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June 18 2013 by Coordination Team
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Under its mandate, the Delegation of the European Union for the Pacific, based in Suva, Fiji, provides bilateral support to 11 small island states and to 15 countries at regional level, plus it manages the cooperation with four overseas countries and territories. Many of these countries and territories are small, remote and scarcely populated, and this presents a range of operational challenges. Developing capacity at regional level is crucial to make projects more sustainable.
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June 13 2013 by Coordination Team
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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.
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June 5 2013 by Coordination Team
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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 seed diversity, is a discussion that merits much greater attention,” said Achim Steiner, the United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director recently in Brussels.  
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May 31 2013 by Coordination Team
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By training informal workers in the waste management industry, the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is helping to formalise waste management economy in Mali, and to generate incomes. 
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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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May 17 2013 by Coordination Team
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In Brussels on May 15th 2013, an international donor conference, organised by the European Union and France together with Mali and entitled “Together for a new Mali”, mobilised €3.25 billion of financial commitments and pledges for that country. Capacity4dev.eu looks at how it has been possible for the EU Delegation to Mali to continue to carry out development projects in the face of a security crisis.
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May 8 2013 by Coordination Team
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FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) are bilateral trade agreements between the European Union (EU) and partner countries aimed at guaranteeing that wood exported to the EU is from legal sources, and at supporting countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America in order to combat illegal logging and improve the governance of their forests.
Article relevant to the topics: Civil Society, Environment & Climate Change
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April 30 2013 by Coordination Team
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In just over five years of operation, the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) has grown to support more than forty programmes in Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. GCCA countries and ACP member states that may be looking for technical assistance to support the design and implementation of their climate change policies, strategies and interventions are reminded that advice and training is on offer, through both the GCCA Support Facility and the intra-ACP component of the GCCA. 
Article relevant to the topics: Environment & Climate Change
April 26 2013 by Coordination Team
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In 2007 commercially viable quantities of oil and gas were discovered in Ghana. The estimated revenue of the oil reserves is about $1 billion per year (approximately EUR 768 million), which is similar to the amount of development assistance received by Ghana annually. As is often said, natural resources can be both a curse and a blessing. When managed well, they can boost development and foster economic growth. Oversight bodies such as parliaments, media and civil society organisations (CSOs) have a pivotal role to play in ensuring proper management of natural resources.
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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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