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Culture is an important sector of social and human development. Cultural cooperation contributes to identity-building, self-esteem and social cohesion, creates jobs and economic growth.

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Cultural heritage - Cultural management - Cultural policy - Culture & economic development - Unique cultural landscape

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  • Art & Architecture at Work in Urban Africa

    Capacity4dev Team created a new event | 16 April 2013
    15 Apr
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    in Nairobi (Kenya)
    Organised by UN Habitat and Directorate General for Development and Cooperation (EuropeAid) Unit B4
    The objective of Art & Architecture at Work at the 24th UN Habitat Governing Council Meeting [1] is to promote the role of art and architecture at the service of inclusive and sustainable urban development in African cities. Bottom-up initiatives, participatory approaches, and community...
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  • Budget Support is Not the Only Way

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    Funneling money into the coffers of partner countries is not the only way donors like the European Commission should offer their support. Finances should also be directed towards smaller bodies, like farmers groups, according to Mamadou Cissokho, a farmer’s representative from Senegal.
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  • Ancient Practices with Modern Value

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    The roaming farming practices of nomadic pastoralists may appear to have altered little in hundreds of years, but in today’s unpredictable age of climate change these ancient practices may hold the key to flexible farming in hostile environments and donors should do more to support them, say...
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  • Rethinking Support to Local Governance

    Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013
    To strengthen local governments across Africa, donors would be advised to spend more time and resources in researching and understanding local systems, according to Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi a key expert from the region. Mr Mbassi, from Cameroon, is a well known expert in decentralisation and has...
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  • Riaipe3 - Maria Pilar

    Christoforos KORAKAS updated the Information | 21 March 2013
    Presentación de Maria Pilar en el Simpósio Internacional de Interculturalidad y Educación Superior, Bolívia - La Paz, Nov.2011
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  • Riaipe3 - Esperanza Huanca

    Christoforos KORAKAS updated the Information | 21 March 2013
    Presentación de Esperanza Huanca en el Simpósio Internacional de Interculturalidad y Educación Superior, Bolívia - La Paz, Nov.2011
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  • Riaipe3 - Esperanza Huanca

    3 Riaipe posted Information | 15 March 2013
    Presentación de Esperanza Huanca en el Simpósio Internacional de Interculturalidad y Educación Superior, Bolívia - La Paz, Nov.2011
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  • Riaipe3 - Maria Pilar

    3 Riaipe posted Information | 15 March 2013
    Presentación de Maria Pilar en el Simpósio Internacional de Interculturalidad y Educación Superior, Bolívia - La Paz, Nov.2011
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  • Riaipe3 - Marcia Mandeporra

    3 Riaipe posted Information | 15 March 2013
    Presentación de Marcia Mandeporra en el Simpósio Internacional de Interculturalidad y Educación Superior, Bolívia - La Paz, Nov.2011
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  • Riaipe3 - Marcello Sarzuri-Lima

    3 Riaipe posted Information | 15 March 2013
    Presentación de Marcello Sarzuri-Lima en el Simpósio Internacional de Interculturalidad y Educación Superior, Bolívia - La Paz, Nov.2011
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