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Regional Organisations are Crucial to Pacific Island Capacity Development
Under its mandate, the Delegation of the European Union for the Pacific, based in Suva, Fiji, provides bilateral support to 11 small island states and to 15 countries at regional level, plus it manages the cooperation with four overseas countries and territories. Many of these countries and territories are small, remote and scarcely populated, and this presents a range of operational challenges. Developing capacity at regional level is crucial to make projects more sustainable.0 0 6 467
Stepping Up Flexible Support for Media and Freedom of Expression
The explosion of on line journalism, blogging and social media has given anyone the technical capacity to become a news publisher, putting the spotlight on the key issues of training and safety.1 0 5 909
Ecosystems Approach to Make Agriculture More Efficient, More Sustainable, and to Create More Intelligent Markets
“The future of food security on the current trajectory is a road to nowhere, and to repeat the statistics that we need to grow 50-70% more food without answering the questions, on what land, with which water and with what kind of seed diversity, is a discussion that merits much greater attention,” said Achim Steiner, the United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director recently in Brussels.0 0 9 249
Waste Management in Mali: Training Small Scale Enterprises Improves Incomes and Environment
By training informal workers in the waste management industry, the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is helping to formalise waste management economy in Mali, and to generate incomes.1 0 10 966
Working with the African Union
This year, Africa celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity, currently known as the African Union (AU). The European Union has been working in hand with the AU since its creation and has a Delegation in Addis Ababa dedicated to the partnership. At a recent meeting in Brussels, Head of Operations Section, Joan Nadal-Sastre shared his views on the challenges and opportunities facing this unique Delegation.0 0 4 557
The Work of the EU Delegation to Mali: How to Continue Development Projects in Times of Crisis
In Brussels on May 15th 2013, an international donor conference, organised by the European Union and France together with Mali and entitled “Together for a new Mali”, mobilised €3.25 billion of financial commitments and pledges for that country. Capacity4dev.eu looks at how it has been possible for the EU Delegation to Mali to continue to carry out development projects in the face of a security crisis.3 1 8 693