Skip to main content

Articles

Results (37)

UNDP's Governance Assessment Portal

Article
Voices & Views

The United Nations Development Programme's Governance Assessment Portal http://www.gaportal.org/ is a virtual resource centre for indicators, assessment frameworks and country studies.

Democracy
Governance & Corruption

Prioritising Support for Parliamentary Institutions

Article
Voices & Views

The Office for the Promotion of Parliamentary Democracy was created within the European Parliament in response to an increase in demand for support from new and emerging parliamentary democracies. Watch this video interview with...

Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Democracy
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning

Increasing Support for Parliaments: Topic of Recent Conference

Article
Voices & Views

Engaging with the world’s lawmakers is a new, expanding and crucial field for European Commission staffers working on democracy assistance. That was the message heard by dozens of participants at a recent pilot workshop on...

Development Effectiveness
Democracy
Three lessons on tackling corruption and strengthening governance

Three lessons on tackling corruption and strengthening governance

Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev team worked with INTPA.G.1 and provides lessons learnt about how to strengthen democratic governance and tackle corruption.

Worldwide
Asia
Democracy
Governance & Corruption
Democracy and Digitalisation: How to Avoid Typical Pitfalls in Interventions

Democracy and Digitalisation: How to Avoid Typical Pitfalls in Interventions

Article
Editors' Spotlight

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

Worldwide
Democracy
Human Rights
Human rights based approaches
+1
Digitalisation

Elections in Fragile Situations

Article
Voices & Views

How and when should elections be held, particularly in countries with fragile situations? What should be the role of donors and the international community in supporting democracy? There is no general recipe for every situation...

Democracy

Elections Bring Stability and Era of Renewed Cooperation

Article
Voices & Views

Guinea recently emerged from decades of authoritarian government and a period of instability to hold, with strong support from the international community, the country’s first ever credible polls heralding a new beginning for one...

Africa
Guinea
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Democracy
+4
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Positive Reviews for Joint Workshop on Electoral Assistance

Article
Voices & Views

Following a recent joint European Commission and United Nations Development Programme workshop on formulating and implementing electoral assistance projects, a video is now available online.

Democracy

The Poverty Gap: A Political and Development Issue

Article
Voices & Views

In a new book entitled “Reducing Inequalities: A Sustainable Development Challenge”, presented at the EuropeAid InfoPoint on 28 May 2013, scholars and development specialists argue that bridging the gap between the rich and the...

Americas & the Caribbean
Brazil
Asia
+1
Indonesia
Democracy
Development Policy

Stepping Up Flexible Support for Media and Freedom of Expression

Article
Voices & Views

The explosion of on line journalism, blogging and social media has given anyone the technical capacity to become a news publisher, putting the spotlight on the key issues of training and safety.

Asia
Syria
Europe
Capacity Development
Democracy
Digitalisation
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning