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Development programmes always strive to be as effective as possible – one way of achieving efficiency is to combine the strengths of all partners working in the sector. A recent evaluation of EU Joint Programming has shown that this policy mechanism offers many advantages.

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Africa
Mozambique
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Cambodia
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Monitoring & Evaluation

Promising Anti-Corruption Convention To Be Put into Action?

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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
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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
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Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Knowledge Management
Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation

European Commission Systems: Office Quality Support Groups

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Office Quality Support Groups, known in-house as QSG, are a decision making process that brings together staff in headquarters with colleagues in delegation to ensure the European Commission funded projects are as good as possible...

Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Monitoring & Evaluation

Capacity Development Stocktaking: Change Readiness

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How can partners address capacity development and what can you do to support them in the early stages of such processes? This is a key issue that underlies all European Commission efforts towards sustainability of development and...

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

Improving Donor Harmonisation Through Joint Monitoring

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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...

Development Effectiveness
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Monitoring & Evaluation

Quality Support Reviews Produce Early Lessons

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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...

Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
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Knowledge Management
Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation

Pushed for Time? Watch the Guidelines on Technical Cooperation!

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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...

Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
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Knowledge Management
Learning
Monitoring & Evaluation