CDA Perspectives
The CDA Perspectives Blog is maintained by CDA colleagues, with guest authors welcome to share reflections, present information, and invite conversation on themes relevant to CDA’s areas of focus. 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 key practice areas. In addition to our staff contributors, we invite colleagues and partners to share their experiences and host blog series.
Download our guest post submission guidelines and email Hasangani Edema to contribute.
Check out CDA’s other blog series, From Where I Stand, a virtual collaborative learning project prioritizing the lens of local leaders as experts in the global movement to shift power in aid policy and NGO practice.
Now Available! Time to Listen
Share this article CDA is happy to announce that Time to Listen: Hearing People on the Receiving End of International Aid has been published! Time to Listen summarizes the experiences and analysis of nearly 6,000 people in 20 aid...
Business and Armed Non-State Actors in Conflict Zones
Share this article Companies have an abiding interest in establishing peace and stability as the foundations for investment, reducing risk and, ultimately, the returns that they can offer to shareholders. In investment and...
Emerging Themes
Share this article The DNH Team has recently begun holding weekly meetings to discuss the Reflective Cases and pull out some of the emerging themes appearing across the cases. Here are a few of the most prominent themes we've seen so...
Do No Harm Framework Tutorial Part II: The Action Framework
Share this article If you liked the relationship framework, you'll LOVE the action framework! Watch Do No H Project Director Marshall Wallace give another stunning explanation of another key DNH tool, the Action Framework. Learn how...
Do No Harm Framework Tutorial Part I: The Relationship Framework
Share this article The Do No Harm (DNH) Project has begun a series of video tutorials on various DNH lessons. The first in this series is a brief training, given by Project Director Marshall, on the original DNH Framework, now known...
It’s Called ‘Learning’
Share this article As well-intentioned external interveners, we want to do everything right. Our mistakes have consequences for the people we're working for and the people we're working with. There is a push to be perfect. This...
The Next Generation of DNH Trainers is Getting a Headstart
Share this article While I was in Davao City, Philippines this Spring, I was fortunate to meet a group of youth DNH trainers. Seven of these remarkable young people attended our consultation in Davao. I'll admit that when they...
Shared Learning
Share this article On May 10-14, I experienced my first Do No Harm training of trainers, held at CDA’s office in Cambridge, MA. There were a dozen or so attendees, including several students from local universities, two...
Botas y Banderas
Share this article This blog post is by Eliana Spadoni, a consultant based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Eliana is a Do No Harm (DNH) trainer and has used DNH in her consulting work. This article tells the story of her...
