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Useful Outsiders
by Council for International Development
As disruptions like Covid and climate change continue to challenge the way we live, it is clear that maintaining the status quo is not an option. Rising inequality and crises across the world, mean that the work of the humanitarian and international development sector is more important than ever. But old ways of working have been challenged, highlighting the need for more localised leadership and collaboration across sectors. Through conversations and debates, this podcast series looks at the work of the humanitarian and international development sector and challenges us to consider what it takes to be a truly ‘useful outsider’. Useful Outsiders is a monthly podcast series brought to you by the Council of International Development (CID), New Zealand. CID encourages open and honest debate in this series - views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of C
Episodes
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Climate and the Pacific: Response, Recovery and Resilience
Pacific nations are connected by the threat of climate change, all experiencing acute national disasters which are part of a prolonged, ongoing crisis, and facing growing threats to their infrastructure, ecosystems, and communities. This episode brings together a panel from across New Zealand and...
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Panel: Pacific Partnerships, Localisation and Impact
Schannel van Dijken, Marine and Heritage Director at Conservation International, and Bernadette Pinnell, Global Business Director at Home in Place NZ, join Emeline Siale Illolahia, Executive Director of PIANGO, as panellists in a discussion facilitated by Good Will Hunter's Rachel Mason Nunn. The...
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Emeline Siale Illolahia: PIANGO, Partnerships and Civic Space
This episode, hosted by Good Will Hunter's Rachel Mason Nunn, features a conversation with Emeline Siale Illolahia, Executive Director of the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO). Siale discusses PIANGO and its priorities in the region inlcuding the 2050 Strategy...
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Words Matter
This episode explores Oxfam's Inclusive Language Guide and its significance in the international development sector, particularly focusing on Aotearoa's unique context: Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tangata whenua / Māori. Hosted by Oxfam’s own International Development Director Angela Wilton, this...
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In conversation with José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor
This month’s podcast episode features a conversation with José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor. Being a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996, the country’s first foreign minister in 2002 and initially serving as president in 2007, Ramos-Horta is an experienced and inspiring leader.…
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Transparency in the aid sector
In this episode, speaker dicuss how aid agencies and donors are implementing measures to promote accountability, transparency, and anti-corruption, in their operations. They looked at transparency initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and across the Pacific, highlighting what is…
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Brianna Fruean: youth climate advocacy in the Pacific
Ahead of the climate conference COP27 in Egypt, we bring you a timely discussion with Brianna Fruean, a climate and environment advocate from Samoa, and the youth representative of the Pacific Climate Warriors Council of Elders. Brianna took the stage at the opening ceremony of the World Leaders...
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Global shocks and the resilience of small producers
In this episode, Justin Purser from Trade Aid New Zealand, speaks with two of Trade Aid’s small producer trading partners - Suita Nolasco, who works for COMSA, a sustainable coffee business in Honduras, and Gautam Mohan who works for Tea Promoters India. We hear about how the Covid pandemic...
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Faith in development
This fascinating discussion explores faith and religion in international development and humanitarian response. It looks at the relationship of faith to programming, partnerships, inclusion and rights, global standards, and challenges some of the assumptions people might hold. The speakers talk...
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Responding to cascading crises: covid, conflict & climate change
This conversation centres around the recently published Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022. The report looks at the global and regional progress towards the 17 Goals with in-depth analyses of selected indicators for each Goal. According to the Report, “cascading and interlinked crises are...
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Ukraine: mobilising humanitarian support in conflict zones
This month we have a really interesting discussion about some of the challenges around humanitarian response and support to war-affected communities, with a focus on the current conflict in Ukraine. CID's Humanitarian and Standards Manager, Aaron Davy, speaks with Virginia Pycroft from ADRA, and...
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Supporting people forced to flee their homelands
This month we look at how NZ can better support people who are forced to flee their homelands. Speakers discuss NZs refugee and asylum seeker policy, and the lived experience of people navigating the system from application through to resettlement and support services. They look at NZ’s...
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Embedding locally-led models for development
This episode looks at how Covid has shifted a more localised approach to aid and development, and how we can make the most of this moment to really embed locally-led processes. Former Council for International Development Director, Josie Pagani, speaks with Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Advisor…
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Barriers to vaccination: inequities and false information
A rich and important discussion about some of the barriers to Covid vaccination in NZ and the Pacific. The speakers delve into issues around vaccine inequities, distribution, hesitancy, public trust, and misinformation. They bring perspectives from public health, INGOs, and communities, in Papua...
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Trust local: lessons from Tonga
We kick off with an episode that really captures what we want the series to interrogate: how can aid agencies, governments, businesses and the public, be most useful - and how do we get better at trusting locals to lead? In this episode we look at the recent volcano eruption and tsunami that hit...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
As disruptions like Covid and climate change continue to challenge the way we live, it is clear that maintaining the status quo is not an option. Rising inequality and crises across the world, mean that the work of the humanitarian and international development sector is more important than ever. But old ways of working have been challenged, highlighting the need for more localised leadership and collaboration across sectors.
Through conversations and debates, this podcast series looks at the work of the humanitarian and international development sector and challenges us to consider what it takes to be a truly ‘useful outsider’.
Useful Outsiders is a monthly podcast series brought to you by the Council of International Development (CID), New Zealand. CID encourages open and honest debate in this series - views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of C
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As disruptions like Covid and climate change continue to challenge the way we live, it is clear that maintaining the status quo is not an option. Rising inequality and crises across the world, mean that the work of the humanitarian and international development sector is more important than ever....
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