Key messages and summary of the Capacity Development Thematic Session on November 29th in Busan. The thematic session on capacity development brought together ministers and practitioners from all over the world. All testified to...
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This group will contain blogs and selected documents related to the aid and development effectiveness agenda discussed at the High Level Forum 4 in Busan
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Implementation of the new Gender Action Plan for 2016-20!
The new Gender Action Plan for 2016-20 (GAP II) establishes gender analysis as mandatory for all new actions ( GAP II and GAP Guidance Note in Annex). Delegations are expected to have carried it out by mid-2016. A team of experts...

Capacity Development in Busan
Capacity Development was addressed in the discussions as a fundamental cross-cutting issue in Busan, even more than expected : 1) The importance of Capacity Development was exemplified by the interventions made by the African...

VIDEO PRESENTATION: Subandi Sardjoko, BAPPENAS
Subandi Sardjoko, Director of Education and Religious Affairs at the Indonesian National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) talks of his experiences as a Partner involved in the EU's Technical Cooperation Reform.

VIDEO PRESENTATION: Contributions from Jos Jonckers
A video of the contributions by Jos Jonckers, a special presentation made at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, held in Busan, South Korea, from the 29 November to 1 December 2011. Jos works in the Asia unit at...

VIDEO PRESENTATION: The European Commission's Technical Cooperation Reform
A presentation by Paul Riembault, made at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, held in Busan, South Korea, from the 29 November to 1 December 2011. Paul is the head of the Capacity Development section of Unit B1...


A new consensus on supporting and strengthening institutions and policies to ensure they are effective in delivering or enabling the delivery of public services, which was endorsed in Busan, including by the European Commission.

Interesting Assessment of Busan in the UK's Guardian newspaper
The UK's Guardian newspaper is running this interesting wrap up of the Fourth High Level Forum in Busan. The writer Jonathan Glennie says that the rising influence of the BRIC countries has shaped the aid agenda at Busan and was...

This is an ePoster on The European Commission's Reform for More Effective Capacity Development, which was shown at Busan HLF4

Working Together to Make Aid More Effective: Video from Indonesia
This video was shown during the Mini-debate 'The European Commission's Reform for More Effective Capacity Development': a success story from Indonesia