This is the last of a five-part series of blog posts by Keith Johnston on the role of international board members in the governance of international NGOs. By Keith Johnston Identifying and making decisions of global scope and significance is challenging for two related reasons. Compared with a national board, the issues become more abstract [...]

This is the fourth of a five-part series of blog posts by Keith Johnston on the role of international board members in the governance of international NGOs. By Keith Johnston The central governance questions for any board are: What are we trying to become? Where are we going? These are the core questions for the [...]

This is the third of a five-part series of blog posts by Keith Johnston on the role of international board members in the governance of international NGOs. By Keith Johnston A consistent endeavour is for each organisation to be more representative of the whole world in which it is working and to be able to [...]

This is the first of a five-part series of blog posts by Keith Johnston on the role of international board members in the governance of international NGOs. By Keith Johnston American folk icon Pete Seeger, when he encourages his audiences to sing along with him, often notes that by the time you have learnt the [...]

By Sherine Jayawickrama Several months ago, a provocatively titled academic paper caught my eye.  The Ethics of INGO Advocacy or Why It’s Okay that No One Elected Oxfam was authored by Jennifer Rubenstein, Assistant Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia.   Her presentation and the discussion that followed were interesting and lively.  Chatting with [...]

By Sherine Jayawickrama A couple of months ago, I blogged about how much NGOs have changed in terms of their readiness and their capacity to engage in the policy arena.  In that post, I cited NGO advocacy and campaigning at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh as an example.  The climate change summit that began today [...]

On October 14 at 4 pm, the Humanitarian & Development NGOs Domain of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations will host a panel on The Obama Administration’s Global Development Policy: Enhancing Coherence and Effectiveness.  The event is open to the public and will be held at Weil Town Hall in the Belfer Building at the [...]