Aid Effectiveness

Increasing the effectiveness of aid means ensuring that aid helps developing countries to improve the welfare of their poorest populations. For this reason, aid must be genuinely focused on development priorities set by these countries. Developing countries bear the primary responsibility for their own development, but the EU accepts its share of responsibility and accountability for the joint efforts undertaken in partnership.

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Aid effectiveness - Aid fragmentation - Aid modalities - Division of labour & donor coordination - Joint analysis - Joint implementation - Joint programming - Mutual accountability - Ownership - Science of delivery - Transparency

Attendees Prepare for the EU Development Days 2011

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Some 1,000 development practitioners, policy makers and representatives from donor and partner countries are arriving in Warsaw, Poland, for this year's European Development Days on the 15 and 16 December 2011.

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Cornerstones for Cooperation: Ownership, Results, Transparency and Accountability

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Attaining sustainable development is not just about technical results but encompasses societal change and transformation which can only be achieved with proactive Partners, according to the European Union’s Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs.

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PFM Strengthening: Capacity Development and the Change Management Nexus

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Effective capacity development involves understanding and supporting change management processes, according to consultants Carole Pretorius and Nico Pretorius who took part in a special capacity development workshop in Brussels recently.

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Developing the Collective Change Capacity of Societies

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Over 3,000 development officials have gathered in Busan, South Korea, this week for an important forum on aid effectiveness. According to Vice President of the World Bank Institute Sanjay Pradhan, who is attending the event, capacity development has yet to attain its full potential for changing...

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Attendees Prepare for Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Some 2,000 development practitioners, policy makers and representatives from donor and partner countries are arriving in Busan, South Korea, for the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness that is due to kick off on the 29th November 2011.

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Actors of the Development Community Focus on Youth as World Population Tops 7 Billion

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

The world passed a collective milestone in October when the planet’s human population topped 7 billion drawing some development professionals to consider the impact of such a large, and in the developing world, increasingly youthful population.

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Supporting the Capacity of Guinea’s Artisanal Fishing Communities

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Traditional fishing is an important source of economic activity in the impoverished West African nation of Guinea, where the European Commission's Food Facility has undertaken a project to boost the sector through awareness, training and provision of better equipment.

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Taking Account of Context and Opportunity for Better Capacity Development

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Understanding the local context in a developing country can significantly help effective development planning. But Professor Enzo Caputo recommends going one step further and embracing the ‘Opportunity Framework’ for more effective Capacity Development, as he explained at a recent event in Brussels.

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Decentralisation: Learning Lessons from the Developing World

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Decentralisation is not always easily implemented and many developing countries have failed or are failing to introduce effective decentralised governance systems. But why? Francois Vaillancourt from the University of Montreal, Canada, considers the obstacles, conditions for success and how these...

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Agenda for Change: Partners Debate EC Proposals for a New and Improved EU Development Policy

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

The European Union’s Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, recently presented an ‘Agenda for Change’; designed to increase the impact of EU development policy and introduce a new approach on EU budget support.

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