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Donors Need Capacity Building, Too
For Ramesh Singh, Chief Executive of international charity ActionAid, building capacity doesn’t just mean teaching and enabling partners to do things better. It also means addressing donors’ capabilities and in particular, donors’ capacity to understand their partners’ abilities and listen to their needs.0 0 4 789
I do? You do? We do?
Who should call meetings, lead capacity assessments or mobilise consultants and monitor their progress? Get help to find the right answer to these questions and more in another tool from the Toolkit for Capacity Development.0 0 4 167
EC Kicks off Revision of Project and Programme Cycle Management Guidelines
The European Commission has given itself until March 2011 to develop a set of updated guidelines to support more results-driven projects and promote programmes with more sustainable impacts. Internal consultations are underway, and external stakeholders are invited to take part.0 0 4 871
Quality Support Reviews Produce Early Lessons
Since January, European Commission Delegations have been required to complete Quality Assessment Grids in addition to Action Fiches for technical cooperation support operations in the QSG process. The first samples arriving for review at headquarters offer some interesting lessons on the ongoing TC reform.0 0 5 126
EC Transport Sector Support gets an Overhaul
Decades of international donor support to the transport sector in Chad have targeted the national transport network, but the government remains dependent on external technical assistance.0 0 8 355
‘Quiet Corruption’ Hitting Africa’s Poorest, Hardest
The failure of public servants to deliver basic goods and services, or ‘quiet corruption’, is a having a deeply negative impact on impoverished societies across Africa, according to a new World Bank report.1 0 10 790