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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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Budget Support Can't Buy Reform But It Can Support It

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Several European Commission evaluations confirm that Budget Support can be a useful instrument to support policy implementation and reforms in developing countries. But it can only contribute to positive change, experts warn, if there is a strong political commitment from partner governments.

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Africa Takes Strong Position on Development Effectiveness

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Representatives from Africa made a strong case for shifting the debate from ‘aid’ to ‘development effectiveness’ and highlighted the critical role of capacity development at the recent ‘Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness’ in Busan.

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Attendees Prepare for the EU Development Days 2011

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Some 1,000 development practitioners, policy makers and representatives from donor and partner countries are arriving in Warsaw, Poland, for this year's European Development Days on the 15 and 16 December 2011.

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Cornerstones for Cooperation: Ownership, Results, Transparency and Accountability

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Attaining sustainable development is not just about technical results but encompasses societal change and transformation which can only be achieved with proactive Partners, according to the European Union’s Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs.

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Africa's Natural Resources: ‘Resource-Rich’ Shouldn’t Mean ‘Conflict Ridden’

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

All too often, the countries in Africa that nature has endowed with the most economically valuable resources have also struggled with devastating instability and conflict: A paradox that the African Union and European Commission wish to see ended though strong emphasis on democratic accountability...

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PFM Strengthening: Capacity Development and the Change Management Nexus

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 6 May 2013

Effective capacity development involves understanding and supporting change management processes, according to consultants Carole Pretorius and Nico Pretorius who took part in a special capacity development workshop in Brussels recently.

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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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