We are ready for the next phase! #systemschange #localpeacebuilding #shiftthepower

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We mean business! Peaceful and just business!

"Meanwhile, our countries, the ones whose autonomy these discussions are allegedly about, continue to literally fall to pieces". Yup! Through poverty, bad governance, land issues, harsh trade and foreign policies....all of that create aid dependency. devex.com/news/opinion-c…

‘Two fundamental changes in our understanding of impact have led us to again evolve, and create a new Learning and Accountability Framework.' 1. Who defines what should be measured? 2. Addressing root causes by working on systems change. frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/evaluating-the…

"...traditional approaches to M&E – with a focus on linear logic, attribution, and causality – have never really been fit-for-purpose in peacemaking..." frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/how-adaptive-m…

Please help our talented brother if you can. Thank you so much. gofundme.com/f/charles-will…

"One of the biggest changes is the decolonization of aid and empowerment of local leadership — a key plank of the new policy, particularly as it pertains to Australia’s Indo-Pacific neighbors, many of which are being courted by China" Peace Direct devex.com/news/australia…

"Suddenly we received the news... ‘Sorry we are stopping this program— it was as sudden as that,” The funding cuts mean help is withdrawn from 104 health facilities in Uganda and Madagascar and the loss of 648 community health workers in Sudan" devex.com/news/there-is-…

People-centred research and evaluation: Relational practices that shift power, recognises and protects civilians. Great reflective questions Nonviolent Peaceforce (inactive)

"Perhaps it is time for funding bodies to rethink their application processes." ChatGPT use shows that the grant-application system is broken nature.com/articles/d4158…

'Sitting with the Discomfort of Decolonisation'. I recall starting this presentation with a Xhosa/Zulu freedom song, in the centre of Cambridge, United Kingdom! It was a heavy topic, and I needed inspiration from my predecessors and ancestors. Thanks for publishing. Read on:

🤝What is the relationship between decolonising international cooperation and #ShiftingThePower ? Join one of our weaving conversations on the 13th November ahead of the Be The Shift Summit this December! Session 1: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Session 2: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

An appreciation of different ways of thinking, processing and creating will #ShiftThePower Well done team Bogota!

Next Monday, join the Global Day of Action calling for a #CeasefireNOW in Gaza: 🖋️sign: ow.ly/B4ia50Qinoc 📢 share the call: ow.ly/lPom50Qinoa 👕 wear your values - we've launched a solidarity collection, sold at-cost, to boost the campaign: ow.ly/loX550Qinob

There we go again. Exhausting! Claudine Gay resigns as Harvard University president bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

"Time to head out into new territory What should you concentrate on next?" "Consider the questions they ask for which you have no answers." bernoff.com/blog/is-your-c…

Ghana to initiate visa-free travel for Africans in 2024 africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/…

'learn to embrace that feeling of learning, because the acquisition of knowledge and the reduction in ignorance is among the most fulfilling things in life...As frequently and fervently as you can, banish ignorance and embrace knowledge. Learning is life.'