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“Blended Finance is not for NGOs”: Canadian Development Cooperation Organizations and the Beyond Aid Agenda
- Analysis
- October 21, 2024
Time is running out for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Donor governments, including Canada, have increasingly turned to blended finance—using public money to leverage private sector investments—to fill the financing gap and meet the SDGs. While blended finance purports to go ‘beyond aid’ in the context of shrinking aid budgets, it is becoming
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Canada Needs a Paradigm Shift in Supporting Democracy Abroad: Leveraging Activists-in-Exile
- Analysis
- October 14, 2024
Canada has long championed human rights and democratic governance as core components of its foreign policy. Programs like the Voices at Risk guidelines reflect this commitment by supporting Human Rights Defenders (HRDs)—individuals recognised by the United Nations for their advocacy, though the term itself has limitations. While Canada provides resettlement for a limited number of HRDs, there
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CIPS Best Blog Award 2024: Public Voting Now Open
- CIPS
- October 1, 2024
It’s time to vote for the winner of the CIPS Best Blog Award! The CIPS Best Blog Award is designed to recognize the best blog written by the CIPS community during the previous academic year. This is the fifth year that we will be giving out the award. Please cast your vote here The 2024
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Cynicism, (Performative) Honesty on Defence in Central & Eastern Europe & NATO
- Analysis
- September 12, 2024
NATO commits partners to act in case of an attack of against any single partner. Each alliance partner will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked. Reality is more nuanced than politicians, pundits, and critics admit. That notwithstanding, the alliance’s Eastern Flank includes heterogeneous partners with differing threats and priorities concerning
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