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.
Guest authors featured on the CDA Perspectives Blog write in their personal capacity and the opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of CDA or of the other authors who participate in this forum.
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Are We Caught Between Doing Harm or Doing Nothing in Syria?
Share this article Principles are guides for action, not excuses for inaction. The principle of Do No Harm (DNH) was never meant to prevent physicians from providing treatment or care, and it does not restrict humanitarians from...
Contribute to Long-Term Development
Share this article How can disaster response contribute to long-term development? 1. Even the most devastated communities retain capacities. Even if the physical/material infrastructure is destroyed, the communities still have strong...
How IDP Feedback Improved Programing
Share this article In order to ensure the effectiveness of international aid, agencies must systematically listen to and meaningfully engage people that they aim to support in decisions that affect their lives. Drawing from Time to...
Is there Proof that “People Talking to People” Yields Tangible Results?
Share this article “People talking to people is still how the world’s standards change” - claims a New-Yorker article Slow Ideas in answer to the question: How can you speed up innovations that aren’t spreading fast enough? The...
Do No Harm at your Fingertips
Share this article The Germans have a word for it: Fingerspitzengefühl - fingertip feel. The seemingly intuitive understanding of a changing context that allows for rapid, good decision making in the face of uncertainty. When we use...
Lens and Filter
Share this article In our field of humanitarianism and development, we often use the concept of a lens to discuss various themes we have determined are important. We refer to a gender lens or a human rights lens or a conflict lens. A...
Do No Harm is Three Things
Share this article Do No Harm is three things. It is a principle. It is a project. It is a practice.The principle is thousands of years old. Simply, it states that if you are trying to do good, you should make sure you do not cause...
Did You Hear Someone Say “Resolution” in Lebanon?
The CDA Perspectives Blog by CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Share this article I have been working in the field of peace and conflict in Lebanon for the past 7 years– teaching, training and listening. One of the main challenges...
The Point of Listening
Paring the Edges of Information and Communication Technologies
Share this article Data can be intimidating. In today’s world, information and communication technologies (ICTs) represent the tools to amass information in multiple forms – from numerical, to narrative, to visual. In...
A Story of Giving
Share this article On June 12, 2013, The Listening Program participated in a discussion as a Thought Partner for the emerging initiative known as the Global Partnership for Community Philanthropy. During the discussion, Mirza Jahani,...
Best Practices
Share this article CDA has supported thousands of people in their pursuit of better aid practice. From CDA we have learned the importance of carefully analyzing our actions and behaviors in every context. We’ve learned that “doing no...