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Capacity4dev Podcast Series

Capacity4dev Podcast Series is now live!

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Podcast

Welcome to Capacity4dev Podcast Series!

Worldwide
Africa
Asia
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Europe
Americas & the Caribbean
Oceania
Capacity Development
Communicating Development Cooperation
Development Policy
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Takeaways from the field: a candid interview with Francine Pickup, UNDP

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Video

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.

Worldwide
Africa
Americas & the Caribbean
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Asia
Oceania
Europe
Capacity Development
Development Effectiveness
Development Policy
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Innovative Financing for Development
Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: What do we know so far?

Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: What do we know so far?

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Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team worked with INTPA.G.4 and provides four lessons learnt.

Africa
Development Policy
Research for Development
PFD Africa

PFD Africa: Taking stock of EU and African Union partnership

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Voices & Views

Between 8 and 10 October 2018, representatives of civil society organisations, the private sector and local authorities from across Africa gathered in Gaborone for the third Regional Meeting Africa of the Policy Forum on...

Africa
Botswana
Civil Society
Citizen participation
Civil society against corruption
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Non-state actors
Development Policy
Governance & Corruption

"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

Views from the Field: In Conversation with the EU Ambassador to Mauritius

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Voices & Views

EU Ambassador Marjaana Sall shares her experience of managing a changing relationship with Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles, as the latter two graduate to middle and higher income status. She emphasises the importance of working...

Africa
Mauritius
Development Policy

Linking Toilets and Nutrition for Stronger, Healthier Lives

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Voices & Views

The role of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in tackling undernutrition has been on development and humanitarian professionals’ radar for more than two decades. Yet fully multi-sectoral approaches remain rare, despite...

Africa
Development Policy
Food & Nutrition Security
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Views from the Field: In Conversation with the EU Ambassador to the African Union

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Voices & Views

Gary Quince, who is nearing the end of his five years heading the EU Delegation to the African Union, shares his experiences and discusses the EU's support to the AU, touching on the gap between optimistic treaties and their...

Africa
Europe
Development Policy
Justice & rule of law
Peace and Security
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Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

Views from the Field: In conversation with the EU Ambassador to Uganda

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Voices & Views

Kristian Schmidt has been working as Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Uganda for almost three years, following many issues including the 2016 elections. In this month’s Views from the Field he discusses the conflict...

Africa
Uganda
Development Policy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Migration & Forced Displacement

Views from the Field: In conversation with the EU Ambassador to South Africa

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Voices & Views

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...

Africa
South Africa
Capacity Development
Development Policy
Knowledge Management
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Learning