The ability to write winning proposals is essential for all development and aid organisations. Despite the success of some organisations in exploring alternative funding streams, the capacity for attracting donor funds by winning bids remains...
International development is complex; it involves multiple stakeholders with different interests, goals and capacities. Within this pandemonium, there is a need to demonstrate the impact of what we do and how our interventions have changed...
Commercial contracts are a real source of income for many NGOs, yet they also remain a major challenge. Pursuing these opportunities is often viewed with scepticism relating to the impact on an organisation’s nonprofit mandate-...
The development sector is in crisis, and that’s a good thing. Christian Meyer zu Natrup Director of MzN International The criticism of the development and aid sector isn’t as constructive as it could be. The...
Dr. Alexandra Yannias Walker, project manager at MzN International, provides expert advice on what current monitoring and evaluation practices lack and what can be done to make them better. Why is monitoring and evaluation so...
It is one of the oldest and more worn debates in the sector: How to make an NGO more efficient and effective for more impact? However, the drive for more bang for each charitable buck...
The way we think about charities is fundamentally torn between two ideals. On the one side, we want non-profit organisations to strive for high-end efficiency, professionally running campaigns and programmes, squeezing costs and increasing impact....
Dr Adrian Flint and I here make the case for a development paradigm shaped and determined by the people directly affected by aid and assistance programmes. It is a call for aid programming and policy...
The story of Cordaid’s transformation Questions and narrative by Christian Meyer zu Natrup, Director, MzN International (www.mzninternational.com) Answers by Henri van Eeghen, COO, Cordaid Many talk about the benefits of operating as a social enterprise...
Answers to the question of how best to help the world’s poor out of poverty and bring opportunity and development to a country usually include some of the familiar buzzwords: economic growth, political stability and...