The second episode of the Capacity4dev Podcast Series is now live!
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Capacity4dev Podcast Series is now live!
Welcome to Capacity4dev Podcast Series!
Takeaways from the field: a candid interview with Francine Pickup, UNDP
The Capacity4dev Team sat down with Francine Pickup, Deputy Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support at UNDP, who shared insights from her field days and reflections on her work today.
Intercultural awareness and capacity for development effectiveness
International partnerships, being multicultural in nature, often face cultural differences which can generate misunderstandings, tension, and inefficiency. There are both tangible and intangible cultural barriers in EU...
Supporting the teachers: Where do development actors come in?
What kind of issues and challenges do teachers face in developing countries? What forms of support can help address them? Join our discussion and share your views.
The role of homegrown interpretation in development
Africa's linguistic diversity is stunning, but with over 1,500 languages spoken across the continent, communication can be a challenge – even within countries themselves.
Europe’s priceless know-how on social protection and employment
Most countries can finance some kind of social safety net through domestic resources, according to Belgian deputy prime minister and minister for development Alexander De Croo. But he says developing nations often lack the...
Developing Financial Management Capacity in South African Municipalities – A Basis for Local Development
When you think about development challenges, a lack of trained accountants might not immediately come to mind. Yet poor public sector financial management is often at the root of patchy service delivery in other sectors, from...
Tanzania: New Resistant Coffee Varieties Developed with EU Support
As soon as the seedlings are ready for planting, women in brightly coloured clothes wrapped at the waist load the new disease resistant varieties of coffee seedlings into the back of a truck. Developed at the Tanzania Coffee...
Views from the Field: In conversation with the EU Ambassador to South Africa
Last October, Marcus Cornaro left the Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) to take up a new post as Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to South Africa. In this interview he shares some...