Capacity building in organisations
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- Do Sector No-Lose Targets present a viable financial solution to climate change mitigation in developing countries?
- ( M. Ward (ed) / Ecofys , 2008)
- This paper discusses the role of Sector No-Lose Targets (SNLTs) in financing for climate change mitigation in developing countries. It focuses on the preparation of SNLT’s and particularly looks...
- Implementing change in humanitarian organisations
- ( P. Clarke;B. Ramalingam / Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action , 2008)
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How do organisations change how they work? This chapter addresses the topic of change in humanitarian organisations. Drawing on the findings of a literature review and group interviews the authors ...
- How could technical assistance be made more effective?
- ( T. Land / European Centre for Development Policy Management , 2007)
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Technical assistance (TA) remains a controversial component of official development assistance (ODA). This study aims to contribute to the current discussions on aid effectiveness and capacity deve...
- Promising practices for disaster risk reduction
- ( Inter-agency Working Group on Emergency Capacity , 2007)
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Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has emerged as an important agenda item in the development community. This report identifies models and promising practices for disaster risk reduction based on experi...
- Can better information improve emergency response?
- ( Inter-agency Working Group on Emergency Capacity , 2007)
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This report presents the assessment findings of the Interagency Working Group (IWG) collaborative capacity-building effort. The assessment includes the field perspectives of IWG emergency operation...
- A review of university cooperation between Norway and Tibet
- ( J. Lexow;J. Enwall / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation , 2007)
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This paper presents the findings of a review of a research and scholarship programme financed by NORAD through the Network of University Cooperation Tibet-Norway (NTN). The programme aims to:<...
- How can the UN ensure its Country Teams deliver as one?
- ( C. Merdes;H. Solomon / United Nations Development Group , 2007)
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This report synthesises the work of the United Nations development programmes and the steps the United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs) are taking to “deliver as one”. The report consists ...
Enhancing southern capacity: does the rhetoric match the reality?
- ( M. Couldrey (ed);T. Morris (ed) / Forced Migration Review , 2007)
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Virtually every humanitarian agency talks about their commitment to building Southern capacity and, increasingly, this discourse has been focused on forming ‘partnerships’ with Southern...
- Strengthening institutional mechanisms for early warning systems a priority for African food security
- ( J. Tefft; M. McGuire; N. Maunder / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2006)
- Prepared for the African Union, this report evaluates national and regional early warning systems (EWS) across Africa. It reveals that these systems have generally been effective in alerting countries...
- Sharing lessons in capacity-building for civil society organisations: towards the improvement of policy linkages
- ( M. Blagescu; J. Young / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2006)
- ODI’s Civil Society Partnerships Programme (CSPP) is designed to enable civil society organisations to use evidence and engage with policy processes more effectively, establishing partnerships with So...
