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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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International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
Article
Voices & Views

On the occasion of International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, the Capacity4dev Team worked on an article highlighting the importance of young people’s contribution to peacebuilding and reconstruction, especially in...

Worldwide
Europe
Ukraine
Children and Youth
Democracy
Development Policy
+3
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Humanitarian Aid
Peace and Security
Results (12)
Social Protection: Including People in the Informal Economy

Social Protection: Including People in the Informal Economy

Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team worked with INTPA.G4 and provides three lessons learnt on key challenges in extending social protection coverage to people in the informal economy.

Worldwide
Social Protection and Inclusion
Social Protection policies
Private Sector
+1
Informal economy
Addressing social protection needs of refugees and migrants in an irregular situation

Addressing social protection needs of refugees and migrants in an irregular situation

Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team collaborated with INTPA.G.4 and offers a review of the current EU programmes on migration and displacement.

Worldwide
Migration & Forced Displacement
Refugees
Social Protection and Inclusion
+1
Social Protection policies
Digitalising Social Protection: Three lessons learnt

Digitalising Social Protection: Three lessons learnt

Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team worked with INTPA.G4 and provides lessons learnt from the INTPA.D4-funded paper “Digital Social Protection: e-solutions for basic service delivery”.

Worldwide
Africa
Togo
+3
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Americas & the Caribbean
Colombia
Digitalisation
Big Data
Internet access
+3
Mobile technology
Social Protection and Inclusion
Social Protection policies
Investing in social protection after COVID-19: Three lessons learnt

Investing in social protection after COVID-19: Three lessons learnt

Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editors collaborated with INTPA.G.4 and provide three lessons learnt.

Worldwide
Health
Social Protection and Inclusion
Social Protection policies
Social protection in urban settings: Three lessons learnt

Social protection in urban settings: Three lessons learnt

Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team collaborated with INTPA.G.4 and provides lessons learnt on the status of – and key challenges faced by – social protection in urban areas.

Worldwide
Social Protection and Inclusion
Social Protection policies
Urban Development
+1
Urban development
Graduation from social protection

Graduation from social protection: What it means, how it works

Article
Voices & Views

An approach to poverty reduction called the graduation model may offer a fresh and promising path to tackling poverty and vulnerability in the long term.

Development Effectiveness
Social Protection and Inclusion
Defining social protection programmes
+2
Social Protection policies
Social services aid & social transfers

Partnership for Prospects: Helping Syrian refugees find employment in the Middle East

Article
Voices & Views

Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development runs a programme that attempts to deliver short-term relief and longer-term development support to Syrian refugees and host communities across the Middle East.

Africa
Asia
Migration & Forced Displacement
Refugees
Social Protection and Inclusion
+2
Social Protection policies
Social services aid & social transfers

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

Article
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

Article
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

Article
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