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Digitalising Social Protection: Three lessons learnt

Digitalising Social Protection: Three lessons learnt

Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team worked with INTPA.G4 and provides lessons learnt from the INTPA.D4-funded paper “Digital Social Protection: e-solutions for basic service delivery”.

Worldwide
Africa
Togo
+3
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Americas & the Caribbean
Colombia
Digitalisation
Big Data
Internet access
+3
Mobile technology
Social Protection and Inclusion
Social Protection policies

Team Europe - Mieux travailler ensemble pour une coopération pour le développement efficace

Article
Voices & Views

En 2011, les Principes de Busan ont défini ce qui fait une coopération au développement efficace et de qualité dans le monde. Cependant, au cours des dix années qui ont suivi l'APD de Busan (Aide publique au développement), les...

Worldwide
Africa
Togo
+3
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Rwanda
Development Effectiveness

Team Europe - Working better together for effective development cooperation

Article
Voices & Views

In 2011, the Busan Principles defined what makes good-quality, effective development cooperation worldwide. However, in the ten years since Busan ODA (Official Development Assistance), programmes have become more fragmented and...

Worldwide
Africa
Togo
+3
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Rwanda
Development Effectiveness

De jeunes innovateurs construisent un avenir durable en Méditerranée

Article
Voices & Views

Autour de la Méditerranée, une jeune génération développe des moyens durables pour aborder les défis économiques, en consolidant les coopérations. Le programme Dialogue Méditerranéen pour les Droits et l’Égalité a lancé l...

Africa
Morocco
Asia
+2
Jordan
Syria
Children and Youth
Economics & Public Finance
Economic growth

Young innovators building a sustainable future in the Mediterranean

Article
Voices & Views

A young generation in the Mediterranean is finding sustainable ways to mitigate economic challenges by consolidating cooperation. The EU-Programme Med Dialogue for Rights and Equality launched the "Mediterranean Innovators for...

Africa
Morocco
Asia
+2
Jordan
Syria
Children and Youth
Economics & Public Finance
Economic growth

Dans les pas de la programmation conjointe au Togo

Article
Voices & Views

Le Togo, l'un des plus petits pays d'Afrique, bordé par le Ghana, le Bénin et le Burkina Faso, a signé avec l'UE, avec l'Allemagne et la France, un document de programmation conjointe pour la période 2014-2020. Vincent Vire, chef...

Africa
Togo
Development Effectiveness
Aid effectiveness
Joint implementation
+1
Joint programming

Views from the Field: Q&A with Vincent Vire, EU Head of Cooperation in Togo

Article
Voices & Views

Togo, one of Africa’s smallest counties, signed a joint programming document with the EU, Germany and France for the period 2014-2020. Vincent Vire shared insights and lessons learnt about this mechanism with Capacity4dev, which...

Africa
Togo
Development Effectiveness

Expanding Turkey’s social protection systems to refugees

Article
Voices & Views

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...

Asia
Syria
Europe
+1
Turkey
Migration & Forced Displacement
Refugees
Social Protection and Inclusion

City Partnerships Tackle Global Problems

Article
Voices & Views

The Dutch city of Utrecht wanted to plant a new forest as a contribution to the global environment. Trouble was, it didn’t have the space.

Americas & the Caribbean
Bolivia
Nicaragua
+3
Europe
Germany
Netherlands
Capacity Development
Knowledge Management
Learning
+1
Urban Development

Supporting Young Peacebuilders to Counter Extremism

Article
Voices & Views

Development gains are easily undermined by rising extremism in fragile contexts. In response, donors are keen to embed elements of CVE, or ‘combatting violent extremism’, in their cooperation programmes. Engaging young people in...

Africa
Morocco
Tunisia
+4
Asia
Lebanon
Syria
Europe
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience