Governance & Corruption

While a massive body of water separates Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo, there’s not an ocean of difference between them in terms of the scale of the governance challenges facing their education sectors.

A recent two day planning and knowledge exchange workshop to address institutional change gave a boost to the implementation of the Comprehensive Institution Building Programme, bringing together some 25 colleagues from EuropeAid...

From the viewpoint of one Ukrainian government manager, a new element of a European Union programme aimed at its “Eastern Partnership” initiative is easing coordination of institutional development (ID), but political support is...

Jean Bossuyt from the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) provides an informative and instructive presentation on putting the sector governance approach into practice. Watch his presentation here.

Why is it important to consider governance issues in sector operations and how should aid practitioners go about this? Dominique Dellicour of the Governance, Security, Justice, Human Rights and Gender unit presents EuropeAid’s...

The Governance, Security Human Rights and Gender Unit of EuropeAid is organising a Global Workshop for European Union Delegations from the 18 – 21 October 2010 on fighting corruption. The four day seminar, which will take place in...

Public sector reform is all too often hindered by the perception that change is being imposed from the outside, according to Rebecca Joshua Okwaci, Under Secretary for Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resources in the...

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.

“Compliance with financial regulations and disbursement pressure continues to drive the agenda. In this regard, we wonder what room there is to adopt the Backbone Strategy principles,” said Enrico Strampelli Head of Development...

To strengthen local governments across Africa, donors would be advised to spend more time and resources in researching and understanding local systems, according to Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi a key expert from the region. Mr Mbassi...