News archive

Aug 20 2008 - Vacancies for trustees: INTRAC is keen to hear from those sharing its vision who are interested in joining the Board of Trustees. At this time we are looking for a successor to the chair and we are also interested in recruiting a person with business/financial experience. But others are invited to apply.
Aug 13 2008 - Buy Civil Society and the War on Terror: Only £14.95 from our online shop.
Aug 07 2008 - Advocacy and Policy Influencing training course
Jul 22 2008 - Showcase your civil society work: At our international conference in December
Jun 24 2008 - Download new Praxis resources
Jun 23 2008 - New books now available: Civil Society and the War on Terror, and Fragile States: Dilemmas of Stability in Lebanon and the Arab World
Jun 10 2008 - New briefing paper on the dilemmas of humanitarian workers: Anthea Sims-Williams' paper "Don't Shoot the Messenger" discusses pressures facing humanitarian NGO workers in the front line.
Jun 10 2008 - Cyprus Forum a success: Who won the Gender Civil Society Award? How can Cypriot civil society organisations lobby the EU? Read more about our sell-out events in Cyprus
May 13 2008 - Rethinking Civil Society?: Report from a recent seminar at the Sida Civil Society Center in Sweden.
May 13 2008 - Latest INTRAC work on the implementation of the aid effectiveness process
Mar 11 2008 - Open Training brochure 2008/09 available
Jan 25 2008 - Publications sale now on!
Jan 23 2008 - Download ONTRAC 38 now
Dec 06 2007 - Download the INTRAC Annual Report 2006/07
Nov 20 2007 - Briefing Paper 16: Northern CS, the War on Terror and Development
Nov 14 2007 - NEW BOOK: Capacity Building for NGOs: Making it Work
Nov 06 2007 - NEW Counter-Terrorism Measures and Development section of website
Oct 25 2007 - New Praxis Note: Building Confidence for Co-operation
Oct 19 2007 - New feature: INTRAC think-pieces: Our first installment of think-pieces on current CSO events is
Some reflections on Paris Declaration and aid effectiveness by Brian Pratt.
Sep 27 2007 - NEW book: "Rethinking M&E - Challenges and Prospects in the Changing Global Aid Environment"
Sep 24 2007 - ONTRAC 37 available: International perspectives on Rethinking M&E - en francais aussi, tambien en castellano!
Sep 18 2007 - NEW Praxis paper: Leadership Development: New directions for CS leadership in post-Soviet Central Asia
Jun 18 2007 - CB survey for NORAD: Take this survey on Best Practice in Capacity Building in Africa.
May 31 2007 - Chief Operating Officer vacancy: Chief Operating Officer
This new post at INTRAC requires an excellent communicator with significant overseas development experience and a track record of successful team leadership
Apr 26 2007 - Website translations: Gateway pages are now available in Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Arabic and French!
Apr 24 2007 - Ontrac 36 now available: Download May's issue on Civil Society Capacity Building
Apr 23 2007 - Latest Praxis outputs: Three more Praxis Notes are now available to download.
Apr 16 2007 - Training Summer School: Advocacy Plus: Learn advocacy skills in-depth while enjoying an Oxford Summer.
Apr 04 2007 - Conference next steps: Help us to take forward the action points from INTRAC's Conference.
Apr 03 2007 - INTRAC's organisational learning review: Find out how we are 'practising what we preach'.
Oct 10 2006 - New Praxis Publication: Counting the Organisational Cost of HIV/AIDS to Civil Society Organisations
Sep 26 2006 - New publication: Aiding Peace? The Role of NGOs in Armed Conflict: Buy your copy of Jonathan Goodhand's insightful analysis of NGOs' interactions with conflict and peacebuilding dynamics here.
Sep 13 2006 - New publication: Occasional Paper 46: The latest in INTRAC's Occasional Papers Series, No. 46: Official Agency Funding of NGOs in Seven Countries, has just been published.
Sep 06 2006 - September issue of INTRAC's newsletter now available: The latest issue of Ontrac, on capacity building and the State, has recently published.
Sep 05 2006 - New Praxis Publication!: Learning Leadership Development from African Cultures
Aug 30 2006 - ONTRAC 33 in Russian: Read our latest newsletter from Central Asia on Aid Harmonisation.
Aug 16 2006 - CIVIL SOCIETY CAPACITY BUILDING SURVEY: Win a prize by taking part in INTRAC’s survey of International NGO approaches to Civil Society Capacity Building
Aug 10 2006 - Forthcoming publication: Aiding Peace? The Role of NGOs in Armed Conflict by Jonathan Goodhand
Jul 26 2006 - MIDDLE EAST CRISIS ACTION: An SOS from our Lebanese civil society partners calling for much needed overseas support for Lebanese civilians.
Jul 21 2006 - New publication..: NGO Leadership Development: A Review of the Literature
Jun 29 2006 - New Publication...: Exploring participatory monitoring and evaluation of Roma programming in Central and Eastern Europe
Jun 07 2006 - Resource links: Have you taken a look at INTRAC's resource pages - links to useful agencies, think tanks and NGOs?
Jun 05 2006 - New Praxis Publication!: 'Civil Society Capacity Building in Post-Conflict Societies: The Experience of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo' by Bill Sterland
May 31 2006 - VACANCY: Open Training Manager (maternity cover): Interested in running and developing training courses?
Apr 28 2006 - May edition of our newsletter available: The latest issue of ONTRAC is now out. The theme is Aid Harmonisation.
Apr 06 2006 - LAST DAY Publishing Vacancy at INTRAC: Are you creative, proactive and meticulous? Do you have experience in publishing? INTRAC needs a Publishing Coordinator to take up the challenges of editing, production, marketing, web maintenance and more...
Mar 27 2006 - INTRAC Review of Logical Framework Approach: In 2005 Sida commissioned INTRAC to undertake a review of the logical framework approach as experienced by international NGOs...
Mar 07 2006 - Are you a capacity building practitioner with a success story to tell?: If so, we want to hear from you! You could be in with the opportunity of a two-week exchange visit to INTRAC.
Mar 06 2006 - G8 Civil Society Dialogue on Human Rights: Recently INTRAC facilitated this 2-day dialogue in Qatar.
Feb 07 2006 - INTRAC's 6th International Evaluation Conference: The 6th Evaluation Conference will be held on the 3rd-5th April 2006 at the KDK Centre, the Netherlands. Don't miss your chance to attend.
Jan 25 2006 - Praxis Programme Evaluation 2006: Tell us what you think - and you could win a free publication!
Dec 29 2005 - January edition of our newsletter available: This issue focuses on the concept and practice of mainstreaming.
Dec 21 2005 - New paper on analytical and adaptive capacities: INTRAC's Praxis Programme has just published the latest paper in its series on organisational capacity building.
Dec 14 2005 - Programme Co-ordinator Required: INTRAC is currently recruiting for a Programme Co-ordinator.
Dec 13 2005 - Report of evaluation conducted by INTRAC: During 2005, INTRAC and Annesley Resource Partnership conducted an evaluation of Development Cooperation Ireland's Multi-Annual Programme Scheme. The report is now available.
Dec 07 2005 - New Notes on Capacity Building Experiences: You can download 3 new Praxis Notes for free! The notes focus on organisational capacity building experiences in a variety of contexts.
Dec 06 2005 - INTRAC NGO Forum presentations abstracts available: INTRAC's NGO Forum met in Oxford in November. You can read abstracts of some of the presentations.
Nov 17 2005 - New publication on Rights-Based Approaches: INTRAC has now published the results of its research into how some European NGOs are approaching and implementing the concept of rights-based approaches.
Oct 17 2005 - INTRAC is moving offices: From Monday 31st October, INTRAC headquarters in Oxford will be based in new premises.
Oct 03 2005 - New INTRAC book about Central Asia: We have just published 'The Development of Civil Society in Central Asia', the latest book in our NGO Managment and Policy Series. You can order it online.
Sep 27 2005 - Tsunami response evaluation: INTRAC is to undertake a tsunami response evaluation for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
Aug 31 2005 - September issue of Ontrac now available: The latest issue of Ontrac is now free to download. The theme for this issue is Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers.
Aug 25 2005 - New paper on leadership: The lastest paper in the Praxis series is now available: 'Realities of Change: Understanding How African NGO Leaders Develop'.
Aug 16 2005 - Research into migrants' wellbeing: A senior researcher at INTRAC has won an ESRC grant to examine how wellbeing is socially and culturally constructed across spatial boundaries. This will be investigated through the lens of migration.
Aug 11 2005 - Russian material available on INTRAC website: A paper on Organisational Learning has just been translated into Russian.
Jul 05 2005 - New Case Studies on HIV/AIDS and Capacity Buliding: You can now download for free 4 African case studies on organisational capacity building in a time of HIV/AIDS.
Jun 10 2005 - Organisational Learning paper available in French, Spanish and Chinese: 'Organisational Learning in NGOs: Creating the Motive, Means and Opportunity' is now available to download for free in French, Spanish and Chinese.
Apr 30 2005 - INTRAC restructures senior management team: As part of a recent and ongoing internal change process, INTRAC has expanded its senior management team from 3 to 5 people (including the recruitment of a Research Director).
Apr 29 2005 - INTRAC Conference in Jordan a huge success!: The INTRAC Civil Society and Community Development Conference in Jordan attracted over 70 people from 34 different countries.
Apr 25 2005 - Political Change in Kyrgyzstan: Simon Forrester reports from INTRAC's office in Bishkek on the installation of a new set of political leaders in Kyrgyzstan, and how civil society is faring.
Apr 14 2005 - HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal opens INTRAC conference: INTRAC's international Civil Society and Community Development Conference papers now available.
Apr 08 2005 - New - Events Calendar: Publicise your event for free!
Mar 22 2005 - INTRAC wins ESRC funding: The Economic and Social Research Council has awarded a grant and a PhD Studentship to INTRAC's Research Department
Jan 10 2005 - INTRAC launches arenas: Access extensive resources