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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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The sustainability initiative so effective it ended
Dermot O'Gorman
18 Jul, 2018
Through Commitment 3.3, ACFID’s Code of Conduct acknowledges that the environmental sustainability and stewardship is an integral part of long term development and needs to be a...
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Spotlight on the Code – How the Code speaks to Sustainable Change
Sarah Burrows
03 Jul, 2018
/In the second installment of our Spotlight on the Code series, we shine the light on Quality Principle (QP) 3 of ACFID’s Code of Conduct: Sustainable Change. In this blog,.../
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Australia is risking a toxic legacy
Marc Purcell
22 Jun, 2018
/ACFID CEO, Marc Purcell, provides his take on the first Voluntary National Review on Australia's implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and where we go from.../
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We can influence our region far better with aid than guns
Marc Purcell
11 May, 2018
This week's federal budget is set to include a $3.8 billion loan scheme designed to ramp up Australia’s credentials as a global arms dealer. This amount is almost...
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Cultivating a good workplace culture and taking care of our people should be priority number one
Susanne Legena
17 Apr, 2018
As part of our wrap-up on the Spotlight on Quality Principle 9, we interviewed Plan International Australia’s CEO on her personal perspectives of people, culture, workplace, and...
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Mapping SDGs for intersection and synergies: Transformative sustainable development - beyond business as usual
Dr Keren Winterford
25 Mar, 2018
This post forms part of ACFID’s blog series leading up to and following the Australian Sustainable Development Goals Summit, held on 13 March 2018.
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Delivering WASH services in Timor-Leste
Luke Lovell and Elle Spring
16 Mar, 2018
If we are to deliver on the pledge contained in the SDGs 'that no one will be left behind' our actions must be truly inclusive. This must include people with disabilities. Despite...
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Spotlight on the Code – Supporting our people & nurturing good culture
Jocelyn Condon
16 Mar, 2018
This month we are pleased to launch Spotlight on the Code – a series of thematic ‘deep dives’ into our Code of Conduct. In each iteration of the series, we make time to better...
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Managing floods, feces and fishes in Fiji: a nexus approach to achieving sustainable development goals.
Dr Aaron Jenkins
13 Mar, 2018
If you work in international development, then you will be aware of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 17 SDGs are ambitious Global health goals that recognize the...
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Three Ways to Raise Australia’s Game on the SDGs
Marc Purcell
12 Mar, 2018
17 goals and 169 targets – this is the plan to define the future of our planet as set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).