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Jul 31, 2013
The G20 Finance and Labor Ministers convened in Moscow on July 19 to discuss ways to promote strong, sustainable and balanced growth. This meeting brought the business and labor communities together to focus on coordinating their agendas. It was the...
Jul 16, 2013
Two years after South Sudan gained independence, growing conflict in Pibor County, Jonglei State has caused almost the entire population to be displaced to flood-prone swamp lands still largely inaccessible to aid workers. Fearing targeting by armed...
Jul 1, 2013
At the international nutrition summit in London on June 8, 30 members of InterAction pledged $750 million in private funds to programs working to improve nutrition. Lindsay Coates, the executive vice president of InterAction, announced the...
Jun 18, 2013
InterAction and its member NGOs are urging Americans to tell their elected officials that proposed cuts to life-saving and anti-poverty programs are not just numbers but people's lives. The #NotJustNumbers social media campaign is highlighted in...
Jun 6, 2013
InterAction is rolling out a series of events for young professionals interested in NGO careers. These professional development events are not exclusive to InterAction member organizations – they are open to any interested participants. They are...
May 30, 2013
The UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda released its report, “A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies Through Sustainable Development,” to the UN General Assembly on Thursday. The...
May 16, 2013
InterAction's board of directors has approved the addition of new material assistance standards on clothing donations for the InterAction PVO Standards, a set of standards that define operational, financial and ethical codes of conduct for the NGOs...
May 16, 2013
World leaders from G8 countries, meeting next month, must do the "hard work" of adopting transparency as a standard operating procedure, InterAction's John Ruthrauff says in a recent article featured in InterAction's May newsletter. Ruthrauff's...
May 15, 2013
A new mission report released Monday by InterAction and the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) calls for better coordination among the humanitarian community in response to the Syria crisis. The report, following a recent trip to the...
May 1, 2013
Outdated legislation, political divisiveness and uncomfortable coalitions: in today's political climate, foreign assistance faces many hurdles. At InterAction’s final Forum 2013 plenary, moderated by Cokie Roberts of NPR, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)...
May 1, 2013
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today said civil society plays a critical role in driving innovation and progress on tough issues and called on the sector to lead the way on issues such as climate change and poverty. “The movement has to...
May 1, 2013
S > 4W + R. Translation – shelter is greater than four walls and a roof. In the Forum 2013 workshop session “Sheltering Affected Populations: ‘It’s a Home, Stupid’,” Kip Scheidler of Habitat for Humanity International facilitated a conversation...
Apr 30, 2013
People often equate innovation solely with technological breakthroughs, but in reality, innovation goes far beyond that. Lisa Nitze of Mission Measurement, Scott McCallum of AidMatrix, Mirza Jahani of Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A., Daniel Brutto of UPS...
Apr 30, 2013
It’s the nonprofit’s constant challenge: you know your work is good, important and worthy. So how do you convince everyone else? In the session “Video Storytelling for Social Change,” Catherine Orr and Elena Rue, co-founders of StoryMineMedia,...
Apr 29, 2013
Funding for the post-2015 development framework must expand to include a diversity of funding mechanisms beyond Official Development Assistance (ODA), a panel of experts at InterAction's 2013 Forum said. USAID Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg ...
Apr 29, 2013
In a rapidly changing policy world, how can organizations know if their advocacy is reaching their target audience and having an impact? How can they measure whether their theory of change is working?  Nine organizations, mostly InterAction members...
Apr 29, 2013
The humanitarian community is “not entirely prepared” for growing challenges facing the world in the next two or three decades, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has said. In his keynote address at InterAction’s 2013 Forum,...
Apr 10, 2013
President Barack Obama unveiled his budget on Wednesday, making broad commitments to invest in U.S. efforts to tackle global health and food security.   NGO leadership responded to the president's proposals shortly after, saying that it paves the...
Apr 8, 2013
Sustainability goals should be built into the post-2015 development framework, the US representative on the UN high-level panel (HLP) has said.Speaking at a UN Foundation briefing on Friday, John Podesta called on the post-2015 framework to “pursue...
Mar 28, 2013
The Civil 20, represented by its annual co-chairs, recently addressed the G20 sherpas at the second sherpa meeting of the year on March 3-4. In their presentation, they outlined what they perceive the C20’s role in the G20 to be and what they plan...