Public Group on Fragility and Crisis Situations

During the European Development Days members of the Practitioners’ Network, World Vision, Cordaid and Ferdi will organise a panel on Working together in fragile states for better effectiveness . Speakers include members of...

As the Syrian conflict enters its sixth year, the losses continue to grow – whether measured in lives, dollars, infrastructure or years of lost schooling. According to Michael Docherty, Head of Sector for Jordan, Lebanon and Syria...

“For the people of Gaza today, the situation really is no better than it was at the end of the war,” said Robert Turner, Director of UNRWA* Operations in Gaza. The violence may have stopped, but people are still living in...

It is widely recognized that failure to engage in fragile and conflict-affected situations differently and in an innovative manner is likely to entail major human, social, economic and security costs. Having this in mind, the...

The current conflict in Syria has caused mass destruction, displaced many people (7.6 million in October 2014) and taken several lives. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently published a video show showing how...

On September 16th, at a conference in Brussels, the Somali Federal Government and international community endorsed the Somali New Deal Compact , with pledges of euros 1.8 billion. For the capacity4dev.eu front page 'Voices & Views...