A new FCDO initiative has led to A transformative report, outlining a roadmap for fostering equitable partnerships, advancing sustainable outcomes, and amplifying the impact of FCDO’s initiatives globally. WACSI and Bond have collaborated to tell you more.
Andera Delfyna, Learning and Innovation Expert at Light for the World, presents five key insights on co-creation gained from working with young people with disabilities in Africa.
In this review of Deborah Doane’s recent book, Mohammed Awal Alhassan and Marijke Priester put forward their thoughts on the concept of ‘INGO’, a concept that keeps bothering them. They argue that sticking to the ‘INGO’ terminology, renewed or not, doesn’t go along with a genuine renewal.
Bond’s Locally Led Adviser, Tushar, takes us through what we’ve been up to this year in the locally led space, reflecting on the slow but steady progress we are making as a sector, and what we need to do to speed up the process in the year ahead.
Sustainable, locally led approaches are the best way to address complex issues like poverty and inequality. Yet these approaches often clash with the short-term, quantifiable results many funders demand, creating a gap between what works and what gets funded. Without bridging this gap, effective, long-term solutions will remain under-supported.
Bond, Peace Direct, and the Advocacy Team have created a new set of resources and findings focused on advancing anti-racist and decolonial approaches in international policy and advocacy. Bond’s Lena Bheeroo and Katherine Strasser-Williams and Peace Direct’s Kit Dorey introduces us.
Locally led development is not just a theory; it’s a practice. Finlay Adams-Brown from All We Can and Y Care International explains their approach.
Andrea Kazindra, co-founder of Musana in Uganda, on why the social enterprise model offers a more dignified and effective way to support development.
Bond’s new research on decolonising economic development aims to stimulate debate on the future role of international development organisations. Sandra Martinsone tells us more.