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Budget Support is Not the Only Way
Funneling money into the coffers of partner countries is not the only way donors like the European Commission should offer their support. Finances should also be directed towards smaller bodies, like farmers groups, according to Mamadou Cissokho, a farmer’s representative from Senegal.0 0 7 654
From TC Reform to EC Reform
Making Technical Cooperation more effective implies making the European Commission more effective. That may be painful, but not impossible, argues Nils Boesen who has assisted EuropeAid in designing and implementing the TC reform.0 1 5 325
Ancient Practices with Modern Value
The roaming farming practices of nomadic pastoralists may appear to have altered little in hundreds of years, but in today’s unpredictable age of climate change these ancient practices may hold the key to flexible farming in hostile environments and donors should do more to support them, say experts.0 2 10 873
Farming and Agriculture: Looking Out for the Little Guy
Current perceptions of agriculture are too limited, according to expert Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, who would like to see donors embrace and harness the resilience and adaptability of small scale farmers. Donors should not overlook the advantages of small scale agricultural production, which offers greater flexibility particularly in times of shifting market demands, economic uncertainty and threats of climate change.0 0 8 272
Public Sector Reform in Fragile Situations, A Voice from Sudan
Public sector reform is all too often hindered by the perception that change is being imposed from the outside, according to Rebecca Joshua Okwaci, Under Secretary for Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resources in the Autonomous Government of Southern Sudan.0 1 9 342
Change Management!
Change management is, strangely enough, rather a new discipline in development cooperation. However, it is absolutely crucial for capacity development – and there are tools to help.1 0 4 478
Capacity Development Stocktaking: Change Readiness
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 aid effectiveness.0 0 5 525
Mapping the Demand - and Supply Side
Who are actually pressing for performance from public organisations? Who are overseeing them, and to whom are they accountable? The Toolkit for Capacity Development has a handy tool for mapping sector and governance actors.0 0 4 381
The Nettle of Civil Service Reform - and 'Topping-up'
Sierra Leone has come a long way since the brutal civil war ended in 1999, and donors have played a vital role in this progress. But donor approaches to technical assistance, implementation units and topping-up schemes could end up doing some harm, writes Nils Boesen after a Technical Cooperation learning event in the capital, Freetown.0 0 6 173
Political Economy and Stakeholder Analysis
We always talk about the importance of the context. But how do you analyse the drivers and constraints, and map – with some specificity – the actors and their interests?0 0 4 245
Improving Donor Harmonisation Through Joint Monitoring
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 harmonisation through joint monitoring of common development projects.0 0 5 367
Help us Build a New Improved capacity4dev
We are in the process of redesigning capacity4dev.eu. You can help us to make sure the new site is as useful as possible by replying to a few questions. Just follow this link to a short survey: http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/help-redesign-capacity4deveu-short-survey0 0 1 810
Improving Integrated Financial Management Information Systems
Improving Integrated Financial Management Information Systems Led by expert Dr Carolyne Stanforth.0 1 11 209
A Path for Many Small Steps Forward
The Vietnamese government wants to include capacity development in their socio-economic planning. But what does that mean? Nils Boesen, who facilitated a recent in-country event, reports.0 0 4 770
An Ambitious Restructuring of the German TC Landscape
German Development Minister Dirk Niebel’s recently announced plans for a major reform of the country’s development institutions have been welcomed by international development organisations as well as inside Germany.0 1 3 726
NEPAD Launches CD Framework
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD, has prepared a Capacity Development Strategic Framework which may evolve into a common reference for donors supporting capacity development on the continent.0 0 9 604
Parliamentarians Test New Anti-Corruption Mechanisms
A first version of a Toolkit designed to help elected government officials monitor their own performance in tackling corruption was launched recently in Accra, Ghana. See the Toolkit for yourself and give feedback during its inception in the comments section below.0 0 4 676
UNDP's Governance Assessment Portal
The United Nations Development Programme's Governance Assessment Portal http://www.gaportal.org/ is a virtual resource centre for indicators, assessment frameworks and country studies.0 0 4 881