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The Capacity4dev editorial team regularly publishes knowledge pieces on external cooperation (projects and policies), featuring development professionals sharing good practices, with operational insight.
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A time to address inequality in EU sectors & development interventions: key findings
Addressing inequalities is a key priority for the European Commission. DG INTPA is committed to investing in capacity building and training with the objective of raising awareness on the complex and intersectional concept of...
Virtual classroom key takeaways
DEVCO 04 organised its first virtual training in April 2020. The topic of this online event was “Logical Framework Approach and Indicators”, and it was a real success. Evaluations demonstrated that participants felt engaged...
"Joint Programming boosts focus, cooperation and visibility"
Development programmes always strive to be as effective as possible – one way of achieving efficiency is to combine the strengths of all partners working in the sector. A recent evaluation of EU Joint Programming has shown that...
EU-UN joint workshop on results-based financing and cost schemes
In the context of continuous efforts of the EU towards results-oriented approaches, DG DEVCO hosted an EU-UN joint workshop to advance current discussions on results-based financing (RBF) and cost schemes on 22 March.
EC Procedures: As Complex as Their Reputation?
Do you know how to encourage individuals to offer their services? Do you know how to organise a successful round of interviews, or modify a Financing Agreement with or without an addendum? Or how to mobilise public expertise from...
The Reform of Technical Cooperation: Taming the Beast?
When taking stock of the progress of the TC reform, some delegation staff complain that the reform imposes a heavy burden of new reporting obligations with little value added in terms of improving the quality of TC operations...
First picture of the use of Technical Cooperation
Early this year, as part of the so called External Assistance Management Report (EAMR), all delegations were asked to map their significant ongoing technical cooperation support and major features of Programme Implementation Units...
Governance Assessments: Do We Need More of Them?
Donors face strong incentives to undertake their own assessment of the governance situation in partner countries, with various objectives responding to different needs. Still, quite often, there is space for better coordination.
A Backbone for Improved Technical Cooperation in Mozambique
The impact of Technical cooperation (TC) delivery in Mozambique is unsatisfactory and strategic and coordinated planning of TC is urgent required. This, in a nutshell, is the general consensus that came out of a series of meetings...
Getting Capacity Assessment Right
It may seem straightforward to prepare Terms of Reference for an assessment of the capacity of an organisation or a group of organisations. But actually it is not that simple. Good TOR must, among other things, provide clear...