Aid Myths Busted

A very good, and short, critique of commonly heard criticism of international development cooperation (or “overseas aid”)

Rio+20 – A Time To Move Forward

Some reflections ahead of the June 2012 UN conference on Sustainable Development

NGOs and Accountability: What it says in the Papers

Irish NGOs are clearly very aware of the challenges and opportunities for greater NGO Accountability. But a research sample suggests they have failed to harness the power of the media to educate the Irish public about the issue.

Why NOT to use overhead ratios as a way to compare NGOs

We would like everybody to support high quality NGOs. And that is why we are promoting standards of Quality in the Development NGO world. But we keep coming up against the fact that most ordinary people think that the easiest way to judge the quality of an NGO is the amount it spends on administration and overheads. In this blog post, we list a few reasons why that is NOT a good idea.

Busan Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation – The Good, the Bad and the New?

In this guest blog post, Abdul Ilal offers some reflections on the new Development paradigm, arising from the Busan summit. He provides some recommendations for the future of the Irish development cooperation programme, in the context of the Review of the White Paper on Irish Aid.

Day 3 of the Busan Summit – Video blog by Hans Zomer

On Day 3 of the Busan Summit, Dochas Director Hans Zomer tells us about the latest developments of the 4th High Level Summit on Aid Effectiveness.

Day 2 – Video Blog by Dochas Director Hans Zomer on Busan Summit

Dochas Director Hans Zomer tells us about the latest developments on Day 2 of the 4th High Level Summit on Aid Effectiveness in Busan (South Korea)

Busan: Can NGOs lead, as well as influence?

There is a real sense of expectation in the air, at the second day of the Busan summit on better aid gets under way. The celebrities and ‘super stars’ are arriving, with security being ramped up as the likes of Hilary Clinton, Ban Ki-Moon, Queen Rania and the Korean President are making their appearance at the conference.

Video Blog by Dochas Director Hans Zomer on Day 1 of Busan Summit

Dochas Director Hans Zomer is currently in Busan to attend the 4th High Level Summit on Aid Effectiveness and tells us about the latest developments.

Why we are going to Busan

A short blog post, with links to resources on Development Effectiveness, on what is at stake at the Busan summit on Aid Effectiveness.