NGO consolidation

OXFAM IBIS MERGE

Danish NGO IBIS confronts ‘built-in weaknesses’ in Oxfam’s global system

Three years after merging with Oxfam, the leadership of Oxfam IBIS in Copenhagen is grappling with “built-in weaknesses” in the international NGO confederation. Becoming part of a global brand has meant losing control over how spending takes place in country offices.

News January 24, 2020

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Oxfam consolidates in the Nordics

At a time of intense competition for funding and shrinking space for civil society globally, large NGO...

News December 01, 2019

Two Danish NGOs merge. Huge new child sponsorship actor targets public funds

Two Danish branches of international NGO alliances, Plan Denmark and BØRNEfonden - Children and Youth...

News December 08, 2017

Oxfam gains a new Nordic member

The Danish NGO IBIS is formally a member of Oxfam. Later this year new branches in South Africa and Brazil...

News April 25, 2016

A Danish NGO goes global. The merge of MS and ActionAid

This is the story of a Danish organisation that redefined and revitalised itself by joining forces with...

Opinion September 17, 2013

ActionAid’s global network. Risks to African civil society

As transnational NGO networks expand, they are evolving into major aid actors with resources that match...

Opinion July 22, 2008

MS weighs pros and cons of joining ActionAid

The Danish NGO MS is midway through a year-long process of considering whether or not to become an affiliate...

News March 17, 2008

ActionAid aims for a piece of Nordic NGO market

News October 11, 2007

MS considers merging with ActionAid

MS is exploring the possibility of joining the international network of ActionAid as a way of solving...

News September 24, 2007

Swedish NGO newcomer ActionAid questions status quo at Sida

A relative newcomer on the Swedish NGO scene ActionAid criticises Sida’s policy of channelling aid...

News March 27, 2007

NGO consolidation

OXFAM IBIS MERGE

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