Better Aid. More Aid. Just Aid.
ACFID releases its Call to the Parties - 2010 Federal Election
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) is the peak council for Australian non-government organisations (NGOs) working in the field of international aid and development. ACFID has more than 70 members – including Australian Volunteers International (AVI) – operating in over 100 developing countries. ...more
Aiding Symptoms, Not Causes
Canada's new focus on front-line service delivery in development assistance misses a big part of the problem.
Canada isn’t a big player on the global stage in terms of economic and financial resources. We don’t have military might, we don’t have much political clout, and at $5.2 billion – only .3 per cent of the country’s GNI – our aid budget is a drop in the bucket. In the past we have leveraged our rather meagre resources into a solid international role through creative ideas, skilled diplomacy, support for multilateral institutions, and a commitment to the principles of human rights and international justice. ...more
Consultative Stakeholders’ Meeting on the International Year of Volunteers + 10 (IYV+10)
The year 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV) in 2001. There’s opportunities throughout 2011 to showcase the diversity, breadth and depth of volunteering worldwide, raise the profile of volunteering and mobilize many more volunteers. ...more