News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The Pledge for Change outlines specific adjustments that a group of International CSOs have committed to making by 2030. They center around three core areas: equitable partnerships – for example, directly implementing only when there isn’t enough national or local capacity to meet needs; authentic storytelling – moving away from storytelling associated with the “white
Read more →Following November 2020, Peace Direct, Adeso, the Alliance for Peacebuilding and Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security online consultation with 158 activists, decision-makers, academics, journalists, and practitioners across the globe. Participants and guest contributors exchanged insights and local experiences on the current power dynamics and imbalances that exist within the humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding
Read more →Each year, the AidWatch report monitors the quantity and quality of EU ODA through the ‘four Es’: Is it enough, employed correctly, effective and equality-focused. AidWatch, and its ongoing activities, hold EU institutions and Member States accountable for meeting their target of allocating at least 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) to ODA by 2030.
Read more →The bureau of Democracy, Development, and Innovation of USAID has issued a release stating that the Agency recognizes the central importance of partnerships that result in strengthened local communities—a longstanding practice across every sector, country, and context in which the Agency works. The Local Capacity Strengthening Policy guides USAID decisions about why and how to
Read more →The UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed readiness to support a UN convention on tax that would overhaul century-old global tax rules. In a report to the General Assembly, the Secretary-General recited a call from finance ministers of the Economic Commission for Africa made earlier this year on the UN to start negotiations on a tax
Read more →The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged economies around the world. To tackle the damages caused by the pandemic, in late 2020, the European Union created an unprecedented stimulus package to support the recovery and investment efforts of member countries. The EU recovery fund, named NextGenerationEU, is a fund created by the EU as a means to
Read more →The Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM) has published a handbook to help the donor community integrate a feminist lens into grantmaking, mainly on how to fund work to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in humanitarian and development settings. The handbook contains a comprehensive overview of the key features and goals
Read more →The article elaborates on CONCORD’s AidWatch report as an essential monitoring and accountability tool, looking into how much Official Development Assistance or ODA, the EU (really) gives to partner countries, how effective it is, and whether the EU and its Member States are serious about trying to leave no one behind, the hallowed principle of
Read more →The guide supports grantmakers at the Open Society Foundations aiming to actively include the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their grant-making practices. It is drawn from the experiences of Open Society grantmakers, peer funders, and social justice leaders’ scholarship, research, and activism. Further, the guide asks grantmakers to consider adjusting their grant-making
Read more →The KoneKtor – Philanthropy East Forum (formerly Grantmakers East Forum) will host its annual meeting on 27-29 September in Warsaw, Poland, exploring “Resilience in times of crisis”, hosted by TechSoup. The war, the pandemic, political and economic insecurity, climate disasters, migrations, and systemic racism were some of the prevailing problems during the last two years. As organizations,
Read more →Recently, a new funding call under Creative Europe Programme has been issued in media pluralism and freedom. The call intends to fund projects for 4.1 million EUR, with a final deadline of 20th September 2022. The final objectives of the call are crucial in the days we are currently living in. Particularly important are all
Read more →The International Philanthropy Commitment on Climate Change is a call to all foundations, regardless of their mission, status, and geographic location, to act on the climate emergency. Signatories to the International Commitment pledge to operate under the seven pillars of the Commitment. The Implementation Guide outlines suggested actions against the seven pillars of the International
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