CODE-NGO, together with Save Somali Women and Children and Support to Life-Turkey, were invited as panelists at a meeting between members of the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) Initiative and a diverse range of NGOs to discuss donor practices in localization and the...
Shared Aid Fund for Emergency Response (SAFER) joins the DEPP Celebratory Learning and Closing Event
MANILA, Philippines—The Shared Aid Fund for Emergency Response (SAFER) was invited to attend and participate at the Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Program (DEPP) Celebratory Learning and Closing event at Citadines Hotel, Ortigas last March 21-23, 2018....
Shifting the Power: Continuing the Journey to a More Balanced Humanitarian System
Less than 2% of all global humanitarian funding goes directly to local aid organizations, despite their crucial role in crisis response. Start Network’s Shifting the Power project aimed to strike a more acceptable balance between international and local responses to...
CSOs Prepare for Innovative Learning as BLAST DRRM Moves Closer to Pilot Date
In the first Project Steering Committee for 2018, BLAST DRRM invited DRRM hub beneficiaries to prepare them for the soon to pilot BLAST DRRM Training Program. BLAST DRRM – short for Blended Learning Approach to Strengthen DRRM is an innovative program that aims to use...
Advocacy on YES to CORDILLERA AUTONOMY takes off
On March 5, 2018 at Ating Tahanan, South Drive, Baguio City, a forum on Cordillera Autonomy was conducted in partnership with NEDA-CAR (National Economic and Development Authority-Cordillera Autonomous Region) and CORDNET (Cordillera Network of Development NGOs and...
KNOWING, LEARNING, DOING – Sharing practices to improve local governance and CSO networks
We have heard several times that civil society organizations (CSOs) have not yet documented their good practices on how they do their work, especially in the field of CSO participation in local governance. For one reason or another, good practices are not known or...