Is the UK setting a bad example on civil society space?
…of these impacts, the UK remains a free and open society and while such restrictions will curb some potentially valuable work, they won’t impede civil society’s ability to function altogether….
Reimagining global development through engagement with lived experience
…– increasingly challenging in recent years. However, referring to lived experience promises to make programmes more effective in addressing the real needs of the communities they are designed to support….
New report warns of decline in relationship between UK civil society working in development and government
…Ensuring civil society is heard: Principles and practices to improve government engagement with civil society was written by Zoe Abrahamson, Claire Godfrey, Rowan Popplewell and Mike Wright: https://www.bond.org.uk/sites/default/files/resource-documents/bond_ensuring_civil_societys_voice_is_heard-online.pdf Bond is…
UK makes welcome anti-corruption commitments, now action is needed
…on an annual basis The Bond group calls on the Government to follow up these commitments with effective implementation, including ensuring outstanding commitments from the 2016 Anti-Corruption Summit are implemented…
What the Integrated Review means for international development
…that support for open societies and democratic governance starts at home. At the same time, there are reports that the open societies and human rights work of FCDO is facing…
Leave no one behind: 3 ways governments can engage with communities on One Health
…Fairness Initiative, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and community organisations working with marginalised castes. Through our community work to support animal welfare, we realised that animal health…
What enables development consortia to adapt to changing circumstances?
UK Aid Connect is supporting consortia comprised of diverse organisations to create innovative solutions to complex development challenges that deliver real change to the lives of the most vulnerable people…
Safeguarding resources
…understand your commitments to safeguarding and what to do if concerns arise. Our commitment to change in safeguarding Our commitment to change in safeguarding demonstrates how the NGO sector is…
Bond Volunteer Award – and the winner is. . .
…committed to the South-to-South disability training, improving the skills of those working to support families in their local communities. She trained workers in Jamaica, they went on to win a…
Websites using IATI data
…Visualises every development aid project financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and reported as open data to the IATI registry. NGO examples Oxfam Atlas (Oxfam Novib) Regularly updated…