The Global Development Leadership Dialogue Series is a joint initiative of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) and the Australian International Development Network (AIDN). The series brings together senior leaders from across Australia representing government, international NGOs (INGOs) and private capital. The series facilitates structured, action-oriented conversations regarding critical issues in international development and uniquely enables leaders to build collaborative, cross-sector relationships in order to improve development outcomes.

Dialogue #2 took place in Adelaide on Monday 5 August on the eve of the Philanthropy Australia Conference. We brought together the best minds from across the global development ecosystem to unpack a single question critical to a sustainable future:

How can we leverage the shift toward Trust-Based Philanthropy & Investment in Local Leadership to improve development outcomes?

The below is a collection of pre-reading materials for those attending Dialogue #2.

 

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WATCH: What is trust-based philanthropy?

A video from the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project to give you an overview of they key principles and terms that this movement is based upon.
Click here to watch.

 

READ: Extract from ACFID’s Locally Led Action Toolkit

The international development and humanitarian sector is inherently shaped by politics
and power. ACFID members recognise their shared responsibility to establish equitable
partnerships, and to contribute to a more just system where local actors are resourced,
supported and trusted, to lead and respond to the needs of their communities.
Click here to read.

 

LISTEN: Philanthropod: Unearthing and investing in African changemakers – Meet Andy Bryant

In this episode of AIDN’s very own podcast, hear directly from Andy Bryant, Executive Director of Segal Family Foundation who we are welcoming as one of our panellists at Dialogue #2.
Click here to listen on Spotify or here on Apple Podcasts.

 

READ: The nine roles that intermediaries can plan in international cooperation

Peace Direct has identified at least nine additional roles for intermediaries, which reflect their experience working with local partners for over 20 years. This resource is useful as a reflection on other forms of cooperation and support that both funders and NGOs can play.
Click here to view.

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Summary slide of discussions

The following slide represents the key themes discussed at the session.

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About the panel

 

Andy Bryant

Andy Bryant joined the foundation as Executive Director in 2010. He leads the foundation’s team and implements the vision of the board of directors. He has overseen an increase in the foundation’s annual giving from $2 million in 2010 to over $18 million in 2022, alongside the growth of the partner portfolio from 30 organizations to now well over 300. This makes SFF the second largest U.S. foundation in Africa, behind only Gates. The most important quantifiable changes that Andy has overseen include:

  • African staff: Zero in 2010 to 70% in 2023
  • African-led partners: Zero in 2010 to over 85% in 2023
  • Grant decisions made in Africa: Zero in 2010 to 100% in 2023
    He has worked in international development for many years in Africa and Asia, including positions with Tanzanian Children’s Fund and TechnoServe. Andy completed a BA from Princeton University in 2003 and subsequently graduated from Syracuse University in 2007 with a MPA in International Development. He also served as a Princeton in Africa Fellow. He has served on the board of directors or leadership councils for Big Bang Philanthropy, Last Mile Health, Komo Learning Centres, Princeton in Africa, and Spark MicroGrants.

Andy believes that local solutions are the best solutions. His challenge is to lead Segal Family Foundation and its exemplary staff and board in building the most influential development network in Sub-Saharan Africa, placing local visionaries at the helm.

 

Anubha Rawat

Anubha Rawat has over 20 years of experience working in the international development sector. She has worked in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, specialising in women’s health and MNCH (maternal, newborn and child health).

Anubha is the Projects Director at the DAK Foundation, a private foundation focused on sub-saharan Africa and Asia in three areas – women’s health programmes, focussed on birth injury repair and family planning, restorative eyesight surgery and the distribution of medical equipment with a special focus on oxygen systems. Anubha also sits on the Board of Advisors for the Gould Family Foundation. She holds a Masters in Child Development from Delhi University and a Graduate Diploma in International Studies from the University of Sydney. She is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

 

 

Emily Moreton

Emily is currently the Director of Effectiveness and Engagement at the Australian Council for International Development where she is responsible for leading the development of strategy and programs which aim to strengthen the practice, accountability and effectiveness of ACFID’s 127 members. Emily is passionate about creating spaces for learning and knowledge sharing across the sector, including with international civil society, and connecting research with practice.

Previously Emily worked in education for over 10 years, including as a teacher trainer in Indonesia. She has a Master of Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development and teaches as part of university courses on disaster risk reduction. Emily has a wide range of experience as a volunteer in community and not-profit organisations, including serving on the leadership team for Women in Aid and Development.

 

 

Matthew Maury

Matthew is the CEO of Tearfund Australia and has over 30 years of experience working with relief and development organisations across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific. Matthew’s career has spanned the diversity of the sector—from village-level rural development projects, to complex humanitarian emergency responses, advocacy and public policy development, disability empowerment work and executive management roles for local and global INGOs.  Matthew is Co-Chair of ACFID’s Development Practice Committee, having previously served on the ACFID Board as Vice President. He is also the founding Chair for the Emergency Action Alliance (EAA)—a group of 15 leading aid organisations in Australia that collaborate to respond to global humanitarian crises.

 

 

 

Simon Lewis, Facilitator

Simon is an experienced board member, trustee and former senior executive in the trustee, philanthropy and family office sector. He is the founding partner of the boutique firm GoodWolf Partners where his team advises organisations and foundations in the for purpose sector to invest in a stronger, fairer and more sustainable civil society. Born in Zimbabwe, Simon was a catalyst in the formation of AIDN in 2018.

 

 

 

 

 

                     

       

 

 

Banner photo: Care for Africa CEO Mrs Diana Butler with Registered Nurse Beatrice Luomba who works with the Tarime District Health Executive during an executive government meeting discussing health initiatives for NGO’s working in the Tarime District.