Bond Humanitarian Award – and the winner is. . .
…She also has established several Community Health Committees, passing on valuable skills to those in remote villages and training local community members to become their own first responders and health…
The changing faces of aid: 4 trends that may be widening inequality
…example, was partly financed through ODA/blended finance mechanisms. In contravention of requirements under Cameroon law, the project implementers largely ignored the need to address local community services. At the broader…
Tone of voice and style
…semicolon is a very elegant compromise between a full stop (too much) and a comma (not enough). This sentence illustrates beautifully how it’s done: “Some reporters were brilliant; others were…
IATI
…in the same way (the IATI open data standard) and one common place to find links to all the data (the IATI Registry). IATI is a global initiative which complements…
How to realise a bold new future for international cooperation
…experienced another sector that is so generous in its collaboration or more committed to being better together. I will miss that. But we can’t be complacent. There is a lot…
UK’s charities and campaigners strengthen call on government to overhaul Lobbying Act
…organisations and allies to help eradicate global poverty, inequality and injustice. Notes to Editors 1. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/507954/2904969_Cm_9205_Accessible_v0.4.pdf 2. A copy of the letter and the full list of 124 signatories can…
UK’s charity sector outraged by governments rejection of amendments to the Lobbying Act
…eradicate global poverty, inequality and injustice. Notes to Editors 1. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/507954/2904969_Cm_9205_Accessible_v0.4.pdf 2. A copy of the letter and the full list of 124 signatories can be found here. In a…
3 takeaways from the Funding for Development Conference
…can’t innovate without openness. Openness doesn’t just mean accountability, it also means a willingness to experiment. If you’re flexible and adaptable, you can take advantage of new or unusual funding…
Change your ways of working to encourage real innovation
One thing that really stuck with me from attending Bond’s Enabling Innovation workshop recently was a comment from James Whitehead, Oxfam’s global innovation advisor: often those who are most innovative…
What the new government can do for international development
…effectively, it should be fully funded and receive sufficiently high-level ministerial support. Communications Communications between the development community and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have been fraught. The…