A version of this blog also appears on the Alliance magazine website.    “What will it take to build a global civil society and funding system based on new ways of deciding and doing, that harnesses and mobilizes solidarity, money and other resources in ways that centre equity, justice and flourishing lives for all?”   This was the central question at the heart of the #ShiftThePower Global Summit, which was held just over a year ago in Bogotá and brought together 730 people from 77 countries. Today, as we write this, the recent freeze on USAID funding has cast the entire global funding system...

Everyone in our organization understands the importance of data. We have intentionally built a system where every team member is involved in monitoring and evaluation. We don’t have an in-house specialist or a written M&E policy. Instead, each project manager is responsible for assessing the effect of their project on communities. Ultimately, the purpose of the data collection is to improve the project. Is this a perfect system? Even though it works for us now, we understand there is always room for improvement because data collection is only the tip of the iceberg with a lot of work underneath it. Occasionally,...