Bond reacts to Foreign Secretary’s calls for global financial reform at IMF-World Bank Annuals
Today, 14th October 2026, UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has called for urgent reform to a global financial system that…
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What we’ve learned from eight years of outcome harvesting
Rather than starting with a predefined set of indicators, outcome harvesting starts with a change that has happened, then works backwards to determine why it matters, who contributed to it and how. Drawing on eight years of experience, Jessica Schofield at Frontline AIDS shares three key lessons from adopting the approach.
Working differently: what we learned from prioritising wellbeing and flexibility in the workplace
Jess Gleeson, Head of People and Culture at ADD International, explains how the organisation has rethought the way it works as part of its commitment to wellbeing, flexibility and disability justice — and what it learned from a year of trialling a new approach.
Ecology and empowerment
How is ecology and empowerment linked when it comes to international solidarity? Contributors from seven countries have attempted to provide some answers to this question in a new book coordinated by the F3E network. Isabelle Moreau shares the key findings.
AI could be a lever for localisation – but genuine partnership and investment is needed
From a year of dialogue with humanitarian practitioners across the ecosystem, the message is clear: AI could be a genuine lever for localisation – but only if there is renewed thinking, partnership and intentional investment, Ka Man Parkinson at Save the Children argues.
What it means to be “values led” as an international NGO
Many of us are grappling with how we can make INGOs more effective. As SOS Children’s Villages UK begins its new chapter as Right to Childhood, Alison Wallace and Harpinder Collacott share how a clear set of guiding principles can help organisations make difficult decisions at pace.
Enabling civil society – time for cake and candles?
Five years ago, the biggest providers of development assistance endorsed a landmark commitment to respect, support and incentivise civil society. Dylan Mathews, CEO of Peace Direct, looks back on the progress and the pitfalls.
Bond reacts to Conservatives’ proposal to slash UK aid budget to £1 billion
Responding to news that the Conservatives would shrink the UK aid budget to just £1 billion a year to fund…
The missing conversations about trust, values, independence and our heartland
What is shaping public support for international cooperation? This blog highlights four insights from Bond’s latest research into how the British public feel about “aid”. Jess Crombie, senior lecturer at UAL, and Bond’s Maryam Mohsin writes.