10 May is EU Overshoot Day! The Global Footprint Network and WWF have calculated that if all the people in the world had the same ecological footprint as an average EU citizen, 10 May would be the date after which humanity will...
Development aid is working, don’t stop now. That was the message Danish non-governmental organisations wanted to send in the face of flagging public support for development. So four years ago, in collaboration with the Danish...
This year's edition of the European Development Days (26-27 November 2013) is approaching. Under the broader theme Towards a New Partnership for Development, the below panel discussions, project prese ntations and workshops on...
If ever there were a time when the EU needs to be more comprehensive and coherent in its international action, it is now – and not just in response to the crisis in Ukraine… In our past analysis of the Comprehensive Approach in...
For European Union delegations and member states, working effectively with civil society organisations presents different challenges. In Chad it takes five days of desert travel to reach organisations in the north; in Azerbaijan...
With over a billion people unregistered and lacking proper identification globally, civil registration has an essential role to play in development. The benefits to be gained from a functioning civil registration system are...
This year's edition of the European Development Days (26-27 November 2013) is approaching. Under the broader theme Towards a New Partnership for Development, the below panel discussions, project prese ntations and workshops on...
Around the tables at the Climate Change Conference in Paris, nations are striving to reach consensus on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and damage to the environment. To turn recommendations into results, all stakeholders...
Yes, another uplifting article about how we must do more on gender! Well, not quite. To be honest, this is more of a lengthy introduction to some preliminary findings from a 2015 survey (mentioned on this site here) of DEVCO/EEAS...
Also see: http://www.lift-fund.org/knowledge-sharing/riceseed-banks-uplands-one-s… The Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) is a multi-donor fund established in 2009 to improve the lives and prospects...