CDA Perspectives Blog
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The CDA Perspectives Blog is maintained by CDA Collaborative Learning Projects (CDA). It is intended to share reflections, present information and provoke debate and conversation. On the blog, we share personal experiences of working towards improving impacts of interventions in contexts of conflict and fragility, and findings from collaborative learning projects. In most cases, we discuss issues related to CDA’s practice areas. In addition to our staff contributors, we invite colleagues and partners to share their experiences, and host blog post series.
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4 Ways to Transition Responsibly During a Global Pandemic
INGO actors turn inward to ask: what is the role of INGOs in the localisation agenda?
Share this article This article was originally published at www.stoppingassuccess.org, the dedicated website for the Stopping As Success research initiative. In June 2019, Stopping As Success (SAS) team members attended the 2019...
What is required for a conducive space for local agency and power?
Share this article This article was originally published at www.stoppingassuccess.org, the dedicated website for the Stopping As Success research initiative. In this article, Isabella Jean from the “Stopping As Success” consortium,...
Capacity development in international transitions: Can it be used to shift the norm?
Share this article This article was originally published at www.stoppingassuccess.org, the dedicated website for the Stopping As Success research initiative. In this article, Grace Boone of CDA Collaborative Learning, part of the...
At Long Last, a Better Response to Confronting Violent Conflict: Reflection on the USIP Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States Report
Share this article On February 26, the U.S. Institute of Peace released the final report of its Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States. Commissioned by Congress, the report offers a significant policy contribution to how the...
Daily Nudges: Using Community Feedback for Problem Solving
Share this article This reflection about daily nudges in adaptive humanitarian programs was first presented at the ALNAP London Workshop “Making humanitarian response more flexible: Exploring new models and approaches” in September...
Do No Harm for Faith Groups – What is it?
Share this article This post was originally written by Dilshan Annaraj and Maya Assaf-Horstmeier for World Vision International and is reposted with permission. Why we developed the manual As a Christian, child focused,...
Participation in Decision-Making Would Truly be a Revolution
Share this article So how are we doing when it comes to participation of crisis-affected people in decision making processes that affect their lives? “Participation is a buzzword. If it doesn’t match the authentic philosophy of the...
Getting to Locally Led Development: What We Can Do to Move the Needle
Share this article This post was originally written by USAID LEARN and posted here on the USAID Learning Lab blog, on August 6th, 2018, and is reposted with permission. To watch the presentation about “Time to Listen: Five Years...
Do humanitarian agencies really NEED to be accountable to communities?
Share this article This post was originally written for and posted here on the CDAC Network blog, on June 11, 2018, and is reposted with permission. By Sharon Reader, Community Engagement and Accountability Senior Advisor with IFRC...
“From Feedback to Action” Why so much talk and so little action?
Share this article Technological advances have compelled the humanitarian sector to become increasingly more digitally versed. Progressively, the use of mobile and digitally based tools provide humanitarian agencies with the...
INGOs as yeast, not the flour
Share this article In 2012, CDA’s book Time to Listen: Hearing People on the Receiving End of International Aid called for a paradigm shift in how international assistance is conceptualized, funded, implemented and evaluated. We...