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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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Biodiversity day
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Ambassadors' Blog Post

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.

Worldwide
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Children and Youth
Climate change & disaster risks
+1
Environment & green economy
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The work of Parliaments in times of COVID-19: INTER PARES & the case of Bhutan

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Voices & Views

Parliaments worldwide have had to adapt to the challenges created by the COVID-19 crisis. Digital responses have been proposed to keep democratic processes and political debates alive. INTER PARES, the EU´s first global...

Worldwide
Asia
Bhutan
Democracy
Legislatures and Political Parties
Knowledge Management
+1
Knowledge sharing

Stepping Up Flexible Support for Media and Freedom of Expression

Article
Voices & Views

The explosion of on line journalism, blogging and social media has given anyone the technical capacity to become a news publisher, putting the spotlight on the key issues of training and safety.

Asia
Syria
Europe
Capacity Development
Democracy
Digitalisation
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning

Continuing the Structured Dialogue with Civil Society Organisations and Local Authorities

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Voices & Views

As the European Commission prepares a new Communication on the involvement of civil society organisations in EC development cooperation, delegates at a recent Brussels meeting called on the European Commission to continue the...

EU Internal Procedures
Capacity Development
Civil Society
+4
Democracy
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Governance Support at Critical Juncture, Delegates Conclude

Article
Voices & Views

Worldwide, donors spend millions of euros on governance support but are often left assessing a mixed bag of results. Delegates at a recent workshop in Brussels considered why it is so hard to achieve reliably good results and...

Capacity Development
Democracy
Governance & Corruption
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning

Attendees Prepare for the EU Development Days 2011

Article
Voices & Views

Some 1,000 development practitioners, policy makers and representatives from donor and partner countries are arriving in Warsaw, Poland, for this year's European Development Days on the 15 and 16 December 2011.

Development Effectiveness
Budget support
Capacity Development
+4
Democracy
Economics & Public Finance
Knowledge Management
Learning

Elections Bring Stability and Era of Renewed Cooperation

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Voices & Views

Guinea recently emerged from decades of authoritarian government and a period of instability to hold, with strong support from the international community, the country’s first ever credible polls heralding a new beginning for one...

Africa
Guinea
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Democracy
+4
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Prioritising Support for Parliamentary Institutions

Article
Voices & Views

The Office for the Promotion of Parliamentary Democracy was created within the European Parliament in response to an increase in demand for support from new and emerging parliamentary democracies. Watch this video interview with...

Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Democracy
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning

EU-Funded Project "Walks with Communities" towards Democracy in Malawi

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Voices & Views

Having managed to slip away briefly from her household chores, Joyce Mtenje sits at a wooden desk in a district resource centre in Malawi, flipping through the pages of “The Nation” newspaper. She's taking advantage of an EU...

Africa
Malawi
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Civil Society
+5
Democracy
Education
Gender
Knowledge Management
Learning