The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in unprecedented challenges for researchers and policy analysts, and accentuated the need for access to civil society and advocacy movements within politically closed spaces. The impact…...
Envisioning an alternative ecosystem for global development and humanitarianism
Recently, the terms ‘decolonisation’ and ‘localisation’ have been the stand-out jargon within the global development and humanitarian sectors. Framed as a way to ‘shift the power’, these phrases cover a…...
Leading Change: Best Practices Guide to Empower Board Diversity
This publication examines challenges and opportunities organizations face in diversifying their boards and lays down concrete principles that organizations can incorporate and offers direction that board members can follow to…...
Integrating Local Knowledge in Humanitarian and Development Programming: Perspectives of Global Women Leaders
This report examines local knowledge integration in the context of global development and humanitarian aid work. It builds upon a recently published report by the U.S. Agency for International Development…...
Equity-oriented evaluation to transform the international cooperation industry
In July 2022, Global Change Center, Praxis UK, and Praxis Institute for Participatory Practice decided to embark on a long-term journey: we joined forces to transform inequitable practices mainstreamed in…...
NNGO Voices: Leader Perspectives on Locally-Led Development
The development sector is moving towards shifting power to local development, decolonizing aid, and building a more equitable development architecture. Funders, INGOs, NNGOs, and governments play crucial roles in making…...
Gender, Cultural Identity, Conflict and Climate Change: Understanding the Relationships
Gender and social inequality, the climate crisis and conflict are three of the biggest challenges of our time. But despite clear connections, there is a gap in evidence about how…...
The Future of Environmental Peacebuilding: Nurturing an Ecosystem for Peace – A White Paper and Compendium
The term ‘White Paper’ is typically used in government circles to denote a publicly available, balanced document designed to help readers make decisions. This white paper seeks to encourage debate…...
Transforming Partnerships in International Cooperation: A practical resource for civil society, donors, INGOs and intermediaries
Partnerships between individuals and organisations in the Global North and Global South have become common practice in the humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding sectors. They aim to address critiques of international…...
Decolonising Aid: Perspectives from Civil Society in Francophone Sub-saharan Africa
The theme of decolonisation of aid is the subject of numerous exchanges, studies and publications within the development sector. Although international convenings and regional programmes are multiplying, they are mainly…...