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Science of Delivery

The Science of Delivery is the collective and cumulative knowledge base of delivery know-how that helps practitioners make more informed decisions and produce consistent results on the ground. It is emerging from the recognition that not only sound technical knowledge is critical for effective...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 17 March 2015
Group: Development Effectiveness
The Global Delivery Initiative: A Partnership for doing development differently

On December 11 and 12, 2014 over 40 other participants, from around 30 different organizations joined the Global Delivery Initiative in Berlin. The event was jointly hosted by GIZ and the World Bank. The Global Delivery Initiative is an inspiring and ambitious collaboration across the international...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 17 March 2015
Group: Development Effectiveness
Education - A Key Driver for Development

Reactions to the Kapuscinski Development Lecture by Julia Gillard, Chair of the Board of Directors, Global Partnership for Education. Brussels, 11 February 2015 "While great progress has been made, it is a sad fact that 15 years after the UN Millennium Development Goals for education were...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 17 February 2015
Group: Education and Development
Civil registration: Africa’s greatest development failure holds key to her success

For decades, Africa’s inability to count – and account to – its population has held back the continent’s development. This no longer needs to be the case, writes Cornelius Williams, Regional Advisor on Child Protection at UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office. See the full article...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 17 February 2015
Group: Public Group on Children
New Report on Budget Support evaluations is available

The Report Synthesis of Budget Support Evaluations: Analysis of the Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations of seven Country Evaluations of Budget Support was commissioned by the Evaluation Unit under the Programme “Methodological Support and Training for Project and Programme Management” managed...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 17 February 2015
Group: Public Group on Design, Monitoring & Evaluation
EU-Ethiopia Joint Cooperation Calendar

As part of the communication and visibility actions related to the Joint Programming exercise in Ethiopia, the EU+, which constitutes the EU Delegation in Ethiopia as well as EU Member States and Norway, jointly with the government of Ethiopia, has released a bi-lingual calendar of 16 months. This...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 10 February 2015
Group: Joint Programming & Joint Implementation
Including Disability in Development Cooperation

By becoming a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) , the EU has committed to ensuring that all policies, legislation and programmes for which it has competence — including development policy and programmes— comply with the CRPD’s provisions on...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 6 February 2015
Group: Disability and Development Network
Synthesis of Seven Budget Support Country Evaluations

In 2014, experts working for the European Commission carried out a synthesis of budget support evaluations from seven different countries. Andrew Lawson, the Team Leader summarises the lessons learned and the recommendations in the following video. For more information on the synthesis report, read...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 23 January 2015
Group: Economics, public finance, domestic revenue mobilisation & budget support
New Voices & Views on The Impact of Development Awareness Raising

Do citizens in Europe care about global issues? Can an engaging campaign or school activity change the way we think and behave? What is the difference between the demonstrable ‘outcome’ of a campaign or training and its tangible ‘impact’? And how does greater awareness of development improve...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 19 January 2015
Group: European Year for Development 2015 Stakeholders
Introduction to Thematic Week on Evaluation

This week capacity4dev.eu is marking the start of the International Year of Evaluation with a thematic week on evaluation. “The international year of evaluation is for us a good opportunity to try and increase the demands for evaluation and make our stakeholders better understand the purpose of...

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Capacity4dev Team posted Information 19 January 2015
Group: Public Group on Design, Monitoring & Evaluation