The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is quite young, compared to many international development agencies, but that doesn't mean it sprang out of nowhere! As with many aspects of the UK's history, there is a long colonial and post-colonial legacy necessary to understand how the ...

I've been telling an incredible story recently, and I feel like I just need to share it one more time. Maybe then this will finally feel real!

As we all strive to make a meaningful impact on global issues, investing limited resources in targeted ways is the best route to transform our efforts. For those of us in humanitarian and international development organizations, NGOs, and non-profits, discovering how to secure funding from the ...

Every entry level business development position seems to go the same route. Good intentions of lots of training and hands-on supervision and mentorship rapidly deteriorate into head-under-water chaos as proposal loads get to be too much for well-intentioned supervisors.

We’re here today to chat about the FCDO, or the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office if you like the long version. This powerhouse is the UK government’s diplomatic and development department and boy, do they do a lot!

In the world of international development, organizational health is measured not only by the magnitude of their impact but also by their ability to nurture their most valuable asset — their people. The health of an organization goes beyond its financial stability or the number of projects ...

The way the UK handles international development took a big turn in 2020 when the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) merged to become the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). At first glance, the merging of DFID and FCO ...

In a unveiling of emerging USAID policy during Administrator Samantha Power's remarks at briefing last Thursday that I would not have learned about if I wasn't super active on LinkedIn (Whitney Kippes - hit me up if we aren't already connected 😊), USAID's officially launched the website ...

Time for some existential thought. Who are you? What do you stand for? What should others expect from you? This may sound like Albert Camus suddenly popped up and wondered were your quarter life crisis has been hiding. No, I'm not suggesting any quit-your-job Kerouac-ing this summer. But these ...

Finally, we delve into the USAID 2023 Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy (“Gender Policy”) that was launched on March 27, 2023. Earlier this year, I wrote what we can expect from the USAID 2023 Gender Policy. Let’s explore how on the nose I was, implications for the international ...