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Assumptions - Context for development - Logic of intervention - Logical framework - Policy Dialogue - Political economy analysis - Public policy analsysis - Quality support - Risk assessment - Sector approach - Stakeholders analysis

Milestone documents in the preparation of the Backbone Strategy

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013

The preparation of the Backbone Strategy included comprehensive consultations with EC Delegations and EU Member States. Different reviews of on the different procedures used when providing technical cooperation were also prepared. 1. Court of Auditors Report on "The effectiveness of TA in the...

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Internal Meetings Minutes and Working Documents

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013

You'll find here internal documents related to EC technical cooperation reform such as minutes of the Steering Committee meetings, working tools, reports, etc; which will help you follow the implementation of the Backbone Strategy. Minutes of Steering Committee Meetings:

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Mapping of the Commission's Technical Cooperation in Asia Provides a Good Starting Point

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013

Asian TC mapping presentation Mar09 Jos Jonckers and Franck Viault from EuropeAid's Asia office in Brussels highlight the results of the mapping exercise in Asia and look at the next steps to follow.

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Guidance on Making Technical Assistance more Effective is now Available

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013

The Director General of EuropeAid, Koos Richelle, has circulated the new Guidelines on Making Technical Assistance More Effective and urged staff across the European Commission to take a leading role in implementing technical cooperation reform. "Your dedicated involvement and leadership are...

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Decentralisation and Local Governance: Participate in a Virtual Discussion Group

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013

European Commission staff are already participating in online discussion forums and recently, a discussion group was launched on decentralisation and local governance, feeding into a workshop in Brussels in July. "I am a task manager for local governance and civil society in A. I only arrived...

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Technical Cooperation Reform is a Culture Change

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013

The European Commission is taking a lead role in championing a results-driven reform of technical cooperation. In a video interview to mark the launch of the new Capacity4dev.eu platform, Koos Richelle, Director General of the Commission's development arm, EuropeAid, explains the modalities of...

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Sven AERTS commented on an article | 21 February 2013

Towards Better Capacity Development: Learning from the Private Sector

Thx. We've immediately taken up the Five Lessons Adapted from the Private Sector (Taken from LeBlanc and Beaulieu) Continuous readjustment via monitoring and evaluation Capacity development as progressive and grounded in realistic targets Basis of capacity development is evidence-based performance...
ARTICLE: Impact evaluation and Political Economy : what does the "Conditional" in "Conditional cash transfers" accomplish?

Coralie Mugerin updated the Information | 15 January 2013

Interesting article from Center for Global Development Impact evaluation and Political Economy : what does the "Conditional" in "Conditional cash transfers" accomplish? Read an extract below : January 12, 2012 By Lant Pritchett Some economists, with their recent fad for “evaluation”, have managed...

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Group: Political Economy in Practice
Key readings on political economy analysis

Coralie Mugerin updated the Information | 15 January 2013

Political economy analysis covers an expanding area of development theory and practice drawing on an extensive and dispersed body of literature. The attached annotated bibliography of key readings provides an aid to navigating this wide-ranging subject area. The aim has been to keep the list short...

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Group: Political Economy in Practice
First Feedback from Seminar on PE in Education Sector

Coralie Mugerin updated the Information | 15 January 2013

Dear Colleagues, The seminar on Political Economy Analysis in the education sector has raised some interesting lessons that I would like to share with you: 1. Political Economy Analysis should be embedded in our routine way of undertaking assessments of countries and sectors. 2. The methodology...

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