Improving Donor Harmonisation Through Joint Monitoring The EC offers three concrete proposals. At the 2nd Joint Monitoring Seminar, The European Commission proposed three concrete steps that donors can take towards better...
The European Commission has given itself until March 2011 to develop a set of updated guidelines to support more results-driven projects and promote programmes with more sustainable impacts. Internal consultations are underway...
Since January, European Commission Delegations have been required to complete Quality Assessment Grids in addition to Action Fiches for technical cooperation support operations in the QSG process. The first samples arriving for...
What does the European Commission’s reform of technical cooperation mean for in-country partners? This digested paper offers some guidance.
We know that keeping abreast of latest European Commission policy is time consuming. So, to lighten your load, capacity4dev.eu has produced a fun video version of The Guidelines on Making Technical Cooperation More Effective...
As part of the Backbone Strategy, EC Delegations have screened ongoing and forthcoming technical cooperation operations and PIUs against key quality criteria. A mapping grid has been sent to Headquarters by Delegations at the end...
Development cooperation between the European Commission and the Government of Suriname has hit a rocky patch of late. But the small South American nation is forging ties with the Asian economic giant, China that could offer some...
There are abundant stories about over-ambitious targets and badly chosen indicators in Performance Assessment Frameworks. So should we do away with PAFs as instruments for sector capacity development? No, says Willem Cornelissen...
Do you know how to encourage individuals to offer their services? Do you know how to organise a successful round of interviews, or modify a Financing Agreement with or without an addendum? Or how to mobilise public expertise from...
