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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

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  • Elections Bring Stability and Era of Renewed Cooperation

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013
    Guinea recently emerged from decades of authoritarian government and a period of instability to hold, with strong support from the international community, the country’s first ever credible polls heralding a new beginning for one of the world’s poorest countries.
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  • Tax Reform and Development

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013
    Raising taxes is at the heart of nation-building. Nations cannot own their development processes if a great part of the efforts behind them is funded by external agencies. Moreover, as many donors now face increasing budget constraints, raising funds through taxation is more important than ever in...
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  • South-South Cooperation – Another Way of Sharing Knowledge

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013
    Attendants of a high level conference "Organising Inclusive Ownership" which took place in Brussels in May heard of the success stories of a Dutch financed South-South Cooperation programme between Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica.
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  • Decentralisation and Local Governance: Taking Stock and Preparing for Busan

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013
    At their annual meeting, held this year in Brussels, donors active in Decentralisation and Local Governance gathered to take stock of their activities to date and consider ways to make donor support more effective in future.
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  • Promising Anti-Corruption Convention To Be Put into Action?

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013
    While the United Nations’ Convention Against Corruption is an important achievement in the global fight against corruption, the real test of the Convention is in its implementation, which will be monitored.
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  • Investing in Culture to Support Growth and Development

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013
    The European Commission supports a variety of cultural projects as it believes that investment in the arts, whether cinema, theatre, visual art, music or dance, can contribute positively to achieving economic and social development objectives.
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  • Context and Timing Contribute to Trade Reform Success in Philippines

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013
    The European Commission’s trade related technical assistance programme in the Philippines has been a notable success and the context and timing of interventions have played an important role, according to Nick Taylor from the European Union Delegation in Manila.
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  • European Commission Systems: ROM Explained

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013
    Results Orientated Monitoring, or ROM for short, provides external, objective and impartial feedback on the performance of European Commission aid projects and programmes as part of the Commission’s commitment to quality assurance.
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  • Budget Support is Working in Rwanda

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013
    Budget Support involves channeling finances directly into the treasury of partner countries. It’s a form of development assistance that represents an important form of assistance for international donors like the European Commission and in the central African nation of Rwanda, government...
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  • Making Natural Resources Work for People by Improving Transparency

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013
    Lack of transparency in extractive industries like oil, gas or mining has put the brakes on development in resource-rich countries and exacerbated poor governance, according to campaigners in Ghana where a new initiative is encouraging greater disclosure.
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