The CD Alliance

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
• First annual progress report (pdf, 416 kB) and work plan (pdf, 202 kB), August 2009-August 2010
• Issues Brief: Southern Perspectives on Capacity Development (pdf, 901 kB), December 2009
• DACnews: Spotlight on the CD Alliance, June 2009
• First Meeting of the Southern-led CD Alliance, 11-12 May 2009, Berlin
• Capacity Development Brief: Strengthening Southern Leadership through a Capacity Development Alliance, February 2009 (pdf, 592 kB)
• DACnews: Interview with CD Alliance Co-Chair Talaat Abdel Malek, December 2008