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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘INGOs’
April 17th, 2011 - 6:18 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Got ‘Em: An Evaluation Story
The evaluation report was scathing, but I felt honest. And given the sharing of the preliminary results, it should have hardly come as a surprise…But it did.[...]
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. [...]
Missionaries, Mercenaries & Misfits: How two aid workers came full circle in the development world
"Suddenly a deep and dark realization set in..Had we become the aid worker equivalent of ambulance chasers?" A guest post by Renee Martyna and Steve Munroe of Satori Worldwide.[...]
January 17th, 2011 - 3:54 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Confessions of a Recovering Neocolonialist on Martin Luther King Day
An uncomfortable silence fell upon the car. It seems Lovemore had forgotten, or maybe not, that there was a budding neocolonialist in his midst.[...]
December 14th, 2010 - 12:53 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination
Plugging back in: Catching up with the aid blogosphere
Sharing recent links that demonstrate the aid blogosphere’s continued robustness and relevance. Here’s to more in 2011![...]
November 17th, 2010 - 10:07 pm § in Good Practice, Reflection & Rumination
161 Indicators, and then what?
1 country, 7 districts, 7 INGOs, $5 million and…161 indicators. Let’s aim for proportional expectations so we ensure monitoring and evaluation is a tool for learning and improvement, not just policing.[...]
August 28th, 2010 - 7:58 pm § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers
Aid Worker: First, Know Thyself
Opening your heart and thus becoming an effective aid worker is a conscious, intentional process that takes effort, persistence and a willingness to examine your thoughts, motives and emotions.[...]
