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Tanzania: New Resistant Coffee Varieties Developed with EU Support

Article
Voices & Views

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...

Africa
Tanzania
Agriculture & Rural Development
Capacity Development
Fisheries
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning

Waste Management in Mali: Training Small Scale Enterprises Improves Incomes and Environment

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Voices & Views

By training informal workers in the waste management industry, the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is helping to formalise waste management economy in Mali, and to generate incomes.

Africa
Mali
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Capacity Development
Climate change & disaster risks
+7
Environment & green economy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Health
Knowledge Management
Learning
Forests
Urban Development

The Priorities of the EU Cooperation in Tanzania

Article
Voices & Views

The relationship between the European Union (EU) and Tanzania dates back over nearly forty years. The Delegation was opened in Dar Es Salaam in 1976 after the United Kingdom´s accession to the European Community paved the way for...

Africa
Tanzania
Capacity Development
Knowledge Management
Learning

PFM Strengthening: Capacity Development and the Change Management Nexus

Article
Voices & Views

Effective capacity development involves understanding and supporting change management processes, according to consultants Carole Pretorius and Nico Pretorius who took part in a special capacity development workshop in Brussels...

Africa
Morocco
Mali
+5
Lesotho
Rwanda
Asia
Nepal
Europe
Development Effectiveness
Budget support
Capacity Development
+3
Economics & Public Finance
Knowledge Management
Learning

Giving a Voice to the Voiceless in Zanzibar

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Voices & Views

Fatm Said and her five children were forced from their home in Zanzibar at knife point. The man wielding the blade wasn’t a thief or local hoodlum but her husband wanting what he said was rightfully his – the house. And the local...

Africa
Tanzania
Capacity Development
Culture
Gender
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning

Difficulties Matching Theory and Practice in Tanzania

Article
Voices & Views

“Compliance with financial regulations and disbursement pressure continues to drive the agenda. In this regard, we wonder what room there is to adopt the Backbone Strategy principles,” said Enrico Strampelli Head of Development...

Africa
Tanzania
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Governance & Corruption
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning