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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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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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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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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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A need for greater focus and sustained funding. Social protection and child malnutrition in Afghanistan
Over the past decade Afghanistan has made tangible progress towards its social and development objectives and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Infant and under-five mortality have gone down from 111 and 161 per thousand live births in 2008
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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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Investing in those who care for children: Social Welfare Workforce Strengthening Conference Report, Cape Town, November 2010
The conference is part of a long-term effort by the US government and other donors to draw increased attention and mobilize additional assistance for social workers worldwide who work with children who are vulnerable to abuse, violence, exploitation and n
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The African Report on Child Wellbeing 2011. Budgeting for Children
This 2011 edition of The African Report on Child Wellbeing is the second in a series of reports published biennially by The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) as their contribution to putting Africa’s children on the public and political agenda, and to hol
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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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Cartographie et Analyse du Système de Protection de l'Enfant au Niger
In 2009, Plan International, Save the Children Alliance, Terre des hommes and UNICEF came together with national partners to initiate a regional child protection systems mapping, assessment and analysis exercise in five pilot countries: Senegal, Sierra Le
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System failure? Revisiting the problems of timely response to crises in the Horn of Africa
Humanitarian response in pastoral areas in the Horn of Africa has consistently been late, despite an enormous investment in early warning. Attempts to improve early response focus on improving the performance of one or two actors, or introducing new tools