Thank you to the Australian Council for International Development for recently hosting such an important and timely summit: “The ACFID CEO Summit: Shaping the Future Together”.
The one-day summit aimed to bring together ACFID members to collectively consider the implications of 2025’s global aid cuts, share experiences and strategies, and begin shaping a shared vision for the future.
Following an excellent keynote address from Bridi Rice (Development Intelligence Lab), AIDN was thrilled that AIDN’s Chair, Simon Lewis, was also invited to sit on the panel: “Aid at a Crossroads: What the Global Reset Means for NGOs”.
With Simon speaking to the role and future of philanthropic giving, the panel also featured Melissa Conley Tyler (Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue), Cameron Hill (Development Policy Centre), and Lisa Denney (Center for Human Security and Social Change).
The panel explored a number of critical questions currently facing our sector:
🌍 Is the aid sector, as we know it, dead?
🌍 How do we (philanthropy, INGOs, governments and governments of recipient countries) respond to these global shifts?
🌍 And what opportunities might emerge from this disruption for more resilient, effective, and locally-led development practice?
Thank you to the team at ACFID including: Matthew Maury, Emily Moreton, Anne Fitzpatrick and Jessica Mackenzie.