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The Backbone Strategy and In-Country Partners
What does the European Commission’s reform of technical cooperation mean for in-country partners? This digested paper offers some guidance.0 0 5 327
Enhancing Agricultural Performance – An Inside Job
In Zambia, the European Commission is set to play a secondary role, supporting the government’s Performance Enhancement Programme in agriculture and livestock. The driving force of the programme is to come from the ministries themselves.0 0 7 388
The Dutch and Danish Debate the Future of Aid
Development assistance is once again the focus of intense debate. This time the discussion is in the Netherlands and Denmark, respectively, but the relevance of their deliberations goes beyond the borders of their two countries.0 0 3 947
The Challenge of Being ‘Backbone-minded’
How can we bring the principles of the Backbone Strategy on Technical Cooperation Reform into supporting infrastructure programmes? How can we be Backbone-minded? These were the themes of a recent internal session at EuropeAid headquarters. AIDCO Unit E7, which is in charge of quality assurance on transport, water, energy and urban development programmes, organised the internal session on how to bring The Backbone Strategy into daily operations.0 0 10 028
Champagne for 1000th Member
Capacity4dev has reached another milestone. Our 1,000th subscriber, Luca Pitrone, signed up this week, winning a bottle of champagne. Mr Pitrone, a secretary in AIDCO's unit E6 (Natural Resources), expects to use capacity4dev daily. “It’s like Facebook, but for work purposes,” said Mr Pitrone. “It’s good that we have it available.”0 0 4 204
Learning About South South Cooperation
A call for case studies detailing effective south-south cooperation in practice, launched by the Task Team on South-South Cooperation, has generated wide interest.0 0 4 155