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  1. Call for proposals for capacity building and technical assistance: Deadline 1st of June

    Until the 1st of June, the EU Aid Volunteers initiative of the European Commission is accepting applications from NGOs for funding for capacity building and technical assistance. For more information, take a look at Capacity4dev's interview with the EU Aid Volunteers Team Leader, here: https://...
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  2. DEVCO workshop on open aid data

    In development and humanitarian contexts, access to accurate and timely information is crucial for distributing aid and reporting on its results. But with the wealth of data available from donors and implementing partners, comparing the different sets can be a daunting challenge. This is where the...
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  5. Environment and policy coherence

    The 2018 European Regional Meeting of the Policy Forum on Development (PFD) saw the SDGs positioned as the guiding principles behind discussions on urban growth, the role of civil society, and ecological impacts. For Sally Nicholson, Head of Development Policy and Finance at WWF’s European...
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  8. Public-private partnerships in education

    Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly perceived as an innovative approach to achieving universal access to education, but they are not without controversy. Education experts from the public sector and academia weighed in on the role of PPPs in education during a discussion panel at a...
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  9. Gender-based violence and education

    The estimates are shocking: according to UNESCO , around 246 million girls and boys are subjected to some form of gender based violence (GBV) in and around schools every year – including sexual abuse and corporal punishment. While more research is needed to understand how these problems can be...
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  20. Digital justice: Creating e-courts in Kurdistan

    Sulaymaniyah City, Kurdistan © Diyar Muhammed/Wikimedia Commons In 2016, the Sulaymaniyah Province in Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan adopted an electronic case management system to expedite its court proceedings. According to Alan Awilkadir, who coordinated the project, filing a...
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  21. How to provide space for knowledge sharing and its potential for development: an interview with Mareike Zenker, GIZ Global Leadership Academy and Jana Repansek, Center of Excellence in Finance – CEF (both members of the learn4dev network)

    Mareike Zenker, GIZ Global Leadership Academy and Jana Repansek, Center of Excellence in Finance – CEF (both members of the learn4dev network ) tell us about their approach to providing space for knowledge sharing and its potential for development. Can your physical environment actually drive you...
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  38. Eco-Villages - Interculture in Development

    Tim Clarke has 30 years’ experience in the European Commission, including as Head of Delegation to Ethiopia and to Tanzania. In the interview below he shares examples of the importance of intercultural understanding in development work. For more perspectives on this topic from former and current...
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  44. Views from the 2016 CSO Forum

    Hundreds of civil society representatives gathered to discuss EU support to human rights and civil society organisations (CSOs) worldwide at the 2016 edition of the CSO Forum, held on 17-18 March in Brussels. The event was deemed a significant success thanks to the active participation of key and...
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  46. Do you know where your clothes come from?

    "When they first asked me this question I didn't know and I was surprised. I was even upset with myself. I should know," said Roberto Ridolfi , Director for Sustainable Development and Growth in the European Commission's Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development. In the...
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  48. Ubuntu - I am because you are

    “Without volunteers in the first place, we can forget the sustainable development goals,” said Kaday Mansaray Sibanda, Regional Director of Voluntary Services Overseas Southern Africa. There are almost 150 million volunteers around the world who “come rain, come sun are working” noted Sibanda. They...
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  49. Ubuntu - I am because you are

    “Without volunteers in the first place, we can forget the sustainable development goals,” said Kaday Mansaray Sibanda, Regional Director of Voluntary Services Overseas Southern Africa. There are almost 150 million volunteers around the world who “come rain, come sun are working” noted Sibanda. They...
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  50. Leaving No One Behind - Mainstreaming Rights of Children, Women and Persons with Disabilities

    While International Women’s Day drew our attention to the progress made – and still to make – on mainstreaming gender in all development cooperation, it is important to recognize that it is part of a wider push for inclusivity. As disability expert Alexandre Cote pointed out during the Leave No One...
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