How radio can help build peace: World Radio Day 2023
Radio has the power to bridge divides, to bring communities together and to foster understanding. CDAC Network members show us how they harness the potential of radio for peacebuilding.
Ukraine in the dark: what to do when power cuts disrupt communication and engagement strategies
Humanitarian responders must engage with the full spectrum of communication channels that people trust and use, so that if one channel is disrupted, information can flow around the blockage.
CDAC Network joins call for UK Prime Minister to act on Horn of Africa hunger crisis
CDAC Network has joined forces with leading UK aid agencies and three former Secretaries of State for International Development in calling for the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to act now to help prevent humanitarian catastrophe in drought-stricken East Africa.
Futureproofing communication and engagement: key takeaways on collaboration in an evolving aid landscape
Key takeaways from the 2022 CDAC Network Public Forum on how diverse actors must work together to ensure that communication and engagement is fit for the future.
A call for action from CDAC Network Governing Board
The future of humanitarian collaboration and engagement with local communities requires action and risk-taking in the void between ‘us’ and ‘them’. Investing in practical and agile local solutions is essential to systems change
We’re still listening: radio in the Pakistan floods response
How community co-production of radio is facilitating two-way communication and engagement in the 2022 Pakistan floods response.
Pakistan: resource portal for responders
Key communication, community engagement and accountability tools and resources for those responding to the 2022 flooding in Pakistan.
Signpost offers support for information services in the Ukraine displacement crisis
How the Signpost Support Hub can help organisations providing information services in the Ukraine crisis, including support through technology; best practices, guidance and training; and financial resources.
It’s tempting to be sceptical about the Grand Bargain, but what can we learn?
The Cash Workstream is one of the success stories of the Grand Bargain. What can we learn from it to help deepen engagement of affected people and communities?
Afghanistan and Haiti: tools and resources to bolster communication, community engagement and accountability in the response
Fit for the future? Sir Brendan Gormley on the state of aid
The state of the humanitarian system, the developments in communication and community engagement in the past ten years, and the challenges and solutions facing the humanitarian sector in the years to come
The media development challenge: Antonio Zappulla, CEO of Thomson Reuters Foundation
Trust in the media, fake news, the data privacy, localisation, reforming capitalism and the future of media development organisations
Abhik Sen on innovation, government and data
What does innovation mean? Is the current focus on innovation in the humanitarian sector helpful? And where does this leave ideas and solutions that come from the Global South?