Peter Walton Since the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit and the inception of the Grand Bargain, there has been a lot of rhetoric and very little action by large donors and international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) around the commitments made, particularly localisation. After the summit, I felt optimistic at donor pledges that 25% of humanitarian financing would go… Continue reading Beyond the rhetoric – why INGOs need to change
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Power dynamics-global north givers and global south receivers
Tasneem Balasinorwala and Diya Deb Project funding decisions are primarily influenced by international commitments, national level commitments, donor country policies or development cooperation policies followed by stakeholder discussion deliberation and finally local needs. ‘We stopped applying for funding calls from Germany’ was more or less the tone of the conversations that we were hearing when we spoke… Continue reading Power dynamics-global north givers and global south receivers
The overlooked role of secretariats in the success of environmental treaties
Archi Rastogi This is the year to capitalize on the influence international civil servants have on the outcomes of the treaties and organizations they work for. After losing 2020 to the pandemic, environmental negotiations are expected to have a hyper year in 2021. Several high-profile meetings on climate, biodiversity, desertification, wetlands, mercury, and others were postponed… Continue reading The overlooked role of secretariats in the success of environmental treaties
Book Review: Aid’s implementariat: national and invisible
Gordon Peake The book’s subtitle ‘The Invisible Labor of International Development’ has a dual meaning. It both reflects that this class of workers is rarely seen and also that much of their work is itself unnoticed and underappreciated. Donor officials are prominent in the performative ‘front-stage’ of aid, cutting ribbons at school openings, launching corporate… Continue reading Book Review: Aid’s implementariat: national and invisible
What’s killing us in international NGOs?
Ann Hendrix-Jenkins The dark side of international development needs to be dismantled, and then transformed by developing different systems that are humane and restorative. To do so we have to face up to our own responsibilities, call out wrongdoing when we see it, and foster a new generation of INGOs of which we can be… Continue reading What’s killing us in international NGOs?
Leaked report: US halts funding to WWF, WCS and other Conservation NGOs over abuses
This news comes days after the UN Summit on Biodiversity, where numerous heads of government supported WWF and WCS’s call to declare 30% of the Earth as Protected Areas by 2030. The revelations in the leaked report demonstrate how dangerous this would be. The US government has halted more than $12 million of funding to WWF, the Wildlife… Continue reading Leaked report: US halts funding to WWF, WCS and other Conservation NGOs over abuses