A 'Paris Declaration' for private foundations in international development

The OECD and a number of private foundations have formulated a set of guidelines for philanthropic engagement in international development cooperation. The exercise is praiseworthy, but the result so far is not.

A new opinion piece by Adam Moe Fejerskov in Alliance piece argues that there is need for a set of principles influencing foundations’ behaviour in international development to ensure the greatest impact and effectiveness of the work being done, and that the principal challenge will be for foundations to limit their autonomy.

Read the opinion piece