IEFG BIG SERIES: Crises

- Corruption-

6 June 2022

 IEFG BIG Series Crises - The BIG series stands for 'Brains in Gear', with the aim to get IEFG members’ brains whirring about issues that affect our world, our grants and the lives of our grantees. These are an opportunity to step back and think about the big picture issues affecting our portfolios and partners. CONFLICT: War doesn't end when it leaves the Western media. What types, drivers and locations of conflict are experts predicting? What are the consequences of this: are we going to see massive displacement of populations, for example? How likely is cyber warfare? What should we, as grant makers, be doing differently? Come and join us on Monday, 9th May, 14:00 UTC for the first IEFG BIG Series session on Conflict. We have lined up three brilliant speakers: Jok Abraham Thon, whose life has been shaped by conflict and whose work at the Promise Land School in Uganda is dedicated to peace building. Heba Aly, whose experience responding to many conflicts and leadership of The New Humanitarian has given her perspective on the trends and dynamics of conflict. Maha Shuayb, whose work on Lebanon and the wider Syria region has convinced her of the need to pay attention to the macro politics of humanitarianism. The session will be moderated by Gerhard Pulfer (Porticus).

 

Audio recording 

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Reflections from the Session

'We are all complicit.'

 

Resources

➡️ U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre at CMI: Efforts in Education: The education sector presents a significant opportunity and entry point for long-term anti-corruption work. This page summarises CMI’s U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre’s efforts in the education sector – specifically what they and others do to advance research and reduce corruption in education. A 2019 issue brief looked at how to assess education sector corruption and ways to address it, while a more recent publication summarised the need for more robust anti-corruption efforts in conflict transformation agendas. 
➡️ Bad philanthropy: The rinsing of toxic money: Published in the summer of 2020, this article shared the incident of Black Lives Matter protestors in Bristol, England, toppling over a statue of Edward Colston, an English merchant who made his money off the slave trade – also known as ‘Bristol’s most famous philanthropist’. It questions what happens when the purpose of philanthropy isn’t just to do good. What happens when the source of funds used for philanthropy is tainted and toxic? Does this cancel out the good deed that is done with those funds?
➡️ Corruption and climate vulnerability – a devastating relationship: We know that many of the crises we have discussed over the last few weeks are interconnected and impact one another. This article emphasises on the negative impact of corruption on climate action, arguing it is a link we can no longer ignore. It also refers to research that shows how corruption has undermined public health systems and democratic institutions, damaging governments’ ability to respond effectively and democratically to public health crises like COVID-19.