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 less effective. The Team Europe approach – adopted...
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) presents significant investment opportunities across multiple sectors. However, matching these opportunities with the employment aspirations of a fast-growing youth population remains a challenge. Many young people struggle to find decent jobs, while investors face a shortage of relevant skills in the labour force. To help close this gap, the Team Europe Initiative on Opportunity-driven Skills and Vocational Education and Training in Africa (TEI OP-VET) was launched in April 2024 under the Global Gateway strategy. The initiative aims to strengthen vocational education and training systems in SSA by aligning them with concrete employment opportunities emerging from public and private investments, making skills development a core enabler of sustainable growth and job creation.
You will find below the book Extending coverage: Social protection and the informal economy – Experiences and ideas from researchers and practitioners. This book was drafted during the Regional Workshop held in Kenya last February...
Anastase Shyaka heads the Rwanda Governance Advisory Council, which functions as the secretariat to the Joint Governance Assessment process, and provides advice to both government and other interested partners.
Nutrition forms part of the 360-degree approach of the EU’s Global Gateway. The EU's support for nutrition focuses on more than 55 partner countries that have prioritised nutrition in one of the action areas of their multi-annual...
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...
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...