Added by copafrica on March 11, 2010 at 11:06am —
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Parliamentarians in democratic societies play a crucial role in ensuring budgetary oversight, budgets that in developing countries often consist of a high proportion of international development aid. By ensuring aid funds are accounted for and transparently spent to benefit those who are most in need, parliamen
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Added by African CoP on March 9, 2010 at 3:30pm —
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In January 2010, the AfCoP’s Core Management Team members acknowledged that the objectives of the first three-year plan have been achieved and have agreed on a new strategic direction for the community (concept note available…
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Added by African CoP on March 8, 2010 at 6:30pm —
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Published in Accra Mail - The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) and it
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Added by African CoP on February 28, 2010 at 1:00pm —
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Ministers of Public Service will meet on Monday, 22nd February 2010 at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja to launch the All Africa Public Service Innovation Awards (AAPSIA).
The AAPSIA is one of the thematic areas within a broad African Union (AU) programme of the 6th Conference of A
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Added by African CoP on February 25, 2010 at 6:46pm —
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Accountability, understood as an obligation to share information about the implementation of a project by a public institution, is at the forefront for many African countries. In a post-war country, like mine, Sierra Leone, it becomes even more crucial…
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Added by Sheka Bangura on February 25, 2010 at 12:36pm —
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Switching from line-item budgeting to program-based budgeting (PBB) – a major step toward establishing a performance framework in budgeting – proves to be a lengthy process that requires to follow a clear sequenced action for reforms. Many African countries are already using Medium Term Expenditure Framework and…
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Added by African CoP on February 24, 2010 at 10:00am —
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Dr. C. William Allen has been the Director General of Liberia’s Civil Service Agency (CSA) since March 2006. He responds to the AfCoP’s questions on the challenges of buildingcapacity and fostering new management methods in his post-conflict country’s public administration…
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Added by African CoP on February 14, 2010 at 7:00pm —
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The purpose of this announcement is to propose the production of a collective book on the challenges of program evaluation in Africa, regardless of the type of sector addressed (health, education, agriculture, etc.). This book is intended to be a critical and reflective analysis of how evaluations are conducted in Africa and what the challenges are of such practice. Through this process, the editors (Valéry Riddle, Seni Kouanda and Jean-François Kobiané) wish to enable francophone publications t…
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Added by African CoP on February 8, 2010 at 1:20pm —
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The 4th Malaysian Evaluation Society (MES) International Evaluation Conference will be held from 29 March - 2 April, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
It is an opportunity to share experiences on the most current issues in evaluation and Managing for Development Results (MfDR). Its program is available…
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Added by African CoP on February 4, 2010 at 4:30pm —
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Ministry of Finance and Treasury Introduces Transparent Project Monitoring System
NAIROBI, KENYA –The Ministry of Finance and Treasury of the Republic of Kenya has launched government-wide training for the Electronic Projects Monitoring System (e-ProMIS) - a comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation system for the government to improve efficiency and transparency of government- and donor-funded development programs and projects.
The e-ProMIS, developed by Synergy International Systems and jointl…
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Added by Adam Watson on February 1, 2010 at 5:35pm —
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The courses on
this site are free and available to all who are interested.
Current technical information for global health professionals
The Global Health eLearning Center developed by the USAID Bureau of Global Health is a…
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Added by African CoP on February 1, 2010 at 10:00am —
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Meetings of the AfCoP Core Management Team (CMT) were convened in January.
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Added by African CoP on January 29, 2010 at 7:30pm —
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PM4DEV provides a
free online course on Fundamentals of Project Management.
This course is a "simple way to learn the basic elements of modern project management concepts that are required by international development organizations dedicated to assistance and humanitarian relief." It includes practical insights on the key skills a project manager must learn to be effective in reaching the project objectives and how organizations can…
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Added by African CoP on January 11, 2010 at 3:53pm —
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I am current acting on behalf of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI
www.iwmi.cgiar.org) that is headquartered in Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, with offices across Africa and Asia, to assist them with the recruitment of strategically important position. IWMI is currently seeking a Senior Social Scientist.
The appointed individual will have PhD in the field of Political Ecology, Human Geography, Sociology, Anthropology or Governance coupled with…
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Added by African CoP on January 8, 2010 at 1:00pm —
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In the
December issue of the
Capacity.org’s newsletter, one
article is dedicated to com…
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Added by African CoP on January 7, 2010 at 1:00pm —
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By Maxensia Takirambule

In 2009, Lungujja Community Health Caring Organization (LUCOHECO) reached the 4 year mark since its launch as a community service. It is a key moment to highlight the management challenges of achieving results on HIV, restoration of hope to the very ill and social support systems in Lungujja Parish, Uganda.
I formed LUCOHECO i…
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Added by African CoP on December 17, 2009 at 4:18pm —
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Mr. Babakar Fall has been Director General of Senegal’s National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD) since March 2006. Here are his answers to AfCoP’s questions following the meetings of the PARIS21 Consortium (November 16-18) and the Fifth Africa Symposium on Statistical Development (November 19-21, held in Senegal. It is the full version of hi…
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Added by African CoP on December 16, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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The
African Union and the
New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) have just recently released a new Capacity Development Strategic Framework.
In its foreword, Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer of the NEPAD Secretariat, explains that "
the Framework calls for a necessary paradigm shift in approaching capacity development." This document emphasizes…
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Added by African CoP on December 14, 2009 at 6:02pm —
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The Asia-Pacific Community of Practice (AsCoP) on Managing for Development Results (MfDR) conducted its
annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 22-25 November 2009, with an emph…
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Added by African CoP on December 14, 2009 at 6:00pm —
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