Sustainable Development Goals

Last April, funders and movement partners gathered at the EDGE Conference in Berkeley, California to participate in an Engagement Lab on regenerative finance and equity-based strategies across grants and investments. Out of these conversations was …

The SDG Philanthropy Platform has launched in India, at a meeting of key supporters within Indian philanthropy.   The SDG Philanthropy Platform allows and encourages communication, working partnerships, and the sharing of resources  between philanthropic …

A new report published by international development charity Bond offers insights from key players within the British philanthropic space working on international development. ‘The future of funding’ report highlights the various ways funders can support Civil …

I am so excited that finally someone nailed this Global South expression! I always do my best to avoid using it as it feels confusing to me almost on a physical level. From the context …

People around the world have little faith in the ability of just governments to deliver on the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They know governments alone can’t promote sustainable development and prosperity for …

A few weeks ago, someone asked me what I meant by the Global South. I didn’t have a good answer then and I still don’t. It led me to reflect, though, that the term has …

The US has become the first high-income country to pilot the SDG Philanthropy Platform, a forum whose aim is to help coordinate the contribution philanthropy can make to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The …

The Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators has developed a set of measureable indicators to help facilitate a robust follow-up, tracking and review mechanism for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As …

The international development landscape is shifting rapidly. In many ways, we’re witnessing the end of the ‘development-industrial complex’ that has dominated the sector for the last two decades. The days of rich northern countries delivering …

The concept of inclusion is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals: not only did the UN embark on its biggest public consultation process ever to design the SDGs (over 500,000 people participated), but …