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Capacity Development & Technical Cooperation Reform

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This topic is about "Capacities" and about "Reform".  What does Technical Cooperation reform mean? How can we render Capacity Development effective and a valuable tool for development? This topic page gives access to different methodologies, case examples and resources relating to development of institutions, organisations and individuals' capacities including the EC's ongoing TC reform.

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May 23 2013 by Coordination Team
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This year, Africa celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity, currently known as the African Union (AU).  The European Union has been working in hand with the AU since its creation and has a Delegation in Addis Ababa dedicated to the partnership. At a recent meeting in Brussels, Head of Operations Section, Joan Nadal-Sastre shared his views on the challenges and opportunities facing this unique Delegation.
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April 18 2013 by Coordination Team
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African think tanks prove useful in researching, influencing, designing and implementing policies and can therefore be used by development practitioners in project cycles, said Dr Frannie Léautier, Executive Secretary of the  African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a Zimbabwe-based organisation that supports 39 think tanks in 25 African countries.
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April 4 2013 by Coordination Team
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The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Framework (PEFA) has been praised as a useful tool to underpin Public Finance Management (PFM) reforms by representatives of Latin American countries at a recent seminar in Brussels.
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March 11 2013 by Coordination Team
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A leading Afghanistan expert provided key advice related to aid delivery and institutional support in Afghanistan at a conference named “Corruption in Afghanistan: What do we know, how do we go forward?” held in Brussels at the end of last year.
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February 28 2013 by Coordination Team
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While visiting Resilience and Food Security related projects in Ethiopia last month, Marcus Cornaro, Deputy Director General of EuropeAid, was so struck by the people he met, and their stories of challenge and success, that he used his smartphone to film and document what was happening around him.
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February 22 2013 by Coordination Team
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EuropeAid supports capacity development of its staff by providing Methodological Training and seminars in subjects ranging from Policy Dialogue to Aid Effectiveness, Budget Support to Green Economy. Trainings and seminars, held in Brussels and in Delegation, are open to EC/EEAS staff and, in some instances, to participants from partner organisations and governments.
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January 17 2013 by Coordination Team
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During a high level panel on sustainable agriculture held at the European Development Days 2012, experts said that world hunger has diminished worldwide, but it will only continue to do so if farmers are trained to implement agro-ecology principles using such techniques as agroforestry, conservation agriculture and the proper application of fertiliser.
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December 21 2012 by Coordination Team
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The relationship between the European Union (EU) and Tanzania dates back over nearly forty years. The Delegation was opened in Dar Es Salaam in 1976 after the United Kingdom´s accession to the European Community paved the way for the extension of the Europe-Africa cooperation to the Commonwealth countries. Head of the EU Delegation to Tanzania, Mr. Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi, shares his views on the current priorities of the EU Tanzania cooperation. 
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November 16 2012 by Coordination Team
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For the past seven years, DG Enlargement and DG DEVCO have played host to the Institutional Building Days, gathering together users of the European Commission’s TAIEX, Twinning and SIGMA instruments. As well contributing towards knowledge exchange, these tools are key in promoting peer-to-peer learning and specialised capacity development.
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November 13 2012 by Coordination Team
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Participants at a high level panel discussion entitled, “Women Entrepreneurship to Reshape the Economy through Innovation in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA)” held during the 2012 European Development Days explored ways to increase women’s participation in the economy.

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Posted May 14 2012 by Sancho Hidalga María
The 2012 DAC’s Peer Review of the European Union, published on 25th April, notes that, since the last review 5 years ago, important steps have...
Posted February 23 2012 by Lucas Brian
While there is consensus on the importance of results, particularly capacity development results, country governments  face challenges in...

Group Highlights

(drn-285-tc_-_final_report.pdf)
(2-ppcm_cd_chapter_presentation.pdf)
(tc_workshop_31_may_2012_-_rac_case_studies.pdf)