ACFID Blog
The ACFID Blog features opinion articles on aid and development issues by ACFID staff, ACFID Members and a diverse range of other authors.
The purpose of the ACFID Blog is to engage readers in ACFID's work and to inform, engage and influence ACFID Members, the public and the government. Read more
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Donating in a humanitarian crisis: what donors should know
Jocelyn Condon
31 Jan, 2020
In recent weeks, there has been much discussion about how organisations receiving funds for bushfire relief use the money received. We can all agree that donations from the...
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What’s your state of accountability?
Jocelyn Condon
23 Jan, 2020
ACFID’s Director of Development Effectiveness, Jocelyn Condon, reflects on her meeting at the International Council of Voluntary Action (ICVA) to discuss how the Global Standard...
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Why conflict of interest needs to be more than a standing agenda item
Clare Petre
19 Jan, 2020
All ACFID members manage conflicts of interest relating to all of their activities and with all of their people, namely responsible people, staff and volunteers. The ACFID Code of...
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Six things I learnt at the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Community of Practice Launch
Grace Nicholas
27 Jan, 2020
The end of 2019 was also a new beginning for monitoring and evaluation practitioners, with the launch of ACFID’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Community of Practice (MEL...
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Confession: I have a love hate relationship with this standard around demonstrating separation.
Mary Tankulu and Jamie Davies
12 Jan, 2020
The ACFID Code requires members to consistently demonstrate the separation of development and non-development activities in their initiatives (7.3.2). They do this through a...
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Three reporting lessons from the Modern Slavery Act Conference
Trish Hopper
06 Dec, 2019
Until recently, when we thought of slavery, our minds conjured grainy black and white images of a practice largely eliminated by the international community through the...
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Governance, diversity and safeguarding: The Femili PNG experience
Fiona Gunn
12 Dec, 2019
/Quality Principle 7 (Governance)/ [1] may not be the most exciting of the ACFID Code... [1] https://acfid.asn.au/good-practice-toolkit/quality-principle-7-governance
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Spotlight on the Code – governing accountably, transparently and responsibly
Mark Carpenter
21 Nov, 2019
“QP 7 not only wraps up all aspects of good governance, it recognises the importance of building trust with all stakeholders. It has four Commitments which ensure ACFID members...
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Shaking up how we conduct development work: my picks for the ACFID Conference on Day Two
Shani Cain
17 Oct, 2019
As a first timer, I am pretty excited to sink my teeth into as much possible - from soaking up knowledge and working collaboratively, to also being out of Melbourne’s weather!...
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First we listen: my picks for the ACFID Conference on Day One
Sophie Jenkins
17 Oct, 2019
For myself and my colleagues at Mary MacKillop Today, the ACFID Conference provides a vital opportunity to take a step back from the day-to-day in order to engage more deeply...