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Humanitarian day

Facilitación de retornos seguros: recuperación urbana y reconstrucción de los medios de vida para las comunidades yazidíes desplazadas en Ninewa Occidental (Irak)

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Voices & Views

Para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Asistencia Humanitaria (19 de agosto) y conmemorar el noveno aniversario de la masacre de Sinjar (3 de agosto), el equipo de Capacity4dev se ha puesto en contacto con los responsables de la...

Asia
Iraq
Employment & VET
Humanitarian Aid
Urban Development
Humanitarian Day picture

Facilitating safe returns: urban recovery and livelihood redevelopment for displaced Yazidi communities in Western Ninewa (Iraq)

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Voices & Views

To celebrate World Humanitarian Day (19 August) and commemorate the 9th anniversary of the Sinjar Massacre (3 August), the Capacity4dev team reached out to the implementers and beneficiaries of an EU-funded project led by UN...

Asia
Iraq
Employment & VET
Humanitarian Aid
Urban Development
Humanitarian day

Faciliter les retours en toute sécurité : rétablissement urbain et réaménagement des moyens de subsistance des communautés yézidies déplacées dans l'ouest de Ninive (Irak)

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Voices & Views

Pour célébrer la Journée mondiale de l'aide humanitaire (19 août) et commémorer le 9e anniversaire du massacre de Sinjar (3 août), l'équipe de Capacity4dev a contacté les responsables de la mise en œuvre et les bénéficiaires d'un...

Asia
Iraq
Employment & VET
Humanitarian Aid
Urban Development

Solar energy in Cambodia: lessons learnt from the SWITCH-Asia programme

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Voices & Views

Almost 80% of Cambodians live in rural areas with limited access to clean and affordable energy. The EU promotes sustainable consumption patterns and changes behaviours by supporting micro, small and medium-sized companies (MSMEs)...

Asia
Cambodia
Agriculture & Rural Development
Environment & green economy
Private Sector

"Joint Programming boosts focus, cooperation and visibility"

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Voices & Views

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...

Worldwide
Africa
Mozambique
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Asia
Cambodia
Development Policy
Monitoring & Evaluation

Joined-up EU Approach to Development Programming

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Voices & Views

The European Union and its Member States have kept their place as the world’s leading aid donor, contributing €68 billion in 2015. They have recently begun to present a united front, pulling together their combined resources and...

Asia
Cambodia
Laos
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Europe
Moldova
Development Effectiveness

Do you know where your clothes come from? – Garment Factory Conditions to be Monitored

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Voices & Views

Following the April 2013 disaster at a garment factory in Bangladesh, the European Commission is promoting health and safety in the global industry, as well as sustainable production, consumption and decent work.

Asia
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

Supporting Education in Crisis-Affected Environments

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Voices & Views

One of the many casualties of crises is education. Natural disasters, wars and protracted conflict are disrupting children’s access to schools and contributing to higher drop-out and lower completion rates. Schools can also be...

Africa
Somalia
South Sudan
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Asia
Iraq
Education
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience

Keeping Human Rights at the Heart of Development

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Voices & Views

National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) are bodies set up to protect and monitor human rights – to stand up for those in need and to hold governments to account. They can also provide advice, deal with complaints and carry out...

Africa
Mauritania
Asia
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Iraq
Human Rights

The Land-Drugs Nexus

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Voices & Views

"For many communities in Myanmar who grow opium, for them opium is not the problem, it is the solution to their problems," said local project consultant, Tom Kramer, from the Transnational Institute. And therein lies one of the...

Asia
Afghanistan
Myanmar
Agriculture & Rural Development
Fisheries