Based on the latest orientations of EU development policy that stress the crucial role of CSOs in development and the importance of designing appropriate capacity development in support to CSOs, this assignment support the EC in developing guidance and learning material for improving its support to capacity development of CSOs in partner countries. As a result our team prepared a Practical Guidance for the EU staff on how to support capacity development for CSOs, and prvided recommendations on how the Thematic programme for Civil Society Organisations and Local Authorities (2014-2020) can best support capacity development of CSOs.