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  EU aid

  EU aid

  EU-13 NGOs want to raise awareness, but struggle with Brussels financing

  26 Feb 2015

  Development NGOs in the EU’s newest member states feel penalized by the cumbersome procedures necessary to gain access to awareness-raising funds from the European Commission, Devex has learned.

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  Development Buzz

  Development Buzz

  #JeSuisCharlie: Europe’s burning issue, or business as usual for aid?

  19 Feb 2015

  Europe finds itself surrounded by conflict — and is taking steps to tackle complex security and immigration issues in perhaps the most holistic way ever. Here's what that means for foreign aid.

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  Career Trends: EU

  Career Trends: EU

  EU seeks experts in at least 3 new focus areas

  17 Feb 2015

  Do development organizations still have the right expertise to cope with modern-day threats? A series of recent crises have created demand at the European Commission for some new, original global development vacancies and skill sets. Which ones? Devex takes a closer look.

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  EU aid

  EU aid

  Bigger EU contracts to tackle big #globaldev challenges

  16 Feb 2015

  One of the world's biggest aid donors, the European Union is embarking upon a fundamental shift. How will a move away from smaller, individual contracts toward larger programs affect development implementers? We take a look.

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  EU aid

  EU aid

  EU reaches tentative budget deal, but NGOs still worried

  11 Dec 2014

  Negotiators for the European Union's three main institutions finally agreed on a preliminary deal to salvage the budget for next year. NGOs however warn that development funds are still at risk of drying out by mid-2015 and debts could continue to build up.

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  EU aid

  EU aid

  NGOs to EU leaders: Protect 2015 aid budget

  8 Dec 2014

  A deadlock between the European Union’s three main branches of power is threatening to block the 2015 budget, and NGOs fear that many aid expenditures are at risk. Plan International is heading the charge to urge EU leaders to protect the development assistance budget from further cuts.

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  Ebola crisis and response

  Ebola crisis and response

  EU-ACP lawmakers urge economic recovery efforts in Ebola-affected nations

  5 Dec 2014

  Parliamentarians from the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries this week issued a joint call to prioritize social and economic reconstruction in Ebola-affected West Africa. EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica said he accepts the challenge to establish the link between relief, rehabilitation and development.

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  Economic development

  Economic development

  LDCs must break vicious circle to save post-2015 agenda — UNCTAD

  1 Dec 2014

  Despite strong economic growth, human development in the world's least-developed countries is still lagging and can jeopardize the post-2015 agenda, according to a new UNCTAD report. An expert with the U.N. agency proposes a holistic vision to address the problem.

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  Staffing reform

  Staffing reform

  UNDP structural review ‘winding down’

  25 Nov 2014

  The United Nations Development Program will complete efforts to restructure its staff by the end of the year, Devex has learned. Many senior management posts at headquarters will be axed and replaced in 2015 by entry- and mid-level regional positions in the field. The new setup will also change the profile of people UNDP plans to hire.

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