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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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On International Day for Biological Diversity, our Capacity4dev Ambassador Enrique Andrés del Castillo shares his insights on the crucial role of youth activism in ensuring the future of biodiversity and ecosystems.

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Serie Global Gateway: Educación digital en África Oriental

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Voices & Views

La educación digital puede ser un poderoso proveedor de igualdad, desarrollo personal y paz, especialmente en las regiones en conflicto. Entrevistamos a los equipos que hay detrás de dos programas de cooperación internacional con...

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Children and Youth
Education
ICT in education
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Quality of education
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Global Gateway Series : L'éducation numérique en Afrique de l'Est

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L'éducation numérique peut être un puissant vecteur d'égalité, de développement personnel et de paix, notamment dans les régions en conflit. Nous avons interviewé les équipes à l'origine de deux programmes de coopération...

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Mauritius
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Global Gateway Series: Digital education in East Africa

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Digital education can be a powerful purveyor of equality, personal development and peace, especially in conflict regions. We interviewed the teams behind two international cooperation programmes with impressive achievements in e...

Africa
Burundi
Comoros
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Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Uganda
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Children and Youth
Education
ICT in education
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Inclusive education
Quality of education
Employment & VET

Empoderando a niños y jóvenes en América Latina y el Caribe

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El mundo celebra el aniversario de la Declaración de los Derechos del Niño adoptada el 20 de noviembre de 1959 por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. Aunque una de cada tres personas en todo el mundo es un menor, la...

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Honduras
Mexico
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Panama
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Children and Youth
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Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation

Empowering children and youth in Latin America and the Caribbean

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The world celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Children’s Rights adopted on 20 November 1959 by the UN General Assembly. Although one in three people worldwide is a minor, most societies still undervalue the opinion of...

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Argentina
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Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
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Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Costa Rica
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Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Children and Youth
Civil Society
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation

Tanzania: New Resistant Coffee Varieties Developed with EU Support

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As soon as the seedlings are ready for planting, women in brightly coloured clothes wrapped at the waist load the new disease resistant varieties of coffee seedlings into the back of a truck. Developed at the Tanzania Coffee...

Africa
Tanzania
Agriculture & Rural Development
Capacity Development
Fisheries
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Knowledge Management
Learning

Main Lessons from Evaluating Budget Support to Tanzania

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A Joint Evaluation of Budget Support to Tanzania from 2005/06 to 2011/12 was completed earlier this year, with the results discussed this month in Brussels. While the general consensus is that its use has been positive, showing...

Africa
Tanzania
Budget support
Intervention Cycle Management (Project/Program Cycle Management)
Economics & Public Finance
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Monitoring & Evaluation

Community Leads Climate Change Adaptation On The Island Of Pemba, Tanzania

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The eco-village concept provides a community-led and owned model for green development, promoting food security, resilience and the ability to adapt to climate change. In a short period of time, EU-funded eco-village activities in...

Africa
Tanzania
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
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Forests

Environmental Champion Jane Goodall Calls for Individual Responsibility

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Jane Goodall is a British primatologist who perhaps is best known for her work with chimpanzees. She has spent many years studying their behaviour in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park. However, Ms Goodall is also a UN Messenger of...

Africa
Tanzania
Europe
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Belgium
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
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Forests

Ecosystems Approach to Make Agriculture More Efficient, More Sustainable, and to Create More Intelligent Markets

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“The future of food security on the current trajectory is a road to nowhere, and to repeat the statistics that we need to grow 50-70% more food without answering the questions, on what land, with which water and with what kind of...

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Kenya
Uganda
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Tanzania
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