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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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  • The Challenge of Being ‘Backbone-minded’

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    How can we bring the principles of the Backbone Strategy on Technical Cooperation Reform into supporting infrastructure programmes? How can we be Backbone-minded? These were the themes of a recent internal session at EuropeAid headquarters. AIDCO Unit E7, which is in charge of quality assurance on...
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  • Champagne for 1000th Member

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    Capacity4dev has reached another milestone. Our 1,000th subscriber, Luca Pitrone, signed up this week, winning a bottle of champagne. Mr Pitrone, a secretary in AIDCO's unit E6 (Natural Resources), expects to use capacity4dev daily. “It’s like Facebook, but for work purposes,” said Mr Pitrone...
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  • Learning About South South Cooperation

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    A call for case studies detailing effective south-south cooperation in practice, launched by the Task Team on South-South Cooperation, has generated wide interest.
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  • TC Reform in the European Neighbourhood

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    Marcus Cornaro, who heads the Directorate for the European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument, wants to see Technical Cooperation reform integrated at every stage of the project cycle in the European neighbourhood. To achieve this, twinning arrangements with experts from the civil service in European...
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  • Embracing Technical Cooperation Reform in ACP Countries

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    The European Commission's reform of technical cooperation, has become an integral part of the EC's work, according to Gary Quince, EuropeAid's Director for African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries. It was only a couple of years ago that Mr Quince, like many Commission staff, first...
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  • It Takes More Than a Computer

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    Cars, computers and formal training may often be requested as part of a public sector reform programme, but it’s changes in the behaviour and mindsets of people that produce lasting results, according to a recent blog post by World Bank experts.
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  • Quake Disaster Shouldn't Detract from Long-term Objectives

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    Haiti is still reeling from a devastating earthquake, but its leaders don’t want the humanitarian relief operation to detract from the country’s long-term development objectives and the Commission has offered its support, according to top officials.
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  • Demand-Driven Planning Produces Harmonised Donor Support

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    A European Commission programme of budget support in Paraguay has enabled the government to address weaknesses within the country’s financial administration systems, according to Sergio Forte, Deputy Minister of Finance.
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  • Citizens Become Actors in the Fight Against Corruption

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    The European Commission's support to Transparency International's Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres provides an encouraging example of capacity building of civil society organisations and an imaginative approach to how citizens can play an active role in the fight against corruption.
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  • The Story of an Institution

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    A A new series by the United Nations Development Programme aims to detail institutional transformations, at the national and local level, which have been led and driven by the institutions themselves. Many of the featured institutions have received support from UNDP at the country level.
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