Listening, Power and Inclusion: Languages in Development NGOs
How do we ensure that language is not a barrier to effective communication?
Towards even greater ventriloquism?
By Michael Hammer, former INTRAC Executive Director. The UK government has announced that it will shortly be inserting clauses in funding agreements […]
Civil Society at a Crossroads. Most significant findings
This two-page document summarises the most important findings of the ‘Civil Society at a Crossroads’ programme . It also links to the project’s major outputs, including more detailed synthesis documents and all case studies.
The future of parliaments lies with civil society, not just electoral systems and parliamentary process itself
By Michael Hammer. The Futures of Parliaments was the topic of a recent speech by John Bercow, Speaker of the […]
The High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: new promises – can they be delivered?
By Brian Pratt. The long-awaited and much-hyped report of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda has been […]
Civil Society at a New Frontier. ‘Civil society at a new frontier’ conference report
INTRAC’s international development conference in December 2011 focused on civil society, economic growth and the post-aid environment. Recent world events […]
ONTRAC 33. Aid Harmonisation: Challenges for Civil Society
Is the present focus on aid harmonisation, as embodied in the Paris Declaration, yet another attempt to marginalise civil society […]
ONTRAC 17. NGOs Ethics, Accountability and Regulations
The passing of the phrase ‘the Value-Driven Sector’ should not go unannounced. The old notion that ‘Civil Society’ consisted of […]
OPS 10. Participatory Self Assessment of NGO Capacity
The last few decades have seen a rapid increase in the number and size of non-profit organisations involved in development […]