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Donor Finder: Curated list of progressive donors supporting activists, civil society organisations and small, informal civil society groups
Well aware of how civil society groups, organisations, movements and individual activists around the world constantly face barriers to accessing information on relevant donors and funding opportunities, Civicus has created this Donor Finder. It includes a
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Interrogating the Evidence Base on Humanitarian Localisation: A literature study
The impact of ‘localisation’ on strengthening effective and efficient responses to humanitarian crises continues to be a key policy and practice concern for donors and the broader sector. Criticisms of a ‘broken’ humanitarian system dominated by internati
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Future Course for a Grand Bargain 2.0: Time to walk side by side
The Grand Bargain, launched during the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul in 2016, is a unique agreement between some of the largest donors and humanitarian organisations who have committed to get more means into the hands of people in need and t
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Innovation for Localisation: Exploring the Impact of Channeling Unrestricted Funding to NNGOs in Emergency Contexts
The impetus for advancing solutions towards local leadership, dispelling the risk narrative, and as a result increasing L/NNGOs’ access to unrestricted institutional funding has never been greater. Despite this, research and evidence in this area is limit
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Invest in communities to stop AIDS: Don't stop now
As major scientific breakthroughs offer a real possibility of ending AIDS in a generation, there are signs that the international donor community could be taking its foot off the pedal right at the time when it is possible to accelerate progress. The timi
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One year on- Delivering on the promise of vaccines for all
On 13 June 2011, at a vaccine summit, hosted by the UK government, the world committed US$4.3 billion to immunise 250 million children and save 3.9 million lives. This was one of the most significant breakthroughs in the fight against child deaths in rece
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Making Education Aid more effective: Monitoring Exercise on Aid Effectiveness in the Education Sector
The GPE Report Making Education Aid More Effective: 2011 Monitoring Exercise on Aid Effectiveness in the Education Sector presents findings of a 2010/1011 survey monitoring exercise. It looks at how development actors work together and coordinate the use
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Gender-responsive strategies on climate change: Recent Progress and Ways Forward for Donors
This paper outlines a rationale for improved integration of gender into climate change and seeks to support donors in this endeavour by investigating the challenges and opportunities donors are facing, updating the wider body of work and knowledge on gend
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The Hidden Crisis: Education and Armed Conflict
The 2011 Global Monitoring Report (GMR) on ‘The Hidden Crisis: Education and armed conflict’ clearly states that if the international community does not act now, there could be more children out of school in 2015 than there are today.Save the Children wel
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Healthier Returns: Making aid for healthcare more effective
Despite pledges to increase health spending, most governments and donors fall short. More effective use of existing health funding is also vital. Meanwhile the current economic climate of fiscal austerity is creating a focus on short-term results that thr
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Civil Society Strengthening Workshop, Stockholm 2011
This report summarizes the results of the workshop on 'Civil Society Strengthening' hosted by Save the Children in Stockholm, 29 June – 1 July 2011, an event which brought together Save the Children participants from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the United
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Vaccines For All. Help save 4 million children's lives by 2015
Nearly two million children still die from vaccine-preventable diseases each year. The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) leads worldwide efforts to improve access to vaccines. It aims to immunise 243 million children by 2015 and save fo