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Millions of children around the world grow up in residential facilities despite not being orphans, and many more in ‘alternative care’ within their wider families or communities. There is worrying evidence of care systems’ failure to protect children’s rights in developing and...

Africa
Americas & the Caribbean
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Education
Monitoring & Evaluation

A New Tool Assesses Capacity Development Gains

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Development professionals are regularly asked to assess results of Capacity Development programmes – a challenging task that is not always easily carried out. But a new tool, called the Rapid Assessment of Capacity, or RAC, has...

Americas & the Caribbean
Bolivia
Capacity Development
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Knowledge Management
+2
Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation

Towards Better Capacity Development: Learning from the Private Sector

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Voices & Views

Could development professionals at the European Commission improve their efforts in developing capacity by drawing some lessons from experiences in the private sector? Consultants Paul Beaulieu and Robert LeBlanc, think they could...

Development Effectiveness
EU Internal Procedures
Capacity Development
+6
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Knowledge Management
Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

Contributions to the Debate on the Future of EU Budget Support

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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

Promising Anti-Corruption Convention To Be Put into Action?

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Voices & Views

While the United Nations’ Convention Against Corruption is an important achievement in the global fight against corruption, the real test of the Convention is in its implementation, which will be monitored.

Capacity Development
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Governance & Corruption
+3
Knowledge Management
Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation

European Commission Systems: ROM Explained

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Results Orientated Monitoring, or ROM for short, provides external, objective and impartial feedback on the performance of European Commission aid projects and programmes as part of the Commission’s commitment to quality assurance...

Development Effectiveness
EU Internal Procedures
Capacity Development
+4
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Knowledge Management
Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation