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Linear versus complexity: A new thinking paradigm for the development world

by adminEvaluation 24/02/2011Comments are Disabled

Linear versus complexity: A new thinking paradigm for the development world. On 28 February at 10:00am, Dave Snowden, founder of Cognitive Edge, a leading knowledge management practitioner, a thought leader who brings together academic and practitioner perspective into a single comprehensible purview, a well-known figure for his work on the role of narrative and sensemaking …

New Challenges, New Beginnings – Next Steps in European Development Cooperation

by adminAfrica, Development, Economy, European Union, SDGs 14/01/2011Comments are Disabled

It is a coincidence that two things have happened simultaneously – and the coincidence will be a happy one if the two can be brought together. On the one hand, Europe has emerged from eight years of introspection with new structures, a new leadership team and a new platform (the Lisbon Treaty) for more effective …

Office of Science & Technology – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Self-destructive of Innovation Policy:

by adminEntrepreneurship, Technology 22/12/2010Comments are Disabled

Innovation has become the central driver of economic growth and thus a key focal point of countries’ economic development strategies as they seek to gain global competitive advantage. In fact, no fewer than three dozen countries have now created both national innovation agencies and strategies designed specifically to link science, technology, and innovation with economic …

European Commission Directorate General for EuropeAid Development and Cooperation created

by adminDevelopment 19/12/2010Comments are Disabled

Following the appointment last week of the current Director General for DG Trade David O’Sullivan to the post of Chief Operating Officer in the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Commission announced a reshuffle of senior posts and a reorganisation of several Directorates-General. French career diplomat Pierre Vimont has been appointed to the post …