Global Perspectives 2021 provided a chance for the Centre’s communities to involve themselves in themes and workshops, exploring methods to address major trends, threats, and opportunities in the civil society sector. We’re still processing everything we learned over the course of two forceful, thought-provoking weeks, so here are some major takeaway that we can all apply right away.
15/11/2021
Right CoLab announced the introduction of “Transformation in the Aid and Development Sector?” – a published series on critical problems of change and transformation in the humanitarian sector, in collaboration with The Centre for Humanitarian Leadership. Localisation; Decolonising Aid; Business Operating Models; Funding Models and Finance; Ways of Working; South-South and North-South Partnerships; Technology and Innovation; and Leadership and Diversity are among the eight topic papers in the project.
21/01/2022
Catherine Gordo walks us through her experience working for the development and humanitarian sector: “At 40, I am proud of what I learned from the people I worked with and the experience – mistakes and all – that came along with it because it made me realize the importance of what I missed most”.
23/02/2022
In this article Dylan Matthews talks about how very few organisations know in which way to start the process of decolonising their work, but most importantly he addresses the risk of the term “decolonising” to become a catch-all term for any transformation attempt, stripping it of its ability to be extremely impactful. Moreover, the author highlights the take aways of these insights.
27/01/2022
Nina Newhouse and Charlie Batchelor use Timms and Heimans’ New/Old Power framework to enquire how activists could use the web to reach new forms of power and, eventually, better effect change in the second of their four-part blog series, that aims to inspire innovative thinking about digitally-mediated activism.
03/02/2022
Author Duncan Green, walks us through a recent paper published by Graham Teskey, who has been a major proponent of ‘political thinking and working,’ always prepared to call out hand-waving intellectuals and seek some real-world lessons. entitled “Thinking and working politically: What have we learned since 2013?”. In this blog post Green comments and shows some extracts on “where we are now” and the lessons Teskey draws from his historical account.
01/02/2022
One of the breakthroughs in the IFRC Strategy 2030, which they and the Solferino Academy have jointly pledged to achieve in the future years, is encouraging and mobilizing volunteerism. But what exactly does this imply, and where do they start? This is the content of the article by Solferino Academy
24/11/2021
In this article, Maria Faciolince reminds us of the importance of making knowledge accessible, plural and collaborative. In collaboration with the artist Hansel Obando, they share with us an inspiring exhibition to move away from unequal power structures that reinforce the legacies of colonialism and promote explicitly anti-racist and feminist agendas.
23/03/2021
Peace Direct, Adeso, the Alliance for Peacebuilding and Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security (WCAPS)’s (2021) ‘Time to Decolonise Aid: Insights and Lessons from a Global Consultation’ shares strategic recommendations for ICSOs and others, including:
– creating space for change, especially for those with marginalised identities,
– encouraging an internal organisational culture of openness to critique,
– investing in indigenous knowledge creation and valuing local knowledge, and
– adopting a transition mindset for organisational strategies with clear milestones for the transfer of power and resources to local organisations.
It also shares ideas of what a manifesto for decolonising aid would look like.
10/05/2021
The recent publication by the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) points out that any positive and lasting change will have to start with the way communities think about and perceive development. The report states that, unfortunately, many communities in Ghana have become accustomed to the idea that the government and, to some extent, local NGOs are primarily responsible for development.
21/10/2021
The Grassroots Solidarity Revolution sprang from hours of meaningful connections and conversations by five grassroots activists known as the Grassroots Changemakers and the global alliance for civil society, CIVICUS.
01/01/2021
The report from the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) presents the views and voices of global south CSOs and provides records of ideas, suggestions and recommendations on how ICSOs north-south relationships and power dynamics should evolve. It captures the concerns of global south civil society actors and their relationship with ICSOs in four key areas: partnerships, collaborations, decision making, structures and practices.
10/03/2021
This report from Bond summarises work carried out between August 2020 and April 2021 to create a more equitable and sustainable development system through locally-led development.
It shares key insights, lessons and strategies and aims to contribute to the other initiatives that are pushing for change. It also aims to galvanise engagement and action from the wider international development community, with a focus on international non-governmental organisations in the UK.
07/07/2021
In this article, our Executive Director, Wolfgang Jamann reflects on the issue of Power Shift, the progress that has been made in recent years and the major challenges that international organisations continue to face.
22/07/2021
Led by Oceanic feminist researcher and storyteller ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, this research charts a voyage towards the genuine creation of equitable partnerships and empowered relationships.
01/10/2020
In this article, Kevin Starr points out that systems change is more of a destination than a journey. “Scalable solutions” might be a better way to make the journey.
08/04/2021
In this article, Nana Afadzinu proposes to move beyond the rhetoric and bring about that needed shift. She shares the following key principles to achieve this:
– ensure that it remains a “shift the power movement and not a shift the power industry.”
– remain inclusive and foster growth
– focus on the relational instead of the transactional
– build solidarity across continents, interests and organisations by overcoming the ego, logo and silo mentality
– hold each other accountable.
16/01/2020
This article co-authored by Alisha Bhagat, Aarathi Krishnan, Tulsi Parida, Mansi Parikh, Nour Batyne, Wayne Pan and the Diaspora Futures Collective challenge our understandings of how power, privilege and colonial legacies influence our own thinking.
12/03/2021
The Centre in conjunction with Conner Advisory conducted a first Power Shift Lab in September 2018 to address this appetite towards more legitimate and global governance. ICSO leaders from the Global North and South reviewed the inter-relationship of the ‘Golden Triangle’: Power Dynamics, Organisational Intent and Governance Reform’.
15/01/2020
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