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  1. The human Imagination and business development

    look around you.....everything created by man is a product of his imagination. the questions is....How can we build a great Business with limited access to funding? What are our options? How can Imagination be of help? Is financial capital the key to succesful Business? I remember the early years...
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  2. Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme: selection results of the 2nd call for proposals now published

    The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) has just published the list of projects selected under the 2 nd call for proposals of the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/intra-africa/selection-results/intra-africa-academic-mobility-scheme-2017_en...
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  3. Boosting business in Senegal - an example for West Africa

    See EURONEWS video at: http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/12/boosting-business-in-senegal/ Improving the business environment is Senegal’s goal. The country is already among the 10 most competitive in sub Saharan Africa . With political stability, Senegal expects a growth rate of seven percent by 2017...
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  4. Sustainable Energy for SIDS - Online Course

    Dear Members, Please find here the Sustainable Energy for SIDS online course for policy makers developed by UNDP Centre of Excellence (COE) for the Sustainable Development of SIDS, based in Aruba in collaboration with Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Kind regards, Christophe Responsibility...
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  5. The Energy Facility monitoring website

    The ACP-EU Energy Facility monitoring website tries to put in value a part of the unique knowledge accumulated in the more than 150 projects financed by the Energy Facility. The present website emphasises the dissemination of project results. It allows to: Contribute to the quality in...
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  6. Energy facility call for proposal 2013

    The Second Call for Proposals of the Energy Facility with a budget of EUR 55 million has just been launched! The deadline for submission of Concept Notes and Full Applications is on 03/06/2013 at 16:00 hours CET. You can find the guidelines, as well as the grant application form with annexes here .
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  7. Social Protection and Food Security – What Works? - Empirical Evidence, Conference in Bonn 10 July 2013, GIZ/BMZ

    Social Protection and Food Security – What Works? – Empirical Evidence Date | Wednesday, 10.July 2013, 10h00 – 17h00 Venue | Universitätsclub Bonn - Konviktstrasse 9, 53113 Bonn, Germany Language: English Expert Meeting invited by GIZ and German BMZ. Register by e-mail to socialprotection@giz.de...
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  8. Stories of change: transforming lives through agricultural and rural development

    A new book, published in March 2014, from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) provides a snapshot of CTA’s achievements during the last decade. It is a celebration, rather than a conventional impact assessment, and it provides an insight into the broad range of...
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  9. Brussels Development Briefing 'Emerging donors and rising powers in agriculture' (meeting report)

    The Brussels Briefing on 'Emerging donors and rising powers in agriculture in ACP countries' took place on Tuesday 27 October 2015 at the ACP Secretariat, Brussels. A background note , video of the proceedings and a short report are also available. The Briefing discussed the key challenges and new...
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  10. Helping ACP exporters overcome trade barriers: the case of kava and beyond

    Published on 13 January 2016, this Voices and views article published by the Capacity4Dev team considers that t rade is an increasingly international business but that products must meet exacting international standards, which can be a barrier to trade for countries without adequate infrastructure...
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  11. Energy is Life

    Nigeria exports over 2 million barrels of crude oil per day . Yet last May, the country went through an energy crisis. For a short period of time only five of their 23 power plants were functional , meaning that the country reported a severe reduction of electricity available on the national grid...
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  12. Home-grown ICT solutions in agriculture come from young entrepreneurs

    Published in October 2016 by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) , this issue of the ICT Update magazine considers that young innovators in Africa, the Caribbean, and Pacific region, have recognised the need for creative solutions to raise agricultural productivity and...
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  13. Stefano Manservisi: 'Agriculture in ACP countries, a top priority for the EU'

    Published on 19 January 2017, a feature article in 'Spore', published by the Technical Cente for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), comprises an interview with Stefano Manservisi, the Director-General for International Cooperation and Development at the European Commission (EC). In this...
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  14. Article on the Smart Island World Congress - linking to tools, good practices and initiatives for resilient island management

    Dear all, Interesting summary of the recent Smart Island World Congress providing links to various tools, practices, initiatives and solutions for resilient island management. http://news.trust.org/item/20180426133053-n30uf/ Christophe Responsibility for the information and views set out in this...
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  15. The EU this Week (27-31 August)

    Welcome to the second edition of ‘The EU this Week’. At a Glance This week saw a packed programme of committee meetings, workshops and other events that signaled the start of a new parliamentary term. It seems Brussels is considering giving the British PM Theresa May a standalone Brexit Summit in...
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  16. OPINION: Secretary-General of the OACPS says 'A climate awakening is urgently needed to save the world’s most vulnerable'

    A climate awakening is urgently needed to save the world’s most vulnerable Time is fast running out for millions of people living in high-risk situations where their livelihoods, their homes, and their very lives are at stake. Extreme climate and weather-related devastation is occurring at an...
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  17. Chefs for Development

    Chefs for Development (Chefs4Dev) is an initiative which aims to promote stronger linkages between value chain actors in the culinary and agriculture sectors, with a view to enhancing the contribution made by healthier, locally sourced food and agrifood products to menus in food establishments...
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  18. Microfinace Rural Development in Burkina

    ONGD REMAR is currently contributing to rural developement in Burkina and other West African countries. www.remar.org We have decided to focus our actions on three main components: (i) Pro-poor access to finance, (ii) Consumer empowerment and capacity building, (iii) Equitable and efficient local...
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  19. Concours de projets pour le Programme de Petites Initiatives du Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial

    Le Programme de Petites Initiatives (PPI) du Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM) rentre dans une nouvelle phase de présélection de projets. Le PPI a pour but de renforcer la contribution de la société civile des pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest, d'Afrique centrale et de Madagascar à la...
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