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2024 was a year of seismic electoral change, escalating global crises and, as ever, a tough year for international development. But, at the same time, we have had an incredibly busy, productive and rewarding year. Here are twelve things we’re proud of.
After another busy and productive year for Bond’s 40 working groups, we hear from Aid Effectiveness, Child’s Rights, Communications, Disability and Development, Ethical Storytelling, EU Funding and Policy, Funding, Impact Investing, International Financial Architecture, Safeguarding and Transparency groups about what they’ve been up to, and what’s ahead in 2025.
As the Assad regime in Syria falls, many refugees are coming out of exile and returning home. But what situation are they returning too? And, among all the uncertainty, how can the country rebuild? Blog by Sultan Jalabi and Dolf JH te Lintelo originally published by the Institute of Development Studies.
On Sunday 15 December, the UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, announced £50m of humanitarian assistance for vulnerable Syrians across the…
Our Government Relations and Public Affairs Manager, Paul Abernethy, takes us through the year in UK politics, looking at the general election, the Bond Manifesto and the budget, before looking ahead to next year and what we can expect from parliament.
As 2024 comes to a close, Humanitarian Adviser Mustafa Al-Soufi looks at the worrying amount of international and humanitarian law being broken, particularly in Gaza, and offers recommendations for what the UK government needs to do to help counter these breaches.
The race riots in the UK over the summer were a glaring reminder of how deeply entrenched inequities can erupt into visible unrest and how far we still have to go. Our Head of Anti-Racism and Equity Lena Bheeroo looks at what progress we made as a sector in 2024, and how the ugly events over the summer are happening both on a micro and macro level across the globe, both institutionally and societally.
Bond’s Locally Led Adviser, Tushar, takes us through what we’ve been up to this year in the locally led space, reflecting on the slow but steady progress we are making as a sector, and what we need to do to speed up the process in the year ahead.
This year was heralded as the year of elections. But after years of democratic backsliding and increasing restrictions on civil society, human rights and the rule of law, it was also a test. So how did it go and what does it mean for democracy, human rights and civic space?
