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NGOs join global call for more action to change lives
Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:38 pm | Council for International Development
Time for governments to listen to the people and start discussing a post-2015 framework which tackles the structural causes of poverty and injustice. More >>
Princewill Receives IDC Limited Baseline Survey Report
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 4:03 pm | Council for International Development
Prince Tonye Princewill, a PDP Chieftain has received the report of a socio-economic baseline survey of the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State from a World Bank Consultancy Firm, International Development Consultancy (IDC) Limited based in United ... More >>
Forum Commitments Only as Good as the Action
Monday, 3 September 2012, 5:00 pm | Council for International Development
Having signed up to commitments around gender issues as part of the Pacific Islands Forum, the challenge for New Zealand is to put those commitments into action according to the organisation that represents this country’s international aid and development ... More >>
Forum Must Engage with Civil Society
Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 3:04 pm | Council for International Development
Leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum are being urged to keep listening to the people as the 43rd Forum opens in Rarotonga with a degree of diplomatic posturing by non-island states. The call comes from the organisation that represents international aid and ... More >>
New Zealand takes a lead on fossil fuel subsidies at Rio+20
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 12:34 pm | Council for International Development
New Zealand is leading the charge against fossil fuel subsidies as world leaders head to Brazil for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio + 20. More >>
Brief to incoming Govt: Working together for effective aid
Friday, 9 March 2012, 4:55 pm | Council for International Development
The Council for International Development has released a comprehensive ‘Brief to the incoming Government’ which details 28 specific actions it is urging the Government to act on in the short and medium term relating to international aid and development. More >>
NZ aid agencies welcome Kiwi support
Friday, 15 July 2011, 4:03 pm | Council for International Development
Wellington, 15 July 2011. – The chief executives of 10 major New Zealand aid agencies say the massive humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa threatens to overwhelm aid efforts and are appealing to New Zealanders to help avert a catastrophe. More >>
New Zealand launch of the Sphere Handbook 2011 edition
Friday, 15 April 2011, 9:40 am | Council for International Development
The Sphere Project, a leading initiative promoting quality and accountability in humanitarian work have released a revised version of its Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response. More >>
Kiwi aid experts ‘working at home’ in Christchurch
Friday, 4 March 2011, 1:00 pm | Council for International Development
New Zealand and other international emergency experts have been deployed to Christchurch to help with the disaster response. Usually they work across the world on humanitarian disaster management but since last Tuesday Christchurch has been their emergency ... More >>
Minister McCully Incorrect on Funding Issues
Friday, 17 December 2010, 4:08 pm | Council for International Development
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully is incorrect in his statements (NZPA 17 Dec.) about previous funding arrangements and accountability of development agencies according to the Council for International Development. More >>
New Zealanders join record-breaking event
Friday, 23 October 2009, 4:25 pm | Council for International Development
MORE than 20,000 New Zealanders took part in an anti-poverty campaign last weekend – joining 173 million people worldwide and breaking the world record for the largest number of people to participate in a global event. More >>
Thousands of NZers Stand Up Against World Poverty
Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 10:36 am | Council for International Development
This week New Zealand schools, churches, streets and universities will resound with the sound of thousands of Kiwis standing up against global poverty. New Zealanders taking part in Stand Up, Take Action events from Friday 16th − Sunday 18th October ... More >>
Tsunami relief requires long-term commitments
Friday, 2 October 2009, 5:14 pm | Council for International Development
Work to rebuild and support survivors of Wednesday’s tsunami will continue long after the disaster has disappeared from the headlines, says David Culverhouse executive director of NGO umbrella group, the Council for International Development (CID). ... More >>
Dangers for intl humanitarian workers increasing
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 10:29 am | Council for International Development
Humanitarian aid workers are increasingly coming under attack – and more and more it is local people working for humanitarian organisations that are being targeted, says the executive director of the Council for International Development, David Culverhouse. ... More >>
Media and humanitarian access to Sri Lanka crucial
Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 1:23 pm | Council for International Development
INTERNATIONAL access to conflict zones and government-controlled refugee camps in Sri Lanka is urgent and essential says Council for International Development (CID) executive director David Culverhouse. “It is worrying that fighting has forced ... More >>
CID disappointed at change to NZAID status
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 3:28 pm | Council for International Development
“The Council for International Development (CID) is disappointed that Minister McCully has chosen to bring NZAID into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and to change the New Zealand aid agency’s poverty elimination focus to one of ... More >>
Clark appointment reflects NZ’s rep in development
Friday, 27 March 2009, 5:16 pm | Council for International Development
Helen Clark’s appointment as administrator of the United Nations Development Programme is an indicator of New Zealand’s reputation as a top player in international development work. “New Zealand is regarded as a world leader in the delivery of effective aid,” ... More >>
Sudanese govt makes disastrous situation worse
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 4:57 pm | Council for International Development
The expulsion of international NGOs from the Darfur region of Sudan will leave hundreds of thousands of people without essential services and raise the risk of further atrocities says Council for International Development executive director David Culverhouse. More >>
Aid in Crisis as World Economy Falters
Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 4:20 pm | Council for International Development
Politicians, researchers, government officials and aid agency representatives will gather in Wellington this week for a major symposium on world poverty and how it ought to be addressed. More >>
NGOs ask what Murray McCully is trying to fix
Wednesday, 4 March 2009, 11:01 am | Council for International Development
Proposals to change the policy and status of the government aid agency appear to have no clear purpose says Council for International Development executive director David Culverhouse. More >>
