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Intercultural approach for development cooperation and partnership

Article
Voices & Views

DG INTPA.D4 has developed an intercultural approach to better deal with cultural diversity in its daily business processes

Worldwide
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Communicating Development Cooperation
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Intercultural approach
Knowledge Management
Primary pupil in Uganda

Supporting the teachers: Where do development actors come in?

Article
Voices & Views

What kind of issues and challenges do teachers face in developing countries? What forms of support can help address them? Join our discussion and share your views.

Africa
Uganda
Capacity Development
Education
Employment & VET
Interpreter

The role of homegrown interpretation in development

Article
Voices & Views

Africa's linguistic diversity is stunning, but with over 1,500 languages spoken across the continent, communication can be a challenge – even within countries themselves.

Africa
Capacity Development
Capacity development
Digitalisation
+1
Communication policy
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GVC Italia: “EU Aid Volunteers benefits volunteers and organisations alike”

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Voices & Views

Today’s humanitarian crises pose unprecedented challenges for the humanitarian and development actors. This includes finding skilled volunteers.

Worldwide
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Humanitarian Aid
+1
Community outreach
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Civil society: Resilience amid changing times

Article
Voices & Views

In recent years, an increase in authoritarian regimes and the introduction of restrictive laws have resulted in a shrinking space for civil society in over a hundred countries. Engaging civil society actors at the international...

Worldwide
Capacity Development
Civil Society
Development Policy

Share your stories with Capacity4dev at the European Development Days

Article
Voices & Views

At this year's European Development Days, our team of journalists will be talking to panellists, speakers, guests and exhibitors about the best practices to overcoming today’s key development challenges. Want to share your story?

Capacity Development
Communicating Development Cooperation
Awareness raising
+4
Communication
Media relations
Social media
Visibility
Woman signing a contract

Budget support: Delegation perspectives

Article
Voices & Views

The updated Budget Support Guidelines, introduced in October 2017, encompassed changes to the modality and a streamlining of existing procedures. Grounded in a logic of dialogue and partnership, budget support accounts for about...

Worldwide
Development Effectiveness
Budget support
Budget support methodology
+1
Capacity Development
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Europe’s priceless know-how on social protection and employment

Article
Voices & Views

Most countries can finance some kind of social safety net through domestic resources, according to Belgian deputy prime minister and minister for development Alexander De Croo. But he says developing nations often lack the...

Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Americas & the Caribbean
+3
Mexico
Asia
Azerbaijan
Capacity Development
Social Protection
Decent work and labour marked policies

Developing Financial Management Capacity in South African Municipalities – A Basis for Local Development

Article
Voices & Views

When you think about development challenges, a lack of trained accountants might not immediately come to mind. Yet poor public sector financial management is often at the root of patchy service delivery in other sectors, from...

Africa
South Africa
Budget support
Capacity Development
Economics & Public Finance
+3
Knowledge Management
Learning
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation

Tanzania: New Resistant Coffee Varieties Developed with EU Support

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Voices & Views

As soon as the seedlings are ready for planting, women in brightly coloured clothes wrapped at the waist load the new disease resistant varieties of coffee seedlings into the back of a truck. Developed at the Tanzania Coffee...

Africa
Tanzania
Agriculture & Rural Development
Capacity Development
Fisheries
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning