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Migration management: One year on from the launch of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection & Reintegration

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Voices & Views

With over 3,500 migrants rescued from the desert and 15,000 assisted in returning home from dire situations across the Central Mediterranean routes, the first year of the EU-IOM joint initiative has yielded substantive results...

Africa
Libya
Burkina Faso
+12
Côte d'Ivoire
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Cameroon
Chad
Humanitarian Aid
Protection
Relief co-ordination, protection and support services
+7
Migration & Forced Displacement
Smuggling of Migrants & Trafficking in human beings
Legal pathways
Migration dialogues
Migration policy
Refugees
South-South migration
1608
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0
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How Three Young People are Driving Change Around the World

Article
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
5473
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2
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Transformative Change through Social Protection?

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Voices & Views

A study of five social protection projects in South Asia has found they struggled to create transformative change, and were unable to tackle the persistent discrimination driving poverty and social exclusion.

Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
+2
India
Nepal
Employment & VET
Social Protection and Inclusion
4813
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0
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Human Resources for Health: A Capacity Development project implemented in India

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Voices & Views

On a recent trip to India, Renée Zandvliet, working with EuropeAid’s 'Civil Society and Local Authorities' unit, saw that civil society organisations (CSOs) often play a supportive role in improving the functioning and outreach of...

Asia
India
Civil Society
Employment & VET
Health
+1
Social Protection and Inclusion
9503
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6
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Fostering Dialogue Between Local Authorities and Slum Dwellers

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Voices & Views

During the European Development Days 2012 (EDD), organisations dealing with urbanisation such as the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and Slum Dwellers International (SDI) said that the only way to improve...

Africa
Rwanda
Asia
+1
India
Development Effectiveness
Governance & Corruption
Urban Development
8019
 Views
0
 Comments

View from India: When Technical Cooperation is not the Path to Capacity Development

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Voices & Views

Capacity development and sustainable results are the key objectives of all European Commission assistance to partner countries, but traditional technical cooperation is not the default route for getting there. In India, the EC...

Asia
India
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Education
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning
23551
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1
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