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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
Results (3)

From the ground up: The long road to social protection in Somalia

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Voices & Views

Most of the humanitarian response in Somalia remains focused on short-term assistance that doesn’t address the underlying causes of poverty and vulnerability among Somali communities. The growing consensus among international...

Africa
Somalia
Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian - development transition - LRRD
Livelihoods
+5
Reconstruction relief and rehabilitation
Social Protection and Inclusion
Defining social protection programmes
Social Protection policies
Social services aid & social transfers

Beyond cash transfers: Social protection in fragile contexts

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Voices & Views

Four-fifths of humanitarian crises now last five years or more, causing traditional short-term responses to become increasingly recurrent. It is therefore important to start thinking long-term while responding to immediate needs.

Worldwide
Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian - development transition - LRRD
Social Protection and Inclusion
+2
Social Protection policies
Social services aid & social transfers

Social protection and humanitarian actors: Q&A with Monique Pariat, Director-General of ECHO

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Voices & Views

According to Monique Pariat, the Director-General of the European Commission’s humanitarian arm ECHO, social protection can be a bridge between humanitarian and development approaches, helping the most vulnerable populations in a...

Worldwide
Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian - development transition - LRRD
Social Protection and Inclusion
+2
Social Protection policies
Social services aid & social transfers