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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Irish Presidency of the European Union is well underway, with an ambitious development programme and a notable focus on hunger, nutrition and resilience. Gay Mitchell MEP , and Ireland’s Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello , ...

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. ...

By bringing top decision-makers from leading institutions, international development agencies and over 33 national governments affected by food insecurity to the table, and by setting up targets for the Post Millennium Development Goals, the SUN ...

Last week capacity4dev launched the updated Food & Nutrition Security – ROSA group. Laura Gualdi, Programme Manager for Food Security at EuropeAid, shares her thoughts on the importance of knowledge management tools and the advantages of ...

James McNulty is a Seconded National Expert working with the European Union Delegation to Zambia . In this Voices & Views, he shares what he learned about the practical application of conservation agriculture from local farmers. ...