Blog posts for: Blog
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The Closing Space for Civil Society - to whom should we be listening?
Posted by Swatee on 22 Aug 2017
The first in a 6 part series of blogs exploring the issue of closing civil society space covers worldwide trends to silence civil society actors and what we must do as grantmakers to challenge this hostile environment.Read more
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IDEX Academy experience: a practitioner’s view
Posted by Swatee on 18 May 2017
Looking at how best to use the training budget within her role as partnerships consultant, Swatee considered what she might need to know or understand to add value, further the foundation’s work and ensure it created partnerships that enable local civil society to thrive.Read more
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A decade of learning from local stars
Posted by Muna on 05 Apr 2017
Stars CEO Muna outlines changes taking place to scale up the capacity building support available to NGOs, learning from 10 years of the Impact Awards.Read more
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Girl Leadership: From a little whisper to a deafening roar
Posted by Emma on 30 Mar 2017
Lisa Zimmerman, co-founder of 2015 With and For Girls Award winner Integrate Bristol, now Integrate UK, tells the story of girl leadership through their work.Read more
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The Panellist's Perspective
Posted by Emma on 24 Jan 2017
Billy Gorter from 2015 Impact Award winner This Life Cambodia, sat on the 2016 panel of experts to assess and decide this year's winners in the Asia-Pacific region.Read more
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From Winner to Panelist
Posted by Emma on 21 Dec 2016
Sara Maria Cifuentes Ramseyer from 2015 Impact Award winner Asociación Taller de los Niños, sat on the 2016 panel of experts to assess and decide this year's winners in the Latin America-Caribbean region.Read more
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Do It Yourself versus Collaboration
Posted by Angie on 11 Nov 2016
From the US Presidential elections, to Brexit and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the choice between going it alone or working collaboratively with other actors appears to be one of the dominant strategic issues of 2016. Perhaps unsurprisingly, international foundations too face this...Read more
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Announcing the Winners of the 2016 With and For Girls Awards
Posted by Emma on 31 Oct 2016
The following 20 local organisations are being recognised for their work to improve the lives of girls. Award winners have demonstrated strengths in engaging girls in governance, programme design and decision-making to ensure that their work really is girl-led.Read more
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Listening and Responding: Localising Capacity Building
Posted by Angie on 08 Sep 2016
Capacity-building support is vital in building the long-term resilience of civil society organisations. Yet despite this critical need, many organisations cannot find capacity building that works in their best interest, if they can find it at all.Read more
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Speaking up for local voices
Posted by Angie on 04 Aug 2016
When Communications and Marketing Manager Angie was asked to speak at a high-level workshop on digital communications, she came with a few tricks up her sleeve, including the experience of advocating for local voices.Read more
