As his World Bank presidency comes to an end, Robert Zoellick discussed his legacy and the future of the institution with InterAction president and CEO Sam Worthington.
The conversation began with Worthington asking Zoellick to reflect back on his five years at the World Bank. Zoellick focused on the internal turn around he faced at the beginning of his tenure, the importance of the World Bank response to the food, fuel and financial crisis that began in late 2007, and his efforts at modernizing the World Bank as an institution.
As technology creates a smaller world and shatters geographical borders, how does the NGO community use new technologies to its advantage? While SMS is becoming prevalent in the use of disseminating information, this workshop focused on the increasing use of video games, both on mobile devices and online, to create social change.
Day two at InterAction’s Forum had an inspiring and youthful start as the morning plenary focused on youth, gender and political change. Co-sponsored by InterAction's Commission on the Advancement of Women and the Alliance for International Youth Development (AIYD), this plenary considered how young people, particularly women, are at the threshold of social and political change, and how the international community can cultivate this energy to help create greater opportunities.
Judging by the turnout at the InterAction Forum 2012 workshop “Quality: What Difference Can Greater Coherence Between Standards Make for Organizational and Field Practice?”, creating simplified standards for fieldwork is an increasingly important goal in the aid community. The workshop took the shape of a conversation, led by leaders of the Joint Standards Initiative (JSI): John Damerell, Manager of The Sphere Project; Jonathan Potter, Director of People in Aid; and Robert Schofield, the Executive Director of HAP International.
Submitted by Kellie Peake on Mon, 12/03/2012 - 4:05pm
Three of InterAction's member NGOs last week presented on award-winning programs in several East African countries and Ghana, explaining their approaches to building the capacity of local organizations working in food security and agriculture. The organizations that presented at InterAction's headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Submitted by Kellie Peake on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:49am
Ghana has long been seen as the “golden child” of West Africa, and not just because of its substantial gold deposits. It was the first country to tear away from the British in 1957, and in the last decade a new constitution has proved its democratic fervor successful. Now Ghana continues to glimmer on the golden coast, impressing the international arena by being on track to accomplish the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
