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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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  • Quake Disaster Shouldn't Detract from Long-term Objectives

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 22 February 2010
    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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  • 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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  • Demand-Driven Planning Produces Harmonised Donor Support

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 11 February 2010
    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 created a new Article | 2 February 2010
    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 created a new Article | 29 January 2010
    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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  • Time to Learn and Act

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 29 January 2010
    As a high level meeting on South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development approaches, there is a growing push to get from talking to walking.
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  • Chantal Marijnissen commented on an article | 28 January 2010

    New Tool Increases Focus on Quality Assessment of Technical Cooperation

    Dear Lars, I think that your queries and reflections are very relevant and actually have got us thinking! As I am in charge of the oQSG system in Directorate E of course my interest is how we make sure that our support system delivers the best results for all. My first comment is that the oQSG is...
  • Maciek Jastrzebiec-pyszynski commented on an article | 28 January 2010

    New Tool Increases Focus on Quality Assessment of Technical Cooperation

    Trust is good but control is better... I think all quality management systems should be oriented at creating the right reflexes among the task managers. One way of doing this is through training, the other by creating quality check of the result of their work. We can assume that Task Managers...
  • Lars Flocke LARSEN commented on an article | 27 January 2010

    New Tool Increases Focus on Quality Assessment of Technical Cooperation

    Firstly, I want to stress that I completely agree that there must be an increased focus on quality in our assistance programmes. The question is: how? In essense, the new Quality Assessment Grid asks a lot of relevant questions - but too late. In real life, the grid will typically be filled out by...

  • New Tool Increases Focus on Quality Assessment of Technical Cooperation

    Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 20 January 2010
    EuropeAid has developed a new Technical Cooperation Quality Assessment Grid, which must be used by its task managers to self-assess quality of TC. This gives a clear signal that focus on quality has moved up a gear as the European Commission reform of TC enters its second phase.
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