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Without strong, reliable capacity at home, developing countries will never work their way out of aid. This is why developing countries came together to form a Southern-led coalition for capacity development. The CD Alliance is an informal and flexible forum for Southern political leaders to discuss, share experiences, and identify best practices for capacity development.

Since its formal launch in May 2009, the CD Alliance has been pursuing the following objectives:

• assemble a representative base of Southern perspectives on issues of capacity development
• use priority international/regional forums and events to communicate Southern Perspectives on capacity development
• influence the learning and consolidation processes on best practices and approaches in relations to the capacity development priorities of the AAA

• CD Alliance perspectives on South-South co-operation, technical assistance, training and beyond, 24-26 March, Bogota
• CD Alliance - First progress Report (January 2010) (pdf, 416 kB) and CD Alliance 2009-2010 Work Plan approved (pdf, 202 kB), August 2009-August 2010
• Issues Brief: Joint CD Alliance and DAC Secretariat meeting on "Southern Perspectives on Capacity Development"- 30 November 2009 (pdf, 901 kB), December 2009
• DACnews: CD Alliance feature in DAC News, June 2009, June 2009
• First Meeting of the Southern-led CD Alliance (Berlin, 11 - 12 May 2009), 11-12 May 2009, Berlin
• Capacity Development Brief: CD Alliance Issues Brief (by Talaat Abdel-Malek), February 2009 (pdf, 592 kB)
• DACnews: Interview with CD Alliance Co-Chair Talaat Abdel Malek, DAC News, December 2008, December 2008

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