Steve Lewis, Head of Policy Advocacy blogs ahead of travelling to one of the most important international conferences in 2015. With just a week to go until the Financing for Development (FfD) conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, countries are finalising their negotiating positions. The conference, which begins next Monday 13 th July, is seen as a crucial milestone to determine if the financial resources will be available for the next fifteen years of development work. This...
Two weeks ago we held our RESULTS UK National Conference 2015 . 100 grassroots campaigners, students and NGO colleagues joined us in London to hear 23 experts discuss 8 different international development topics as well as engaging in 10 advocacy meetings at the Department for International Development and in parliament, all in just 3 days....
Yesterday. eight international civil society organisations welcomed a landmark resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) urging States to regulate and monitor private education providers and recognising the potential “wide-ranging impact of the commercialization of education on the enjoyment of the right to education...
June has been an exciting month for nutrition! It has shown what can be achieved when partners come together to tackle a difficult but ultimately solvable problem like ending undernutrition. RESULTS UK and Global Health Advocates are part of the ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership . We work together to influence policy and mobilise resources to end undernutrition and...
Laura Kerr, Policy Advocacy Coordinator, blogs about the importance of the Financing for Development Conference next month. 2015 is a pivotal year for development. In September, global leaders will agree on a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to guide the development agenda for the next 15 years. The proposed SDGs are ambitious. The UN and member states are still working how the goals will be...
Hello Everyone, I’m Samuel Forward, the new Fundraiser at RESULTS UK. My work will focus mainly on securing grants from national and international trusts and foundations in order to further the work of RESULTS, whether it be parliamentary, policy or grassroots advocacy. I will also spend time on community fundraising, supporting the great work of the grassroots network who have contributed so much over the last 30 years. After attending the National Conference (on my first day!) I am very...
Anushree Shiroor, Policy Advocacy Officer (Nutrition), blogs on the second anniversary of Nutrition for Growth. It is June 8 th , two years since the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) summit in London where governments, development organisations and businesses came together to tackle the lifelong scourge of malnutrition. Co-hosted by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and the Government of Brazil, a total...
With just under two weeks to go till the RESULTS UK National Conference , we want you to give you something to be excited about: our expert panellists on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). On June 13 th , debating whether or not UHC is the right goal for developing countries are: Jacqui Thornton @Jacquithornton Chairing the de bate:...
Missed our webinar on how to make the most of a meeting with your new MP? Don’t worry! A recording of the call and slides are now available here: [audio mp3="/sites/default/files/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Webinar4-1.mp3"][/audio] We were joined on the call by our very own parliamentary advocacy specialist Anna Gelderd, who shared her experiences of working directly with MPs in Westminster. If you...
Dan Jones, Head of Campaigns. Today, a major summit focused on deciding the Post-2015 Education For All agenda - the World Education Forum - begins in Incheon, South Korea. To mark the occasion with some great advocacy, RESULTS Korea has harnessed Children's Day — observed on May 5 in Korea — to publish its first-ever Korean language opinion piece, calling on its government to meet the international standard of committing 10 percent of development assistance to basic education...
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