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Collaborative learning & guidance for effectiveness & accountability of development actors & companies in support of significant, positive & lasting change.

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CDA is leaving X. With the continued spread of misinformation & unethical practices, our values no longer align with this platform. Find us elsewhere: Facebook: tinyurl.com/4sdx8tvy LinkedIn: tinyurl.com/4ffzej5d And follow @SFCG_, @peacedirect, & @Cnx_us for SAS news
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CDA's From Where I Stand blog platform is a virtual learning forum highlighting the stories and experiences of people most affected by aid. During the height of COVID-19, reflections on the critical need to invest in local humanitarian leadership 👇 ow.ly/BEQm50QVONc

COVID-19: The Importance of Investing in Local Humanitarian Leadership - CDA Collaborative Learning

Authors of this blog discuss how far more is required to meet the growing demands of the aid system. Through a series of recommendations they argue that the international community must renew...

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Last week, CDA board and staff spent 3 exciting days together in Washington, DC, reflecting on the past 30 years, looking toward the future, and celebrating with long-time friends and partners. Stay tuned for everything we have in store this year! đź”— cdacollaborative.org
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. CDA is committed to practicing what we value most – listening, learning, and taking action to more explicitly incorporate anti-racist values and practices into our work. ow.ly/i0No50QVOej
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What We're Reading đź“š: "More people need humanitarian assistance in the country than ever before during the war [...] But the aid system [...] remains a Band-Aid on a gaping wound, offering temporary relief without addressing root causes." ow.ly/7Np350QX6BX
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What We're Watching đź“ş: @communityleddev explores how to address the lack of funding to women's and girls' community groups with two women leaders pioneering ways to meet this challenge in Africa. ow.ly/jLAN50QVNwN
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What We're Listening To 🎧: "The history of Africa, by contrast, has long been relegated to the remote outskirts of our global story. What if, instead, we put Africa and Africans at the very center of our thinking about the origins of modernity?" ow.ly/UMFU50QVN7Y

Howard French on reframing history with Africa at the center

In his book "Born in Blackness," Howard French shows us what Western-centered history has gotten wrong.

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What We're Reading đź“š: A new review of security risk management (SRM) practices in humanitarian responses found that "neither the benefits of SRM nor the burden of risk are shared fairly between intl organisations and local/national humanitarian actors." ow.ly/GXNN50QNHGA
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Climate change is a "threat multiplier," aggravating existing drivers of conflict. Conflict also weakens the ability to recover from climate disasters. @CGDev podcast: Dr.Edward Miguel on 40 yrs of climate trends & conflict patterns in sub-Saharan Africa ow.ly/uFjV50QNG2C

Lagos to Mombasa: How Does Climate Impact Conflict?

Is there a relationship between climate change and conflict? Gyude speaks to Dr. Edward (Ted) Miguel of University of California Berkley about the impact of rising temperatures, extreme droughts, and...

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What We're Reading đź“š: Global development expert @themrise Khan on why calls to "shift the power" should move further to de-link aid from geopolitics ow.ly/o0lt50QNEG2

Opinion: Aid can no longer be dictated by foreign policy or geopolitics

As global development grapples with a movement to “shift the power,” the sector must recognize that aid needs to be separated from geopolitics.

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What We're Watching 📺: Over 20 million people in Sudan are in need of humanitarian aid, yet less than 25% are actually receiving any. @ODI_Global's Sara Pantuliano on how grassroots organizations can help deliver aid to places that INGOs can't reach👇 ow.ly/xAMC50QNCjq
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FWIS Friday: In the beginning the coronavirus pandemic, CDA launched "From Where I Stand" to share viewpoints from people around the world seeking to foster locally-driven systematic change. Sarah Cechvala shares her thoughts during this pivotal moment. ow.ly/8yGx50QJZVk

Local Leadership: Is it now or never? - CDA Collaborative Learning

In this blog Sarah Cechvala discusses how COVID-19 is challenging the traditional modalities of work in the aid sector. She argues that in the face of a global pandemic local leadership and action...

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On this International Women's Day, read about how @ReliefWomen, a South Sudanese women-led NGO, "has made a significant impact on raising awareness and engaging young South Sudanese women in understanding their roles in peacebuilding." ow.ly/iqpV50QJZKj
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What We're Reading đź“š: @oxfam's Amitabh Behar breaks down how decolonization in development must be applied to organizational design, the distribution of money, and the way skill sets are valued. ow.ly/SWFa50QJZzz

Opinion: How to get from rhetoric to reality in decolonizing development

Oxfam’s Amitabh Behar breaks down how decolonization in development must be applied to organizational design, the distribution of money, and the way skill sets are valued.

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Shifting power can take those w/ power into unknown & often uncomfortable territory, and it can be hard to know where to start. ow.ly/5I5450QK09s SAS is developing new tools designed to support organizations, projects, or donors in shifting power. ow.ly/5tJ250QK09r

Power does not shift easily - Alliance magazine

The call to shift power and change how INGOs operate is at least a generation old. Yet little progress has been made. There will be many reasons for this but perhaps the simplest explanation is …

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What We're Listening To 🎧: "While many [community leaders] are optimistic, some have argued that they haven’t seen much change just yet and expressed concern about whether these indicators will translate into action." ow.ly/kbws50QJZtK

What community leaders think of USAID's localization plans

For the latest edition of the podcast series, Devex's Raj Kumar sits down with Atlantic Council’s Nicole Goldin and Devex Business Editor David Ainsworth to discuss the top global development stories...

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What We're Reading đź“š: "In Somalia, a partnership between the Government, the World Bank, and the UN demonstrates how collaboration between humanitarian and development actors is critical to state-building and delivering tangible support to citizens." ow.ly/E9ZK50QJZmw
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ICYMI: Reflections from shifting the power in Bogotá Grace Boone and Jasmine Kato-Naughton wrote about the Shift the Power Summit in Bogotá, reflecting on what it means to shift power as individuals, as organizations, and as a system. @peacedirect @SFCG_ ow.ly/jU5Q50QIsz1

It takes all of us: Shifting power and decolonizing development - CDA Collaborative Learning

Stopping as Success (SAS ) team members Grace Boone and Jasmine Kato-Naughton share three lessons from the Shift the Power Summit in Bogotá, Colombia that they're carrying as individuals, organizat...

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It's the @ALNAP #DayforLearning - 29 Feb 2024. Take time out today to recommit to learning. Be bolder, more receptive and responsive to learning, embrace new approaches. #WithLearningComesChange #UnlockLearning
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What We're Listening To 🎧: "...protection and evacuation measures are usually reserved for foreign aid workers – despite local staff being the backbone of the international humanitarian system" ow.ly/lu4p50QGHtt How to address humanitarian risk 👉 ow.ly/MLVz50QGHtx
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