We are the future: an event on innovative partnerships for achieving the SDGs Since the historical endorsement in 2015 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Global Goals week is organized in New York as world leaders gather for the …
There are many ways that an organization and their work can be spread and marketed. From traditional advertisements in newspapers and posters in the street to online directed marketing, and everything in between. There are formal and informal marketing, and both have benefits and concerns. One arena where development organizations …
I must recognize that if I have to choose between a neoliberal development and a post-development approach, I would certainly take the last one as most development theorists do, depending on the definition of post-development we refer among the existing hundreds, though. To apply Western views of development and progress …
Anti-nuclear weapons campaigns are not new. Post II World War society also protested against it, especially in the 60’s when the Partial Test Ban Treaty was signed by John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khruschevh in 1963. Organizations like Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth or other groups advocating for a treaty …
The ways of donating money are moving into our personal daily life in different apperans. From our living room to public transport through advertisements. In this post I will point out on how organizations use new technology to collect their funding’s. Three common ways are described and discussed below. Text …
Have aid and development work become a commercial business? Aid organizations are in many areas enforced to act similar as a profit business, to keep up with customers’ behavior and requirements. Two points that are getting more similar to a profit-making business is that aid organizations have needed to adapt …
Once upon a time, diplomats travelled by horse to hand over handwritten messages of peace. Or threats of war. Sometimes, once they arrived, war was already a fact. Today, the president of the United States uses Twitter to spread messages about destroying another country, and the other country’s response quickly …
Communication for Survival For most of us living in the west, smartphones and tablets are often used for keeping us connected to our friends, family and even work. Many people use it for playing some online games or reading books. While thinking about refugees crossing thousands of miles through …
If you are willing to learn more about recent trends and developments in the area of ICT4D and development partnerships, we are working on new articles, and will be ‘full blogging’ during the next weeks. You don’t wanna miss ’em!
