Quality education plays an essential role in developing sustainable, equitable and resilient societies. More than being an objective in itself, education is also an enabler of equity, green communities, digital transformation...
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The work of Parliaments in times of COVID-19: INTER PARES & the case of Bhutan
Parliaments worldwide have had to adapt to the challenges created by the COVID-19 crisis. Digital responses have been proposed to keep democratic processes and political debates alive. INTER PARES, the EU´s first global...
COVID-19. How EU Delegations are responding to the pandemic: the case of Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria
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...
Policy dialogue: a tool to act on climate and environment
The recent European Green Deal, set by the European Commission, is paving the road to a sustainable Europe by clearly recognising the global climate emergency, and by providing new input for action in and outside of Europe...
The challenges of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia
Stakeholders from all over Asia met for the Asia Regional Meeting of the Policy Forum on Development to discuss the state of play of SDG implementation in the region.
English and digital peer learning for girls in rural Bangladesh
Since 2012, the British Council’s EDGE programme has trained 16,000 girls from marginalised communities in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, helping them steer their own future.
Larger than Tigers: Conservation and development in the Asia-Pacific region
The Larger than Tigers report, released by the European Commission in May, presents a synthesis of the challenges facing biodiversity across Asia. Lead author Pete Wood walked us through the report’s main findings.
"Joint Programming boosts focus, cooperation and visibility"
Development programmes always strive to be as effective as possible – one way of achieving efficiency is to combine the strengths of all partners working in the sector. A recent evaluation of EU Joint Programming has shown that...
Many paths, one direction: Strategies for achieving Universal Health Coverage
Each year, nearly 100 million people find themselves pushed into extreme poverty because of health-related expenditures. Capacity4dev spoke to health programme managers at the EU Delegations to Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa and...
Expanding Turkey’s social protection systems to refugees
In November 2016, the EU initiated its largest ever humanitarian scheme, the €348 million Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) in Turkey. ESSN is based on the idea that giving families cash rather than in-kind aid (such as food or...