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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

Promoting LGBTIQ Rights in India

Article
Voices & Views

In various parts of the world, LGBTIQ people experience serious rights violations and abuses. As of today, 70 States continue to criminalise same-sex consensual relationships. The COVID-19 crisis has only exacerbated such...

Asia
India
Gender
Human Rights
Justice & rule of law

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

Views from the Field: Q&A with Johann Hesse, EU Head of Cooperation in India & Bhutan

Article
Voices & Views

EU bilateral assistance to India is being completed, but cooperation continues on many levels, as Johann Hesse outlines. In this wide-ranging interview the Head of EU Cooperation reflects on lessons learned and the path ahead...

Asia
Bhutan
India
Budget support
Civil Society
Food & Nutrition Security

Building Safer and More Inclusive Cities for Women

Article
Voices & Views

A refuge for women in Kenya’s Langas slum in Eldoret decided it needed to provide more than shelter and healthcare for victims of sexual and other violence. So SlovakAid helped set up the St Vincent de Paul vocational training...

Africa
Kenya
Asia
+3
Lebanon
India
Europe
Gender
Urban Development

How Three Young People are Driving Change Around the World

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Voices & Views

Young people are not just leaders of the future – they are leaders of today. With more than half the world’s population under 30, the vast majority in emerging and developing economies, young people have a crucial role to play in...

Africa
Malawi
Asia
+1
India
Children and Youth
Youth engagement and participation

Integrating Scientific Information into Humanitarian Response

Article
Voices & Views

Traditionally humanitarian aid comes into play as an immediate response to provide lifesaving assistance in a natural or man-made disaster situation. Whereas, development practitioners work on increasing resilience to reduce the...

Africa
Togo
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+3
Humanitarian Aid
Research for Development
Forests