Leaving and learning: 3 things we learned collaborating with local partners
Calls to decolonise the development sector and development research raise valid and pressing questions about INGOs’ roles in perpetuating a development agenda which is set in wealthy countries and delivered…
Transforming partnerships: Peace Directโs partnership approach
…multiple, time-consuming, and complex hoops to access funding while talking about ‘equal partnership’ is not only disingenuous but also demoralising for people already working in incredibly complex and traumatic environments….
6 ways trustees must lead on safeguarding
…and ask ourselves if we are doing enough. In October, we committed to driving up safeguarding standards in the sector and share best practice at the Department for International Development’s…
Bond is 25: Shout-outs from the sector
…executive of The British Asian Trust The focus on sharing good practice and dealing with critical issues such as safeguarding, transparency and accountability in an open and transparent manner supports…
Decolonising mental health, aid and fundraising
…they wanted to have a session on during this year’s series of seminars, of which I was honored to speak at the opening last month. Having just completed a consultation…
Inclusive consultation process urgently needed to ensure Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is poverty focused
Responding to the Secretary of State for International Development providing evidence to the International Development Select Committee on the UK’s response to coronavirus and the merger of the FCO and…
Building better futures together: delivering sustainable buildings with NGOs across the globe
…affordability, ensuring successful and impactful project outcomes. Empowering communities through comprehensive, collaborative partnerships At the heart of Article 25’s mission is a commitment to listening. Each project begins with extensive…
Value for money
…Efficiency Resource model can aid impact evaluations of complex programs comprising numerous units. It is based on quadrant analysis and social return on investment, where output is compared to input,…
UK aid
…merger of DFID and the FCO and several rounds of cuts, UK aid is now being spent freely by the Home Office to pay for refugee costs, something that is…
The World Bankโs broken food system: how agricultural lending is failing smallholder farmers
…CAFOD examining the World Bank’s agricultural lending. Our research found the World Bank is more interested in ensuring private finance flows towards a broken food system based on industrial agriculture…