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The new Capacity4dev: A brief virtual tour

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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!

Worldwide
Capacity Development
Capacity development
Learning
+4
Communicating Development Cooperation
Awareness raising
Communication
Visibility
#ExploreCapacity4dev - Welcome to our new platform

Welcome to our new platform!

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Video

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.

Worldwide
Capacity Development
Capacity development
Learning
+5
Awareness raising
Communication
Visibility
Social media
Communicating Development Cooperation
Presentation of Capacity4dev

Discover what you can do on Capacity4dev

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Voices & Views

Who Capacity4dev is for and how can it be helpful for me ?

Worldwide
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Knowledge Management
Learning

Virtual classroom key takeaways

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Voices & Views

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...

Worldwide
Knowledge Management
Lesson learned and case studies
Learning
+2
Monitoring & Evaluation
Evaluation methods and tools

Debating New Approaches to Learning for Development

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Voices & Views

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...

Worldwide
Capacity Development
Knowledge Management
Learning

European Development Cooperation in Context: Director General Fernando Frutuoso de Melo

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Voices & Views

EuropeAid – or DG DEVCO – is responsible for designing EU development policies and delivering aid to reduce poverty in the world, while ensuring sustainable development and promoting democracy, peace and security. In November last...

Worldwide
Capacity Development
Development Policy
Knowledge Management
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Learning

EC Procedures: As Complex as Their Reputation?

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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 Reform of Technical Cooperation: Taming the Beast?

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Voices & Views

When taking stock of the progress of the TC reform, some delegation staff complain that the reform imposes a heavy burden of new reporting obligations with little value added in terms of improving the quality of TC operations...

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

First picture of the use of Technical Cooperation

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Voices & Views

Early this year, as part of the so called External Assistance Management Report (EAMR), all delegations were asked to map their significant ongoing technical cooperation support and major features of Programme Implementation Units...

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

Moving to Government-Managed Technical Assistance

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Voices & Views

In the present phase of EC support to the health sector in the Philippines, the commission contracts TA personnel. This will change in 2011 when the government will take charge of recruitment and management of TA. The radical...

Worldwide
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Governance & Corruption
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Health
Knowledge Management
Learning