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  • Quality Support Reviews Produce Early Lessons

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 31 March 2010
    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 review at headquarters offer some interesting lessons on the ongoing TC...
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  • Jan GOOSSENAERTS commented on an article | 29 March 2010

    Improving Performance Measurement in the Social Sectors

    During my participation to USAID's Global Pulse 2010 (details at http://www.globalpulse2010.gov/ ) I contributed below phrases on Local solutions to global challenges. The visibility of the social architecture matters. The actors at the various socio-technical levels are bound by treaties, law,...

  • The Backbone Strategy and In-Country Partners

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 18 March 2010
    What does the European Commission’s reform of technical cooperation mean for in-country partners? This digested paper offers some guidance.
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  • Manca Turk commented on an article | 2 March 2010

    Backbone Strategy Questions and Answers

    There must be a mistake on page 4, first bullet point under "What to do when technical assistance is not effective?". "Recognize the problem as soon as it appears, and take immediate action. Waiting and hoping that poor performance remedies itself is normally making things work." should read "...

  • Pushed for Time? Watch the Guidelines on Technical Cooperation!

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 19 February 2010
    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. Watch and learn!
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  • Jan GOOSSENAERTS commented on an article | 26 December 2009

    Improving Performance Measurement in the Social Sectors

    Just now I came across the work by UN DESA Division for Sustainable Development, at: http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/dsd_aofw_ind/ind_csdindi.shtml ; The factsheet http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/factsheet.pdf illustrates the scope and outcomes of the work on indicators done. What is...
  • Jan GOOSSENAERTS commented on an article | 22 December 2009

    Improving Performance Measurement in the Social Sectors

    One should esure that projects and programmes operate under common PAF's with (reusable) indicators (and don't waste resources reinventing wheels). The emphasis on NSO's is suitable in this context. Even in cases where NSO's can't do the (broad) data collection, they could still provide for...

  • Mapping of European Commission's Technical Cooperation

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 14 December 2009
    As part of the Backbone Strategy, EC Delegations have screened ongoing and forthcoming technical cooperation operations and PIUs against key quality criteria. A mapping grid has been sent to Headquarters by Delegations at the end of January 2009. A consolidated picture of technical cooperation...
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  • EC Procedures Prove Weighty in Suriname

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 10 December 2009
    Development cooperation between the European Commission and the Government of Suriname has hit a rocky patch of late. But the small South American nation is forging ties with the Asian economic giant, China that could offer some alternatives to the EC’s technical cooperation, according to Volker...
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  • Improving Performance Measurement in the Social Sectors

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 1 December 2009
    There are abundant stories about over-ambitious targets and badly chosen indicators in Performance Assessment Frameworks. So should we do away with PAFs as instruments for sector capacity development? No, says Willem Cornelissen from the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam and...
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