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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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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National Qualification Framework in Tajikistan: Learning by Sharing

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

The European Training Foundation is supporting a reform of vocational education and training in Tajikistan that offers an interesting case study, stressing the importance of knowledge sharing for long-term capacity development.

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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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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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Government Ownership Key to Successful EU Support to the Philippines

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

The European Commission’s experience in the Philippines in recent years has been marked by strong country ownership of development programming and implementation. This hands-on approach has proved to be a decisive factor in achieving effective aid interventions and could offer lessons for other...

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Smart Procurement for More Effective Aid

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

More aid contracts being won locally could boost development and job creation in partner countries, according to a new report by the European Network on Debt and Development, Eurodad.

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Towards Better Capacity Development: Learning from the Private Sector

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Could development professionals at the European Commission improve their efforts in developing capacity by drawing some lessons from experiences in the private sector? Consultants Paul Beaulieu and Robert LeBlanc, think they could.

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