This month we heard from Adam Bailey, UK & Ireland Campaigns Manager at The ONE Campaign, about the Government’s proposal to reduce UK overseas aid spending to 0.5% of national income, and how international development organisations are planning their advocacy response. You can watch a recording of the conference call here.
Links referred to in the discussion:
Latest RESULTS advocacy actions
December advocacy action request on the proposed aid cuts
Devtracker – the website that shows where all UK Aid is spent
RESULTS public statement on the cuts
Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) comparisons by country
A good comparison of aid programmes from donors around the world
Save the Children blog post on changing aid priorities
ONE Real Aid Index – effectiveness of different Government Departments’ aid spending
Data on public attitudes to aid
Conservative Party manifesto commitment on aid
Recent urgent action request on parliamentary scrutiny of UK aid spending
London RESULTS Group blogs on Parliamentary scrutiny committee (thanks to Richard, Layla and Tilda)
London Group Instagram page (thanks to Tilda for this really cool video!)
Gill’s piece in the Independent Catholic News
Brighton Group’s piece on the Sustainable Development Goals
World children’s day nutrition campaign video featuring Ellena, Sanjay, Tamara and Becci