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January 23rd, 2012 - 7:00 am § in Guest Bloggers

Has aid lost its humanity?

“Development work had become more about systems and structures than the actual lived realities of people,” argues Mette Müller, founder of Best Self Experience. Can important concepts like 'empathy', 'understanding' and 'compassion' enter the way we deliver aid?[...]

Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, aid workers, Best Self Experience, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, compassion, donors, empathy, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, intuitive healing, Kenya, Mette Müller, organizational development, philanthropy, social change, social enterprise, Tanzania 7 Comments

December 14th, 2011 - 8:34 am § in Reflection & Rumination

A tale of two realities

Only one of the Washington D.C. aid industry events I attended yesterday got us closer to fixing the problems that continue to plague and perplex us.[...]

Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, aid industry, aid partnerships, community ownership, donors, evaluation, foreign aid, foreign assistance, international aid, international development, M&E, monitoring, ownership, Oxfam, Oxfam America, risk management, SID Washington, social change, Society for International Development 3 Comments

December 7th, 2011 - 10:01 pm § in Reflection & Rumination

Accountability in all the wrong places

When we reduce accountability to abstract concepts or empty exercises that are, if we are honest, ultimately about reporting funding expenditures to donors, we miss the point. [...]

Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, community ownership, community participation, Concern Worldwide, donors, downward accountability, evaluation, foreign aid, foreign assistance, HAP International, humanitarian accountability partnership, INGO Accountability Charter, INGOs, international aid, international development, international philanthropy, M&E, Mango UK, monitoring, philanthropy, Principles of Accountability for International Philanthropy, The Listening Project 5 Comments

December 3rd, 2011 - 12:05 pm § in Guest Bloggers

Transparency. Accountability. Impact.

These buzzwords are everywhere these days, but what do they really mean? Kimberly Lemme, Sr. Manager, Program Finance & Compliance at Water for People, shares how her organization re-defines and approaches these concepts.[...]

Tags: accountability, aid buzzwords, aid effectiveness, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, evaluation, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, impact, international aid, international development, Kim Lemme, M&E, Médecins sans Frontières, monitoring, MSF, Ned Breslin, transparency, water and sanitation, Water for People, watsan 3 Comments

October 5th, 2011 - 7:34 am § in Reflection & Rumination

What’s missing from the aid effectiveness debate? Overlooking the capacity of local organizations

Are we overlooking the capacity of local NGOs? My guest post on The Broker Online argues that rather than being the lowest common denominator of international assistance, local indigenous organizations should be regarded as the fundamental unit of effective development aid.[...]

Tags: accountability, Accra Agenda for Action, alternatives, Arab Spring, Busan, Center for Global Development, Chet Tchozewski, climate change, community participation, community-based organizations, complexity, conflict, food crisis, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, GlobalGreengrants, grassroots organizations, HIV/AIDS, international aid, international development, NGOs, Oxfam, Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, poverty, power dynamics, Rajiv Shah, Robert Zoellick, social change, social movements, Somalia, South Africa, Todd Moss, USAID, WiserEarth, women’s groups, World Bank 3 Comments

July 26th, 2011 - 6:34 am § in Poetry Pause, Uncategorized

Delights of the Green Isle

Highlights from my conversations with the great people I was able to connect with in Ireland – Alessandra Pigni, Richard Moore, Hans Zomer and Clare Mulvany – and thoughts on the opening of the Derry Peace Bridge.[...]

Tags: accountability, aid workers, Alessandra Pigni, Bloody Sunday, Children in Crossfire, civil rights, Clare Mulvany, community building, conflict, Derry, Derry Peace Bri dge, Dóchas Network, EU, European Union, foreign aid, foreign assistance, Hans Zomer, humanitarian organizations, Ian Wilson, international aid, IRA, Londonderry, mindfulness, Mindfulness for NGOs, NGOs, Northern Ireland, One Wild Life, Oxford, peace and reconciliation, peacebuilding, poetry, Richard Moore, staff burnout 2 Comments

April 22nd, 2011 - 7:01 am § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Aid, Africa, Corruption, and Colonialism: An Honest Conversation

Highlighting key issues not often heard enough in aid effectiveness dialogues.[...]

Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, aid policy, aid workers, colonialism, community participation, community-based organizations, corruption, dependency, diaspora, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, INGOs, international aid, international development, local expertise, local organizations, Nelson Mandela, NGOs, philanthropy, poverty, racism, social movements, transparency 15 Comments

April 10th, 2011 - 11:37 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

World Bank and IMF, Don’t Just Develop Capacity – Unleash It

An overview of the session, “Winds of Change: Will it bring a new development paradigm?" that will take place this week during the World Bank/IMF spring meetings. Join the webcast on Friday, April 15th at 2pm EST (6pm GMT).[...]

Tags: accountability, Accra Agenda, aid effectiveness, aid reform, Arab revolution, Arab uprisings, Busan, capacity building, Center for Global Development, CSOs, DataDyne, Dayna Brown, foreign aid, foreign assistance, Global Fund for Children, GlobalGiving.org, Heather Baser, IMF, international aid, international development, International Monetary Fund, Joel Selanikio, John Hecklinger, Middle East, NGOs, North Africa, Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, Robert B. Zoellick, small grants, social movements, Solome Lemma, The Listening Project, Todd Moss, Tom Grubisich, World Bank 3 Comments

March 24th, 2011 - 5:24 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers

Trocaire: 10 things INGOs need to do

Excerpt from Trocaire's report, Leading Edge 2020: Critical Thinking on the Future of International Development. [...]

Tags: accountability, advocacy, aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, development aid, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding, grassroots movements, ict4d, INGOs, innovation, local NGOs, ownership, technical assistance, Trocaire 9 Comments

January 28th, 2011 - 9:07 am § in Reflection & Rumination

Grassroots = No Brains?

Statements from aid workers like “grassroots=no brains” perpetuate the myth of low capacity about small and local organizations. They are derogatory and patronizing at best.[...]