Online Exchange and Collaboration on the European Development Days Topics Enabled by Capacity4dev.eu

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Organised by the European Commission, the European Development Days (EDDs) are Europe's premier forum on international affairs and development cooperation. The 2013 edition (26-27 November, at Tours et Taxis in Brussels) is dedicated to the theme A Decent Life for All by 2030 - Building a consensus for a new development agenda.

View the programme in an interative online format or in PDF format.

Help Shape the Debate!

More than 5000 development practitioners and policy makers are expected to attend, drawn by the opportunity to form new relationships, share best practices and engage in discussions on this year’s proposed themes and event sessions.

Capacity4dev.eu is facilitating the exchange of knowledge and ideas and complementing the networking opportunities by making available to the stakeholder community its online groups for discussion and knowledge sharing.

Designated Capacity4dev. eu online groups, by EDD2013 theme, are listed below. Join these communities and help shape the debate by exchanging documents, blogs and ideas!

Scaling up our Work Towards Basic Living Standards

• Education: Public Group On Education
• Health: Global Health in EC development cooperation
• Food Security, Nutrition, Resilience: Food & Nutrition Security - ROSA

Upholding Human Rights and Ensuring Equity and Justice

• Gender Equality and  Women’s Empowerment: Public Group on Gender
• Fragile States Peace and Security: Public Group on Fragility and Crisis Situations
• Human Rights and Democratic Governance: Public Group on Security, Justice & Human Rights; Public Group on Governance; Public Group on Democracy and Public Group on Public Sector Reform and Decentralisation
   

Promoting the Drivers of Inclusive and Sustainable Growth

• Lands, Livelihoods and Sustainability: Public Group on Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
• Employment and Decent Work: Public Group on Employment & Social Protection
• Inclusiveness, Equity & Social Protection: Public Group on Employment & Social Protection

Towards a New Partnership for Development

• Trade and Private Sector: Public Group on Private Sector Trade & Regional Integration
• Climate Change: Public Group on Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
• Financing Beyond ODA: Public Group on Development Policy

Other

• Post -2015 Development Agenda: Public Group on Development Policy
• Children and Youth: Public Group on Education and Development and Public Group on Children

                                  Klaus Rudischhauser introduces EU Development Days 2013

New to capacity4dev.eu?

If you are new to the platform and would like to participate in these groups then you will first need to create an account. You can then visit the Help & Guidance section to learn how to use the groups. 

Voices & Views and capacity4dev.eu Stand

The capacity4dev.eu team will be present at the EDDs. Come and find our stand, where you can learn more about the platform, join groups and see the latest developments on the site. The capacity4dev.eu journalists will also be based at the stand with cameras where they will be interviewing a range of policy decision-makers, development experts and beneficiaries throughout the course of the event.

Social Media and Blogging

We will be blogging live from the event, therefore please keep an eye on the homepage as we updated it with the latest links. You can also follow the event on Facebook and Twitter (@capacity4dev or #cap4dev). On Twitter we will be using the official EDDs tags; you can find these on page 13 of the official EDDs Social Media Guide.

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