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Working better with civil society for gender equality: Two lessons learnt
Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team collaborated with INTPA.G.1 and presents lessons learnt and recommendations.

Worldwide
Civil Society
Human rights defenders
Democracy
+4
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Women's empowerment
Women's organisations

Extending Budget Support to Civil Society - Part 2: An Example from Ecuador

Article
Voices & Views

In the second part of a series on how Sector Budget Support can extend to Civil Society and what can be achieved, Dominique Wauters, Head of Cooperation in the regionalised EU Delegation of Quito, Ecuador, shares his experience of...

Americas & the Caribbean
Ecuador
Budget support
Civil Society
Economics & Public Finance
+1
Education

Extending Budget Support to Civil Society - Part 1: An Example from South Africa

Article
Voices & Views

How can Sector Budget Support embrace Civil Society and what can be achieved? How can such support offer an effective way to strengthen sector capacity and governance? In this first of a two-part series on capacity4dev.eu, Jozet...

Africa
South Africa
Budget support
Civil Society
Economics & Public Finance
+2
Justice & rule of law
Peace and Security

Civil Society Representatives Give Feedback on EU Development Policy

Article
Voices & Views

The European Commission invited representatives from civil society and local government authorities from the European Union and partner countries to Brussels recently in order to improve consultation with respect to EU development...

Africa
Morocco
Cameroon
+5
Americas & the Caribbean
Mexico
Asia
Bangladesh
Europe
Civil Society
Non-state actors

Consulting Civil Society Organisations to Shape Future EU Policy

Article
Voices & Views

The European Commission has opened a public consultation addressing civil society organisations to contribute to the future EU policy on "Civil Society Organisations in Development Cooperation". Kristian Schmidt, Director of Human...

Capacity Development
Civil Society
Development Policy
+3
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Developing Civil Society after the ‘Arab Spring’: Lessons Learned from the EU Delegation in Tunisia

Article
Voices & Views

With the fall of Ben Ali’s government at the beginning of 2011, space was suddenly created for the emergence of civil society in Tunisia. In the frenetic eleven months that followed, the European Commission (EC) was able to fund...

Africa
Tunisia
Europe
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Civil Society
+3
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Continuing the Structured Dialogue with Civil Society Organisations and Local Authorities

Article
Voices & Views

As the European Commission prepares a new Communication on the involvement of civil society organisations in EC development cooperation, delegates at a recent Brussels meeting called on the European Commission to continue the...

EU Internal Procedures
Capacity Development
Civil Society
+4
Democracy
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Developing the Collective Change Capacity of Societies

Article
Voices & Views

Over 3,000 development officials have gathered in Busan, South Korea, this week for an important forum on aid effectiveness. According to Vice President of the World Bank Institute Sanjay Pradhan, who is attending the event...

Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Civil Society
+4
Governance & Corruption
Digitalisation
Knowledge Management
Learning

Contributions to the Debate on the Future of EU Budget Support

Article
Voices & Views

As the European Commission and the Member States of the European Union are busy shaping the future of EU Budget Support, voices from civil society and developing countries call for strengthened budget support as one of the most...

Development Effectiveness
Budget support
Civil Society
+3
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Economics & Public Finance
Monitoring & Evaluation

South-South Cooperation – Another Way of Sharing Knowledge

Article
Voices & Views

Attendants of a high level conference "Organising Inclusive Ownership" which took place in Brussels in May heard of the success stories of a Dutch financed South-South Cooperation programme between Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica.

Africa
Benin
Americas & the Caribbean
+3
Costa Rica
Asia
Bhutan
Agriculture & Rural Development
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
+6
Civil Society
Fisheries
Knowledge Management
Learning
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration