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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COP21: CATALYSING FURTHER ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Prue Pickering, The Climate Institute
24 Nov, 2015
Next week the UN climate negotiations (called COP21) start in Paris. This meeting is aiming to build an agreement that facilitates stronger domestic policies for limiting...
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Pacific calls for climate action
Nic Maclellan, Island Business Magazine
23 Nov, 2015
The adverse effects of climate change are setting back efforts to improve livelihoods, infrastructure and development in the Pacific islands. Our neighbours are calling for...
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G20 Leaders’ Meeting – A linchpin between the SDGs and COP21?
Beth Sargent, Manager of Policy and Advocacy at the Australian Council for International Development
16 Nov, 2015 | SDGs
Leaders of the G20 – an international forum of the world’s 20 major economies - are meeting in Istanbul today. Turkey, this year’s G20 President, has said it is placing...
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Take my story and tell it truthfully, the good and the bad
Diana Mason, Communications and Marketing Director, ChildFund Australia
03 Nov, 2015
There are times in life when people share profound and important moments from their lived experience. These stories are complicated, precious and involve real people. These...
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What Drives Business To Commit To Development?
Mark Ingram, CEO Business 4 Millennium Development
28 Oct, 2015
Let me share some thoughts from our experience. In a single word, the answer to this question is "profit". Business is driven by profit, and its various...
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We need to innovate if we are to maximize our impact
Caitlin Barrett, Love Mercy Foundation
19 Oct, 2015
Innovation in development is a strategic pillar that will be crucial to the survival of organisations within the aid and development sector.
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Global Goals are Australian Goals
Sam Mostyn, President Australian Council For International Development
19 Oct, 2015
What the world would look like in 2030 should the Sustainable Development Goals be realised? What do they mean for Australia?
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ACFID Annual Statistical survey reveals extent of community support for Australian aid
Priyanka Sunder
14 Oct, 2015
ACFID has released the results of its 2015 Annual Statistical Survey which draws on data collected from ACFID’s membership of 132 Australian aid and development NGOs.
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Innovate to survive
Trudy Brasell-Jones, Development Practice Advisor, Australian Council for International Development
13 Oct, 2015
Development Innovation, ACFID’s 2015 National Conference in Sydney 15-16 October, is all about fostering debate, discussion and new ideas across the aid and development sector but...
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Reflections on UN Human Rights Council Report on alleged war crimes committed in the last phases of Sri Lanka’s civil war
Diane de Silva, ACFID Sri Lanka Working Group
11 Oct, 2015
Where to now for Sri Lanka following the UN Human Rights Commission report into alleged serious violations of human rights in the Sri Lanka’s armed conflict?