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Routes to peaceful development: Environment
Shared understanding of environmental concerns is at the heart of trying to build a peaceful and border-free South Asia The South Asian Voluntary Association of Environmentalists (SAVAE) is over a decade old. Its background was …
Understanding and assessing impact in peace funding
Peace-building is sensitive work. Approaches to assessing it need to be equally sensitive, as Rockefeller Brothers Fund is discovering Peace-building is one of three grantmaking themes of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF). The goal of …
Peace and security funding for all
Above: a truth telling bonfire in Sierra Leone, where conflict victims and offenders come together as part of a forgiveness ceremony – an image from the work of Fambul Tok, supported by Catalyst for Peace …
When state security leaves humanity in harm’s way
The dominant focus on national and international security is one of the greatest stumbling blocks to achieving human security Building security in the current global context is one of the most daunting challenges of our …
Systems change and philanthropy
Philanthropy and systems approaches are an obvious coupling but the future of their relationship remains far from clear This special feature explores a growing aspiration in philanthropy to achieve system-level change. It looks at the …
Systems change in effect
The work of funders is as varied as the systems they are hoping to change. Andrew Milner profiles a selection of donors and organisations taking a more systemic approach Bertha Foundation, UK Founded in 2009 …
Decolonising systems change
The intervention of development organisations in the global South has given rise to accusations of ‘neo-colonialism’. Netherlands-based Hivos is addressing this legitimacy issue by maximising the freedom of local partners North-South philanthropy is growing as …
Scaling deep
Lankelly Chase Foundation’s Alice Evans talks to Stephen Huddart and Darcy Riddell of the McConnell Foundation in Canada about how a systems change approach has led them to reconsider not only the way they think …
System transformation? It’s in the genes
Systems change is more than just a popular catchphrase, but its effectiveness depends on aligning strategies with a foundation’s institutional DNA Is system transformation an end in itself, an effective means to achieve a strategic …
Complex rhythms in Latin America
Achieving systems change is a dynamic, continuous, and sometimes chaotic process in which co-creation is key to a successful outcome Systems change philanthropy demands from philanthropists different ways of thinking, of working and of assessing …