilise public expertise from...

Worldwide
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
+3
Knowledge Management
Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation

The Backbone Strategy: What, Who, Where?

Article
Voices & Views

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...

Worldwide
Capacity Development
Knowledge Management
Learning