Anne Décobert

Aug 5, 2024 | reliefweb.int | Anne Décobert |Pyae Phyo Maung |Alec Scott

by Anne Décobert, Pyae Phyo Maung and Alec ScottLocal aid workers and organisations must not only be accountable to the communities they serve but also meet the compliance requirements of international funding agencies. Compliance frameworks are of course important to ensure the accountability and effectiveness of internationally funded programs. However, local humanitarian actors often find these frameworks to be top-down, overly rigid, and unsuited to volatile and politically complex crises.

Aug 5, 2024 | devpolicy.org | Anne Décobert |Pyae Phyo Maung |Alec Scott

Local aid workers and organisations must not only be accountable to the communities they serve but also meet the compliance requirements of international funding agencies. Compliance frameworks are of course important to ensure the accountability and effectiveness of internationally funded programs. However, local humanitarian actors often find these frameworks to be top-down, overly rigid, and unsuited to volatile and politically complex crises.

Sep 19, 2023 | reliefweb.int | Anne Décobert

by Tamas Wells, Anne Décobert and Anonymous Myanmar authorIn revolutions, citizens push to overthrow the power of unpopular and unjust leaders. Yet in these contexts, it is often the case that other established power relations in society are also challenged. Revolutions and crises can ‘lift the lid’ on other unequal relationships and injustices.

Sep 19, 2023 | devpolicy.org | Anne Décobert

In revolutions, citizens push to overthrow the power of unpopular and unjust leaders. Yet in these contexts, it is often the case that other established power relations in society are also challenged. Revolutions and crises can ‘lift the lid’ on other unequal relationships and injustices.

Aug 3, 2023 | thenewhumanitarian.org | Anne Décobert

You don’t need to be a big international agency to channel donor funding. Local organisations in Myanmar have been playing this intermediary role for years – receiving and sharing resources among networks of frontline aid providers in the midst of conflict and disasters, and under overwhelming pressure from the military junta.