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The upcoming Global Partnerships Conference, co-hosted by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, South Africa, British International Investment and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, takes place on 19-20 May in South East London, and will bring together stakeholders from governments, the private sector and civil society to reimagine the future of developmen...

The upcoming Global Partnerships Conference in London on 19–20 May comes at a critical moment for international cooperation.

The global system is undergoing deep structural shifts. Old alliances are weakening, new ones are emerging, and development is increasingly shaped by geopolitics, economic pressure, conflict and uncertainty.

We are operating in a mu...

Romilly Greenhill, CEO of Bond, the UK network for NGOs, said:

“We strongly welcome news of the appointment of Gordon Brown as Special Envoy for Global Finance and Harriet Harman as Special Envoy for Women and Girls to the UK Government, announced today by the Prime Minister.

The role of Special Envoy for Global Finance presents a critical...

The copy is signed off. The link is ready. The post is almost done. Then someone asks: what image are we using?

I used to treat that as the easy part. Pick something that looks good. Something “human”. Something that stops the scroll. Now I think it is often the most values-heavy decision in the whole chain. Images do not just sit beside our words; they steer the co...

Ahead of the Global Partnerships Conference (19-20 May), co-hosted in London by the FCDO, the South African government, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation and British International Investment, Bond, our members and partner networks have highlighted what they would consider successful outcomes.

With donors backsliding on their ODA commit...