UK aid in 2020: What do the provisional statistics tell us?
…of the total ODA spend, followed by Asia with 38.9%. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the biggest spender of ODA, but also saw the biggest drop in…
Campaigning during a general election
…answering some of the most common questions organisations might have on electoral law. Read the FAQs Bond briefing paper designed to help organisations understand the basics of the electoral law,…
Upending the usual model: when a Kenyan partner sub-contracted a UK NGO
Recently, the international development sector has been rightly awash with ideas and good intentions towards shifting power and decolonisation. Although there are already commendable moves to put this into practice,…
Global Fund for Community Foundations
Organisational level monitoring, evaluation and learning – what works and what doesn’t
…constraints or donor requirements as unfortunate “realities” that need attention, but a smallholder farmer losing a day’s livelihood to attend an ineffective programme event is just as real, and as…
Using AI for content creation – game-changer or overhyped?
…tempted to create a photo-realistic image, it is not yet truly realistic. Human beings are adept at spotting flaws in things that don’t look right. “It looks almost real” means…
Power awareness tool
The Partos Shift-The-Power-Lab presents the Power Awareness Tool. In the last 8 months, a group of front running organisations has been looking at the complexity of power in partnership relations…
Halfway to the SDGs: How can the UK help turn the tide on poverty, inequality and climate change?
…main areas: Commitments to actions that can accelerate the SDGs globally. Commitments to national benchmarks for poverty reduction. Commitments to better domestic governance for the SDGs. While we still don’t…
How do we build an aid worker register to prevent sexual abuse?
…has collaborated on an “aid worker registration scheme”, after commitments made at the DFID Safeguarding Summit in October 2018. The scheme aims to provide a trusted, portable register of someone’s…
Restless Experts
…that meaningful youth engagement principles are embedded in organisational culture, for example, by supporting organisations to include young members on steering committees and boards or create successful youth-designed and led…