Capacity Development

This topic is about the broad notion of Capacity Development (CD) as a change process at the level of individuals, organisations and societies.It concerns the many ways of supporting capacities, like Technical Cooperation, working with Non States Actors, promoting multi-stakeholders processes and knowledge sharing.

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Backbone strategy - Capacity development - Change management - technical cooperation reform

Post-Conflict Environments Benefit from Better Informed Donors

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Information gathering and time spent understanding the local context are key to operational success in fragile and post-conflict situations, according to a representative of the European Union Delegation to Afghanistan.

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Governance Support at Critical Juncture, Delegates Conclude

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Worldwide, donors spend millions of euros on governance support but are often left assessing a mixed bag of results. Delegates at a recent workshop in Brussels considered why it is so hard to achieve reliably good results and concluded that the time is ripe for a change in approaches to supporting...

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Bringing Capacity Development to the Fore at Busan

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Donors and partner country leaders welcomed the fact that capacity development was recognised as a central tool for achieving sustainable development at a top level event in Busan, South Korea.

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Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative: Building Capacities to get Things Done

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

The time is right for donors to support the ambitions and visions of a new generation of development-focused African leaders, according to representatives from the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative, who took part in the recent Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan.

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Budget Support Can't Buy Reform But It Can Support It

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Several European Commission evaluations confirm that Budget Support can be a useful instrument to support policy implementation and reforms in developing countries. But it can only contribute to positive change, experts warn, if there is a strong political commitment from partner governments.

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Africa Takes Strong Position on Development Effectiveness

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Representatives from Africa made a strong case for shifting the debate from ‘aid’ to ‘development effectiveness’ and highlighted the critical role of capacity development at the recent ‘Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness’ in Busan.

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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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Africa's Natural Resources: ‘Resource-Rich’ Shouldn’t Mean ‘Conflict Ridden’

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

All too often, the countries in Africa that nature has endowed with the most economically valuable resources have also struggled with devastating instability and conflict: A paradox that the African Union and European Commission wish to see ended though strong emphasis on democratic accountability...

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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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