Networker 100
February - April 2012
My Bond is a social network for the international development sector designed to help Bond members interact with each other and with Bond staff online. In this issue, Julius Honnor outlines its key features and encourages members to sign up for an early preview.
As the role of northern NGOs is increasingly questioned, many NGOs are starting to rethink why they exist and for whom. HelpAge International and VSO share their experience. Resilience is the buzz-word of the moment but what does it mean for our sector? Joel Hafvenstein explains.
With the proliferation of new NGOs laws having an adverse effect on the work of NGOs in a growing number of countries, an NGO worker describes the situation in Sri Lanka and Ethiopia.
Read a selection of the articles below or download the PDF of the magazine.
Highlights from this issue
My Bond: get connected
Julius Honnor explains the main features of My Bond, a social network for international development organisations, and encourages members to sign up for a preview.
How effective is your organisation?
The organisational health check, a new online tool to help Bond members understand how effective they are, will be launched in spring 2012
The devil is in the detail: new NGO laws
The last issue of The Networker highlighted the impact of new NGOs laws in Cambodia. Here, an NGO worker provides a first-hand account of their experience.
The shape of things to come
Glen Tarman profiles Bond's emerging programme on public engagement.
The relevance of resilience
What does it mean and how could it be useful to our sector? Joel Hafvenstein at Tearfund and co-chair of the Bond Disaster Risk Reduction Group explains.
Disability rights in Bangladesh
Mosharraf Hossain, Country Director of ADD Bangladesh, provides an insight into the disability movement in Bangladesh and urges NGOs to include disability in their country policies.
Development People
Nik Hartley, Chief Executive at Restless Development, talks about what it means to be a youth-led development organisation and shares his views on critical sector issues.
The Networker magazine showcases and highlights key issues, emerging debates, news and opportunities facing the UK development sector. It's free to download as a PDF. Bond members receive a printed copy each time it is published.
