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Energy for Africa: New partnerships for EU-Africa investment

Today 1.5 billion people live without access to energy. This means they have no electric water pumps, cannot use many medical appliances and have no lights to study by. 2.5 billion people still use traditional biofuels for booking, but this has a negative impact on both their health and the...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 26 May 2015
Group: Public Group on Energy
The Right to Quality Education – European Development Days Special Event

47% of countries today have achieved universal primary education. Since 1999 an extra 50 million children have been enrolled in schools. For example in Ethiopia the number of children in school has increased from 37 % to 87% of the population. “This is huge progress and girls have benefitted...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 24 May 2015
Group: Education and Development
EDDs 2015 - Growth, jobs and partnerships with business

Roberto Ridolfi , Director for Sustainable Growth and Development at DEVCO, explains why you should attend the session on Growth, jobs and partnerships with business at the European Development Days 2015. Having a decent job is widely recognised as the best way out of poverty. The private sector is...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 22 May 2015
Group: Private Sector and Trade
EDDS 2015 - SDGs: What role for NHRIs?

Patrice Lenormand, Deputy Head of Unit in the Governance, Democracy, Gender, Human Rights Unit at DEVCO, introduces the sessions on National Human Rights Institutions at the European Development Days 2015. Wednesday 03 June 2015 - 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM It has been two decades since the parallel...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 22 May 2015
Group: Public Group on Security, Justice & Human Rights
EDDs 2015 - Feeding the Planet Together

Jean-Pierre Halkin, Head of the Rural Development, Food Security and Nutrition Unit at DEVCO, explains what to expect from the session 'Feeding the Planet Together' at the European Development Days. Wednesday 03 June 2015 - 14:00 PM - 15:30 PM Feeding a growing world population is one of the most...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 22 May 2015
Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
EU Staff Handbook for Operating in Situations of Conflict and Fragility

It is widely recognized that failure to engage in fragile and conflict-affected situations differently and in an innovative manner is likely to entail major human, social, economic and security costs. Having this in mind, the European Union has put in place a new institutional setup, has issued a...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 13 May 2015
Group: Public Group on Fragility and Crisis Situations
Malaria Research: How Eaves Tubes are Saving Lives

“Most of the projects are quite successful because malaria research has come a long-way,” explains Inmaculada Penas Jimenez. She is a Scientific Officer working to fight infections diseases and global epidemics. Employed by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research and Innovation,...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 28 April 2015
Group: Global Health in EC development cooperation
Impressions: Workshop on Decentralisation Reforms, Local Governance, Local and Territorial Development

Birgit Vleugels (EUD Ethiopia) and Giacomo Miserocchi (Pakistan) spoke to capacity4dev about what they took from the recent Workshop on Decentralisation Reforms, Local Governance, Local and Territorial Development.

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 27 April 2015
Group: Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation
Eradicating Malaria Through Innovation: Where Next After 2015

On 27 January the Novartis Malaria Initiative invited development practitioners to an event at the European Parliament to discuss eradicating malaria through innovation. You can watch the event in the video below, a copy of the agenda with the corresponding timings in the video can be found...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 24 April 2015
Group: Global Health in EC development cooperation
Gender Inequality and Climate Change: How to Tackle a Double Injustice

Today marks the end of the Gender month within the European Year for Development . CARE France advocacy officer, Fanny Petitbon, spoke recently to capacity4dev about the link between gender and climate change, as well as how her organisation promotes gender equality in developing countries. In...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 31 March 2015
Group: Public Group on Gender