NGO Forum

The Guardian published an article titled, “‘Change or die’: aid charities told to stop competing for funds or face extinction.” The article reads as follows;

“Big aid charities must “change or die” over the next 15 years, according to a report that urges a major shift in focus and an end to rivalry.

The organisations must be prepared to challenge their vested interests and the growing competition for funds, and change their structures, or they will not survive, says the analysis by a consortium of institutions and aid groups.

VOANews published an article titled, “EU Takes Legal Action Against Hungary on NGO Law.” The article reads in part as follows;

“The European Union launched legal action against Hungary on Thursday because of new rules governing civic groups that receive funds from abroad.

The European Commission said that the law approved by Hungary’s parliament in June could prevent nongovernmental organizations “from raising funds and would restrict their ability to carry out their work.”

The commission also took a new step in another infringement procedure against Hungary launched in April over amendments to the law on higher education that could force Budapest-based Central European University to close or leave Hungary.

The Guardian published an article online titled, “Why grassroots activists should resist being ‘professionalised’ into an NGO.” The article reads in part as follows;

“Activists from the global south hear, far too often, from our donors that we should ‘learn how to become professional’ and ‘make NGO management efficient’. Let’s decode what that means.

Professional means ‘a person engaged or qualified in a profession’. Donors would like you to be a ‘professional’ activist and want to see you approaching human rights work as a profession.

The Economic Times published an article online titled, “NGOs, social sector companies bank on innovation.” The article reads in part as follows;

“Innovation -perhaps the most-discussed C-suite topic for global businesses -has till now largely been associated with IT, finance, manufacturing and various consumer-led businesses. But as scale takes a vantage seat, even non-profits and companies in the social sectors are driving change and impact through innovation. The primary touch points of social sector like health, education and livelihood are slowly but surely incorporating measures to drive results that can be transformative.