Supporting the sustainability of civil society: feedback from dialogues in West Africa and MENA
Summary of discussions from two regional dialogues on civil society sustainability and emerging cross- regional themes and issues.
Holding power to account, and keep moving!
By Michael Hammer, former INTRAC Executive director. The 2015 Paris Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in […]
Thinking like a business? Social enterprise and civil society sustainability in the Middle East
By Rachel Hayman. Just a year after our workshop on civil society sustainability in Oxford, we convened similar discussions in […]
It’s not just how, it’s why. An insight on sustainability in West Africa
By Rowan Popplewell. I’ve just returned from Ghana, where INTRAC and the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) hosted a […]
What does being an evaluator have to do with the dawning era of sustainability?
By Vera Scholz. It’s unmistakably the year of sustainability. Last month, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have quietly – perhaps […]
Building a strong and sustainable civil society across Middle East North Africa: a collaborative approach
By Rachel Hayman. When we ask people working for or with civil society organisations (CSOs) in the Middle East and […]
Sustainable Development Goals – did that just happen?
By Dan James. In case you missed it, over the weekend, representatives of nearly every country in the world met […]
ONTRAC 60. Finding space to manoeuvre: local and national CSOs in complex and politically charged contexts
This issue of ONTRAC convenes views from four local/national civil society organisations on how they operate in complex and politically charged contexts, and how they would want external actors to support them.
Praxis Note 70. Working at the Sharp End of Programme Closure: EveryChild’s Responsible Exit Principles
In this Praxis Note , Lucy Morris, Head of Programmes at EveryChild, describes how EveryChild went about answering this question from a practical perspective. EveryChild developed three simple “responsible exit principles” to guide this process, in order to consider not just when to close the partnerships, but also how to close them.
Go through the door marked ‘Exit’ to reach sustainable development
By Rick James. We’ll never reach sustainable development until we take exit more seriously. So many NGOs pay lip-service to […]
Which way to sustainable exit?
By Rick James, INTRAC Principal consultant. Sustainable exit – it’s the holy grail of development. It’s something we all aspire […]
Is there such a thing as responsible exit?
By INTRAC Principal Consultant Rick James. ‘Exit’ is a harsh reality for many aid agencies today. As a result of […]