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Citizens Become Actors in the Fight Against Corruption

The European Commission's support to Transparency International's Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres provides an encouraging example of capacity building of civil society organisations and an imaginative approach to how citizens can play an active role in the fight against corruption.

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Time to Learn and Act as a high level meeting on South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development approaches

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Creating Your Working Group on capacity4dev.eu Those of you who have yet to take the plunge can dive into this short guide

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Putting Politics in the Picture Donors need to understand and take into account the partner country’s political and economic realities.

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Technical Cooperation and Spain's EU Presidency TC reform and the role of southern partners under the new presidency.&

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From technical assistance to capacity development: is there a difference, really?

Submitted by Christoforos Korakas on Thu, 04/02/2010 - 16:18 - 27 reads.
From technical assistance to capacity development: is there a difference, really? An interview with Kanni Wignaraja, Director of UNDP’s Capacity Development Group See the full interview here : ...

TC Learning Events in Country - materials and flyers

Submitted by Nils Boesen on Thu, 04/02/2010 - 10:54 - 30 reads.
The flyers below inform about the in-country TC learning events. You will also find sample programmes and power-points as they have been used in events - facilitators wanting to use them again should make sure to correct/update before ...

Citizens Become Actors in the Fight Against Corruption

Submitted by Editorial Team on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 15:42 - 327 reads.
The European Commission's support to Transparency International's Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres provides an encouraging example of capacity building of civil society organisations and an imaginative approach to how citizens can play an ...

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - The Spatial Dimension to Development Cooperation

Submitted by Thorben Kruse on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 11:10 - 33 reads.
The complexity of development tasks requires tools that help to capture and understand the situation as well as forecast impacts of our intervention. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are such a tool. They are increasingly used in ...

The Story of an Institution

Submitted by Editorial Team on Fri, 29/01/2010 - 13:12 - 51 reads.
The United Nation's Development Programme's new series aims to capture national and local institutional transformations, led and driven by the institutions themselves, many of which UNDP has supported over the years at the country level.

Time to Learn and Act

Submitted by Editorial Team on Fri, 29/01/2010 - 12:04 - 98 reads.
As a high level meeting on South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development approaches, there is a growing push to get from talking to walking.

The Story of an Institution, Series 1, January 2010

Submitted by Jayne Musumba on Thu, 28/01/2010 - 23:52 - 46 reads.
This series aims to capture the national and local institutional transformations, led and driven by the institutions themselves, many of which UNDP has supported over the years at the country level. These stories have been collated and ...

Does Capacity Matter? Capacity Development Group Report 2009

Submitted by Jayne Musumba on Thu, 28/01/2010 - 23:49 - 56 reads.
This publication provides trends and programme engagement at country level, which looks at capacity development as a continuum of results and shares the initiatives and learning across themes and regions as well as throughout the United ...

Capacity Development: A UNDP Primer

Submitted by Jayne Musumba on Thu, 28/01/2010 - 23:46 - 60 reads.
This primer addresses the basic elements of the UNDP approach to capacity development. It provides a simple, cogent and accessible illustration of the UNDP Capacity Development Approach for the benefit of development practitioners both ...

LARGE-SCALE LAND ACQUISITIONS AND LEASES: A SET OF MINIMUM PRINCIPLES

Submitted by Thorben Kruse on Wed, 27/01/2010 - 11:25 - 53 reads.
In this addendum to his report, the Special Rapporteur analyses a trend that has accelerated following the 2008 global food price crisis: large-scale acquisitions and leases of land. It is estimated that between 15 and 20 million ...
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