{"id":1320,"date":"2025-10-02T04:06:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/7262-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:06:45","slug":"7262-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/display\/articles\/7262\/","title":{"rendered":"7262"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left  display articles\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner related\"><\/div>\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<header class=\"contents\">\n<h1>Related Content<\/h1>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tArticles related to:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcivil society<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/news\/ngos-need-clearer-legal-and-political-frameworks\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/post-2015-shaping-a-global-agenda\/a-view-on-the-open-working-group\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/post-2015-shaping-a-global-agenda\/a-view-on-the-open-working-group\/671119-1-eng-gb\/a-view-on-the-open-working-group_column.jpg\" alt=\"A view on the Open Working Group\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/post-2015-shaping-a-global-agenda\/a-view-on-the-open-working-group\/\">A view on the Open Working Group<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/otoo-kwabena-nyarko\/\">Kwabena Nyarko Otoo<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t11 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tDespite the aspirations, the development of a set of Sustainable Development Goals remains a challenging trial.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/post-2015-shaping-a-global-agenda\/a-view-on-the-open-working-group\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/power-dynamics-and-natural-resources\/tackling-the-resource-curse\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/power-dynamics-and-natural-resources\/tackling-the-resource-curse\/670439-1-eng-gb\/tackling-the-resource-curse_column.jpg\" alt=\"Tackling the resource curse\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/power-dynamics-and-natural-resources\/tackling-the-resource-curse\/\">Tackling the resource curse<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/de-groot-eelco\/\">Eelco de Groot <\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tTo really tackle the resource curse, local communities need to obtain a meaningful and informed position in consultation processes, at the negotiation table and in monitoring panels.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/power-dynamics-and-natural-resources\/tackling-the-resource-curse\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-development-blog\/warsaw-when-polluters-talk\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-development-blog\/warsaw-when-polluters-talk\/670363-1-eng-gb\/warsaw-when-polluters-talk_column.jpg\" alt=\"Warsaw: When polluters talk...\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-development-blog\/warsaw-when-polluters-talk\/\">Warsaw: When polluters talk&#8230;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/munic-jagoda\/\">Jagoda Munic<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t28 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tOn November 23, 2013, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) proudly&nbsp;announced&nbsp;on its website that the Warsaw Climate Change Conference 2013 had concluded successfully.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-development-blog\/warsaw-when-polluters-talk\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/power-dynamics-and-natural-resources\/my-way-or-the-trail\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/power-dynamics-and-natural-resources\/my-way-or-the-trail\/661688-1-eng-gb\/my-way-or-the-trail_column.jpg\" alt=\"My way or the \u2018trail\u2019\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/power-dynamics-and-natural-resources\/my-way-or-the-trail\/\">My way or the \u2018trail\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/odell-scott\/\">Scott Odell<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t21 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThere is no easy answer to the question of the fate of Ecuador\u2019s Yasun\u00ed-ITT region, but a few key steps can maximize the areas of agreement of the many vested interests.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/power-dynamics-and-natural-resources\/my-way-or-the-trail\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-development-blog\/can-a-monster-typhoon-bring-new-energy-to-un-climate-talks\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/661360-1-eng-gb\/can-a-monster-typhoon-bring-new-energy-to-un-climate-talks_column.jpg\" alt=\"Can a monster typhoon bring new energy to UN climate talks?\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-development-blog\/can-a-monster-typhoon-bring-new-energy-to-un-climate-talks\/\">Can a monster typhoon bring new energy to UN climate talks?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/sarno-niccolo\/\">Niccolo Sarno<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t18 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe injustices of our current energy system are not on the agenda of world governments at their UN climate talks taking place in Warsaw this year. Not even the monster typhoon Haiyan&nbsp;seems to be able to change that.&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-development-blog\/can-a-monster-typhoon-bring-new-energy-to-un-climate-talks\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/an-unfinished-symphony\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/articles\/an-unfinished-symphony\/657748-1-eng-gb\/an-unfinished-symphony_column.jpg\" alt=\"An unfinished symphony\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/an-unfinished-symphony\/\">An unfinished symphony<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/hollander-saskia\/\">Saskia Hollander<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/heinemans-pearl\/\">Pearl Heinemans<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 27, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIn the last week of September, world leaders gathered in New York for the general debate marking the opening of the 68th UN General Assembly (GA). This was an important moment for the post-2015 process, as several events were organized on the glob&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/an-unfinished-symphony\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/spurring-economic-transition\/a-renewed-global-partnership-for-africa\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/spurring-economic-transition\/a-renewed-global-partnership-for-africa\/594810-1-eng-gb\/a-renewed-global-partnership-for-africa_column.jpg\" alt=\"A renewed global partnership for Africa\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/spurring-economic-transition\/a-renewed-global-partnership-for-africa\/\">A renewed global partnership for Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/lopes-carlos\/\">Carlos Lopes<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tA new global partnership can provide the impetus for tackling the development challenges that Africa is facing. It must therefore&nbsp;be mutually beneficial, promote the autonomy of its states and address its developmental priorities.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/spurring-economic-transition\/a-renewed-global-partnership-for-africa\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/post-2015-shaping-a-global-agenda\/a-renewed-global-partnership-for-africa\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/a-renewed-global-partnership-for-africa\/594810-1-eng-gb\/a-renewed-global-partnership-for-africa_column.jpg\" alt=\"A renewed global partnership for Africa\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/post-2015-shaping-a-global-agenda\/a-renewed-global-partnership-for-africa\/\">A renewed global partnership for Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/lopes-carlos\/\">Carlos Lopes<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tA new global partnership can provide the impetus for tackling the development challenges that Africa is facing. It must therefore&nbsp;be mutually beneficial, promote the autonomy of its states and address its developmental priorities.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/post-2015-shaping-a-global-agenda\/a-renewed-global-partnership-for-africa\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/risk-management-for-development\/managing-risks-in-development-interventions\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/risk-management-for-development\/managing-risks-in-development-interventions\/523835-1-eng-gb\/managing-risks-in-development-interventions_column.jpg\" alt=\"Managing risks in development interventions\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/risk-management-for-development\/managing-risks-in-development-interventions\/\">Managing risks in development interventions<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/soer-albert\/\">Albert Soer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10 July 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWe have never before been in a situation where developments are occurring so fast and can be so disruptive.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/risk-management-for-development\/managing-risks-in-development-interventions\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/post-2015-shaping-a-global-agenda\/civil-society-consultations-worth-the-effort-or-window-dressing\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/514221-1-eng-gb\/civil-society-consultations-worth-the-effort-or-window-dressing_column.jpg\" alt=\"Civil society consultations: worth the effort or window dressing?\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/post-2015-shaping-a-global-agenda\/civil-society-consultations-worth-the-effort-or-window-dressing\/\">Civil society consultations: worth the effort or window dressing?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/van-ewijk-edith\/\">Edith van Ewijk<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/de-bruijn-rosalie\/\">Rosalie de Bruijn<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t01 July 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tInvolving civil society organizations in the post-2015 drafting process is important, as implementation of the new agenda depends on their commitment.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/post-2015-shaping-a-global-agenda\/civil-society-consultations-worth-the-effort-or-window-dressing\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/prioritising-water\/a-youth-perspective\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/prioritising-water\/a-youth-perspective\/345791-1-eng-gb\/a-youth-perspective_column.jpg\" alt=\"A youth perspective\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/prioritising-water\/a-youth-perspective\/\">A youth perspective<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/bekkers-ralien\/\">Ralien Bekkers<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t28 February 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIncreasing awareness and knowledge about water use is essential and should be a key part of the post-2015 agenda.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/prioritising-water\/a-youth-perspective\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/a-call-for-coherency-in-the-european-parliament\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/a-call-for-coherency-in-the-european-parliament\/342404-1-eng-gb\/a-call-for-coherency-in-the-european-parliament_column.jpg\" alt=\"A call for coherency in the European Parliament\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/a-call-for-coherency-in-the-european-parliament\/\">A call for coherency in the European Parliament<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/oenema-stineke\/\">Stineke Oenema<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 February 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tMore guidelines on food security include the Right to Food. At the same time donors and governments heavily support private sector development to increase agricultural investment and growth. The focus should be kept on smallholder farmers.&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/a-call-for-coherency-in-the-european-parliament\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/maximising-social-mobilisation\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/maximising-social-mobilisation\/323769-1-eng-gb\/maximising-social-mobilisation_column.jpg\" alt=\"Maximising social mobilisation  \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/maximising-social-mobilisation\/\">Maximising social mobilisation  <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/schuftan-claudio\/\">Claudio  Schuftan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12 February 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe gap in policy processes towards better food security and nutrition interventions is not related to a lack of knowledge, it is politics. Research institutions need to be more aware of empowering beneficiaries.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/towards-a-food-secure-world\/maximising-social-mobilisation\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/prioritising-water\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/prioritising-water\/317171-10-eng-gb\/prioritising-water_column.jpg\" alt=\"Prioritising Water\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/prioritising-water\/\">Prioritising Water<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 06, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe key areas to prioritize in the UN\u2019s Post-2015 development agenda will soon be determined in a worldwide consultation process coordinated by the UN. Feeding into this process, The Broker brings together international experts to pool their knowl&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/prioritising-water\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/the-half-life-of-ngos\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/the-half-life-of-ngos\/182941-1-eng-gb\/the-half-life-of-ngos_column.jpg\" alt=\"The half-life of NGOs\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/the-half-life-of-ngos\/\">The half-life of NGOs<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/zidan-ahmed\/\">Ahmed Zidan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t27 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\t\u2018All NGOs are dead.\u2019 Brazilian hacktivist Pedro Markun&nbsp;opened his session with this heavyweight missile at the conference of the&nbsp;HIVOS\u2019 Knowledge Program, \u2018The Changing Face of Citizen Action\u2019, last September.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/the-half-life-of-ngos\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/of-surrogate-futures-and-scattered-temporalities\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/of-surrogate-futures-and-scattered-temporalities\/182834-1-eng-gb\/of-surrogate-futures-and-scattered-temporalities_column.jpg\" alt=\"Of surrogate futures and scattered temporalities\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/of-surrogate-futures-and-scattered-temporalities\/\">Of surrogate futures and scattered temporalities<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/shah-nishant\/\">Nishant Shah<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThere can be no refuting Michael Edwards&#8217; claim&nbsp;that the world we live in is not only thick with problems, but that the problems that we are collectively trying to address are \u2018thick&#8230;complex, politicized and unpredictable&#8230;complicated and&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/of-surrogate-futures-and-scattered-temporalities\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/from-issues-to-institutions\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/from-issues-to-institutions\/182719-1-eng-gb\/from-issues-to-institutions_column.jpg\" alt=\"From issues to institutions\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/from-issues-to-institutions\/\">From issues to institutions<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/schuurman-jur\/\">Jur Schuurman<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t24 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tI think the questions that are asked and discussed are based on tacit assumptions about the role of development INGOs \u2013 irrespective of whether their work is \u2018thick\u2019 or \u2018thin\u2019 in its scope \u2013 that I have difficulty saying I share.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/from-issues-to-institutions\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/de-ossification-strategy\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/de-ossification-strategy\/181494-1-eng-gb\/de-ossification-strategy_column.jpg\" alt=\"De-ossification strategy\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/de-ossification-strategy\/\">De-ossification strategy<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/currion-paul\/\">Paul Currion<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t11 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tOssification (noun):&nbsp;the natural process of bone formation: the hardening (as of muscular tissue) into a bony substance; a mass or particle of ossified tissue; a tendency toward or state of being molded into a rigid, conventional, sterile, or&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/de-ossification-strategy\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/inspiration-from-elsewhere\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/articles\/inspiration-from-elsewhere\/181443-1-eng-gb\/inspiration-from-elsewhere_column.jpg\" alt=\"Inspiration from elsewhere\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/inspiration-from-elsewhere\/\">Inspiration from elsewhere<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/lammers-ellen\/\">Ellen Lammers<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 12, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tQuite a lot of thinking, deliberating and visioning about the future of NGOs, INGOs and civil society is happening by different organizations and at different fora. Be inspired. And let us know if you know of any other work that should be listed h&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/inspiration-from-elsewhere\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/time-to-bite-the-bullet\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/time-to-bite-the-bullet\/181246-1-eng-gb\/time-to-bite-the-bullet_column.jpg\" alt=\"Time to bite the bullet\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/time-to-bite-the-bullet\/\">Time to bite the bullet<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/lammers-ellen\/\">Ellen Lammers<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t08 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWas the welcome smell of oven-fresh apple pie meant to soften the controversial question on the table: is it time for INGOs to retire?\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/time-to-bite-the-bullet\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/ingos-being-right-or-relevant\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/ingos-being-right-or-relevant\/181190-2-eng-gb\/ingos-being-right-or-relevant_column.jpg\" alt=\"INGOs: being right or relevant?\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/ingos-being-right-or-relevant\/\">INGOs: being right or relevant?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/green-duncan\/\">Duncan Green<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t08 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tNormally I avoid discussions about the future of NGOs like the plague \u2013 they either involve a bunch of academics with only the vaguest idea of what we actually do all day, or a lot of senior managers emitting sonorous pronouncements on how we need&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/ingos-being-right-or-relevant\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/on-thicker-or-sicker-problems\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/on-thicker-or-sicker-problems\/180811-1-eng-gb\/on-thicker-or-sicker-problems_column.jpg\" alt=\"On thicker or sicker problems\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/on-thicker-or-sicker-problems\/\">On thicker or sicker problems<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/billanou-martine\/\">Martine Billanou<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWhile I never trusted a direct link between economic growth and human development, questioning the automatism of the link a few years ago was often brushed aside as quite ridiculous.&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/on-thicker-or-sicker-problems\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/a-killing-embrace-of-diversity\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/a-killing-embrace-of-diversity\/180765-1-eng-gb\/a-killing-embrace-of-diversity_column.jpg\" alt=\"A killing embrace of diversity?\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/a-killing-embrace-of-diversity\/\">A killing embrace of diversity?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/van-hoffen-reinier\/\">Reinier van Hoffen<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe \u2018development world\u2019, which may be referred to as a world in it\u2019s own right, has witnessed yet another high level gathering at a \u2018critical juncture\u2019 in global development.&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/a-killing-embrace-of-diversity\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/the-future-is-calling\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/the-future-is-calling\/180588-1-eng-gb\/the-future-is-calling_column.jpg\" alt=\"The future is calling\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/the-future-is-calling\/\">The future is calling<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/lammers-ellen\/\">Ellen Lammers<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe Broker is hosting a new debate titled \u2018Future Calling\u2019 and we warmly invite you \u2013 also on behalf of Hivos &#8211; to contribute.Our world is changing quickly and profoundly. Rich and poor \u2013 regardless of where they live \u2013 are faced with increasingly&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/the-future-is-calling\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/media\/pdfs\/thick-problems-and-thin-solutions-how-ngos-can-bridge-the-gap\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Thick problems and thin solutions - how NGOs can bridge the gap\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/media\/pdfs\/thick-problems-and-thin-solutions-how-ngos-can-bridge-the-gap\/\">Thick problems and thin solutions &#8211; how NGOs can bridge the gap<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 05, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/media\/pdfs\/thick-problems-and-thin-solutions-how-ngos-can-bridge-the-gap\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/beyond-the-crystal-ball\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/beyond-the-crystal-ball\/180422-1-eng-gb\/beyond-the-crystal-ball_column.jpg\" alt=\"Beyond the crystal ball\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/beyond-the-crystal-ball\/\">Beyond the crystal ball<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/berkhout-remko\/\">Remko Berkhout<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWhat will our world look like in, say, twenty years from now, and what does that mean for the strategic choices that NGOs, INGOs and their partners should be making within the next few years?\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/future-calling-blog\/beyond-the-crystal-ball\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/een-nieuw-kennisbeleid\/building-egalitarian-relations\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/een-nieuw-kennisbeleid\/building-egalitarian-relations\/179742-1-eng-gb\/building-egalitarian-relations_column.jpg\" alt=\"Building egalitarian relations\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/een-nieuw-kennisbeleid\/building-egalitarian-relations\/\">Building egalitarian relations<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/meijers-ton\/\">Ton Meijers<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t28 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWe have followed very closely the exchanges around the new Knowledge Policy and we would like to give a small contribution to the ongoing debate.We welcome that the Dutch government explicitly recognizes in its Knowledge Policy of development coop&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/een-nieuw-kennisbeleid\/building-egalitarian-relations\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/een-nieuw-kennisbeleid\/naar-gezamenlijke-kennis\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/een-nieuw-kennisbeleid\/naar-gezamenlijke-kennis\/177829-1-eng-gb\/naar-gezamenlijke-kennis_column.jpg\" alt=\"Naar gezamenlijke kennis\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/een-nieuw-kennisbeleid\/naar-gezamenlijke-kennis\/\">Naar gezamenlijke kennis<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/heemskerk-anne-marie\/\">Anne-Marie Heemskerk<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/kohnstamm-alexander\/\">Alexander Kohnstamm<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t18 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tOp 14 november heeft de Staatssecretaris zijn lang verwachte kennisbrief naar de Tweede Kamer gestuurd. De kennisbrief schetst nog slechts de contouren van een kennisbeleid maar is een goede aanzet.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/een-nieuw-kennisbeleid\/naar-gezamenlijke-kennis\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/palestine-for-aid-reform\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/palestine-for-aid-reform\/177130-4-eng-gb\/palestine-for-aid-reform_column.jpg\" alt=\"Palestine for aid reform\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/palestine-for-aid-reform\/\">Palestine for aid reform<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/murad-nora-lester\/\">Nora Lester Murad<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t15 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIn the run-up to the Fourth High Level Forum in Busan, Palestinian civil society organizations are speaking out on the much needed reform of international aid.&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/palestine-for-aid-reform\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/people-power-for-aid-effectiveness\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/people-power-for-aid-effectiveness\/172679-2-eng-gb\/people-power-for-aid-effectiveness_column.jpg\" alt=\"People power for aid effectiveness\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/people-power-for-aid-effectiveness\/\">People power for aid effectiveness<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/zomer-hans\/\">Hans Zomer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t16 October 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tEffective aid work means enabling NGOs to bring about real, lasting change for poor people.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/people-power-for-aid-effectiveness\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/paris-declaration-evaluation\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Paris Declaration Evaluation\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/paris-declaration-evaluation\/\">Paris Declaration Evaluation<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 10, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tHow have the principles of aid effectiveness been put into practice?\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/paris-declaration-evaluation\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/bellagio-initiative\/citizens-are-the-most-powerful-agents-of-change\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/bellagio-initiative\/citizens-are-the-most-powerful-agents-of-change\/170351-1-eng-gb\/citizens-are-the-most-powerful-agents-of-change_column.jpg\" alt=\"Citizens are the most powerful agents of change\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/bellagio-initiative\/citizens-are-the-most-powerful-agents-of-change\/\">Citizens are the most powerful agents of change<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/monteiro-manuela\/\">Manuela Monteiro<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 October 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIt is time to refocus our energy and place our trust in the power and creativity of the people, argues Manuela Monteiro.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/bellagio-initiative\/citizens-are-the-most-powerful-agents-of-change\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/the-changing-face-of-citizen-action\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/the-changing-face-of-citizen-action\/166777-3-eng-gb\/the-changing-face-of-citizen-action_column.jpg\" alt=\"The changing face of citizen action\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/the-changing-face-of-citizen-action\/\">The changing face of citizen action<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/van-den-berg-maarten\/\">Maarten van den Berg<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04 September 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tComing up next week in The Hague, The Netherlands: a conference on the changing face of citizen action.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/social-change-blog\/the-changing-face-of-citizen-action\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/a-million-climate-jobs\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/a-million-climate-jobs\/150602-2-eng-gb\/a-million-climate-jobs_column.jpg\" alt=\"A Million Climate Jobs\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/a-million-climate-jobs\/\">A Million Climate Jobs<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/spoor-jojanneke\/\">Jojanneke Spoor<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tBrian Ashley, editor of Amandla magazine, believes in the importance of linking the climate crisis with other pressing struggles. In South Africa people are faced with mass unemployment, a housing crisis and land issues. In order to make the clima&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/a-million-climate-jobs\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-gap-between-public-policy-and-public-opinion\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"The gap between public policy and public opinion\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-gap-between-public-policy-and-public-opinion\/\">The gap between public policy and public opinion<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/spoor-jojanneke\/\">Jojanneke Spoor<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tPhyllis Bennis is the director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in Washington, and a Fellow at the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Amsterdam. At the 2011 TNI Fellows Meeting (3-4 June) she talked about&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-gap-between-public-policy-and-public-opinion\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/variations-in-the-arab-spring\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/variations-in-the-arab-spring\/150446-1-eng-gb\/variations-in-the-arab-spring_column.jpg\" alt=\"Variations in the Arab spring\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/variations-in-the-arab-spring\/\">Variations in the Arab spring<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/spoor-jojanneke\/\">Jojanneke Spoor<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe dust has settled. Shaheer George is finally able to look back at the recent events in Egypt and does so at the TNI Fellows Meeting in Amsterdam (3-4 June 2011). George is an Egyptian youth activist, active in pro-democracy groups including the&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/variations-in-the-arab-spring\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-different-faces-of-revolution\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"The different faces of revolution\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-different-faces-of-revolution\/\">The different faces of revolution<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/spoor-jojanneke\/\">Jojanneke Spoor<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tSalwa Ismail is professor of politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. At the TNI Fellows Meeting in Amsterdam (3-4 June), she discussed the differences between the revolutions in Egypt and Syria&#8230;.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-different-faces-of-revolution\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/goal-posts-what-next-for-the-mdgs\/thoughts-from-an-mdg-skeptic\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Thoughts from an MDG skeptic\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/goal-posts-what-next-for-the-mdgs\/thoughts-from-an-mdg-skeptic\/\">Thoughts from an MDG skeptic<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t14 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tClaudio Schuftan from the People\u2019s Health Movement (PHM) makes it very clear that he is an MDG skeptic. And he strongly persuades his readers to question the \u2018deficit-filling approach\u2019 to poverty, malnutrition and health. He takes it even further,&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/goal-posts-what-next-for-the-mdgs\/thoughts-from-an-mdg-skeptic\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/goal-posts-what-next-for-the-mdgs\/an-occasional-sunday-around-central-park\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/goal-posts-what-next-for-the-mdgs\/an-occasional-sunday-around-central-park\/54951-1-eng-gb\/an-occasional-sunday-around-central-park_column.jpg\" alt=\"An occasional Sunday around Central Park\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/goal-posts-what-next-for-the-mdgs\/an-occasional-sunday-around-central-park\/\">An occasional Sunday around Central Park<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/bieckmann-frans\/\">Frans Bieckmann<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t21 September 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tLast Sunday, my activities centred around Central Park. It was such a perfect day, sunny and warm. An Indian Summer. I started from the stiff and stuffy Upper East Side, where the only people you see during the week are cute little \u2018Caucasian\u2019 whi&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/goal-posts-what-next-for-the-mdgs\/an-occasional-sunday-around-central-park\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/goal-posts-what-next-for-the-mdgs\/interpreting-progress\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Interpreting progress\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/goal-posts-what-next-for-the-mdgs\/interpreting-progress\/\">Interpreting progress<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/meijer-van-putten-anna\/\">Anna Meijer van Putten<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t21 September 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIt seems New York City provides a fitting backdrop to the UN MDG summit. The city has many contrasting faces, as do the summit and the MDG-related side events.As the official conference kicked off yesterday only a few blocks away, I found myself i&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/goal-posts-what-next-for-the-mdgs\/interpreting-progress\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/videos-from-the-second-international-conference-on-degrowth\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Videos from the Second International Conference on Degrowth\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/videos-from-the-second-international-conference-on-degrowth\/\">Videos from the Second International Conference on Degrowth<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t16 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThis selection of videos shows participants at the Second International Conference on Degrowth, discussing the idea of sustainable degrowth and their impressions from the conference. The conference took place in Barcelona in March 2010 and was cov&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/global-green-economics\/videos-from-the-second-international-conference-on-degrowth\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/civic-driven-change\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/images\/broker-11\/tornado\/721573-1-eng-gb\/tornado_column.jpg\" alt=\"Civic Driven Change\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/civic-driven-change\/\">Civic Driven Change<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/verkoren-willemijn\/\">Willemijn Verkoren<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 22, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe Civic Driven Change (CDC) initiative recently organized a workshop on the practice of CDC, which aims to develop a new, citizen-driven approach to development and social change. This overview of the event also links to reports from each of the&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/civic-driven-change\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/after-20152\/heather-grady-putting-people-at-the-centre\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Heather Grady: Putting people at the centre\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/after-20152\/heather-grady-putting-people-at-the-centre\/\">Heather Grady: Putting people at the centre<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/grady-heather\/\">Heather Grady<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tYesterday I proposed that strengthening a human rights approach within the MDGs would go far in overcoming the generally-agreed weaknesses of the MDGs. 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