“It is unacceptable that BII is de facto exempt from UK’s climate commitments on aligning all new UK aid with the Paris Agreement” – Bond reacts to IDC report on the UK’s Development Finance Institution, BII
Today, Friday 15 September, The Committee for International Development (IDC) has released it’s report, Investment for Development: The UK’s Strategy Towards Development Finance Institutions, which calls for governance changes at…
Bond’s statement in response to the International Development Committee’s report on the definition and administration of ODA
…global reputation in jeopardy.” ENDS Notes to Editor Link to the International Development Select Committee report Definition and administration of ODA Speaking in front of the International Development Committee, the…
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Bond statement in response to the Charity Commission’s final report from its safeguarding taskforce
…support from the Charity Commission to make the process clearer and quicker. Today’s report shows that NGOs are getting it right: people feel more confident and comfortable coming forward, but…
Last Mile Payments and NGOs – the hidden engine of crisis response
…leg or the ‘last mile’ of the payment, where funds go directly into the hands of a community or individual that these processes present the biggest challenges. These communities are…
Bond SDG Group: One Health Learning Session
…Dr Klara Saville, Head of Health, Welfare, Community Engagement and Research (Brooke) The basics of One Health and Brooke’s experience Johana Teigan, Researcher (EcoHealth Alliance) One Health in practice: A…
The pursuit of racial justice: what we want to see change
…have we kept things going as a community, despite the lack of funding? Networks and organisations have had to rely on the voluntary labour of community members while collaborating with…
3 practical ideas to shift the power in partnerships
Power in partnerships matters. If an organisation feels it can’t speak its mind in a partnership, then it might not be open about problems it is facing. Programme design suffers…
Why we need more transparency in aid spending
…can’t hope to improve the standards of our programming and results. Transparency is not another condition applied to UK aid to make it more complicated or harder to spend. Commitments…
Anti-bribery guidelines
Bribery and corruption are found in all countries. They hurt the poor disproportionately, diverting resources intended for development and humanitarian assistance and increasing the costs of basic public services. They…