Resources – Pledge for Change

Latest Resources

For more information on shifting power in the aid and development sector, below are a list of useful resources that have helped inform the Pledge for Change 2030. As we strive to continue to inform this process, we welcome submissions.

Published : August 5, 2026

Pledge Quarterly Newsletter – July 2026

Published : July 9, 2026

Série d’apprentissage sur le Financement équitable et le partage des risques – Note de séance – Français

Published : July 9, 2026

Equitable Financing and Risk Sharing Learning Series session brief – English

Published : March 10, 2026

Pledge Supporter Town Hall Report

Published : February 4, 2026

Locally Led Implementation For Transformation (LIFT) Infographic

Published : February 4, 2026

Pledge Quarterly Newsletter, Issue 11, January 2026

Published : February 2, 2026

Pledge 4 Community Brief

Published : January 14, 2026

Moektijasih Declaration

Published : December 19, 2025

Pledge End of Year Reflection – 2025

Published : December 10, 2025

Equitable Partnership Accountability Toolkit (EPAT) by Asylum Access

Published : December 10, 2025

Mutual Accountability in Action – Learnings from the PALM

Published : December 10, 2025

Indonesia’s Localization Journey: A Model for Change

Published : December 5, 2025

Are our learnings from working with partners preparing us to tackle today’s world?

Published : November 6, 2025

Pledge Quarterly Newsletter, Issue 10 – October 2025

Published : October 31, 2025

Locally Led Implementation for Transformation (LIFT)

Published : October 31, 2025

Summary of the AI and Authentic Storytelling Learning Session

Published : October 7, 2025

Partner Survey Report Presentation

Published : September 22, 2025

Pledge in Africa Webinar Read-out (French Translation)

Published : September 22, 2025

Pledge in Africa Webinar Read-out

Published : September 10, 2025

Documenting and Learning from Change Processes: An Indonesian Case Study

Published : August 6, 2025

Pledge Quarterly Newsletter – July 2025

Published : July 31, 2025

Summary of the Conversation from the PALM Learning Session

Published : July 21, 2025

Pledge Southern-led Assessment Panel Session – Humanitarian Leadership Conference

Published : July 21, 2025

Pledge Plenary Session – Humanitarian Leadership Conference 2025

Published : July 11, 2025

Pledge Style Guide

Interview

Published : June 5, 2025

Why pivoting to local partners is best for one cash-strapped UK charity

Published : May 23, 2025

Authentic Storytelling Review Panel Summary and Recommendations

Published : May 23, 2025

Authentic Storytelling Review Panel Working Definitions

Published : May 23, 2025

Authentic Storytelling Panel Rubric, October 2024

Report

Published : May 15, 2025

Humanitarian Reset – A decolonial perspective

Published : May 8, 2025

Power in Practice: Reflections from the Pledge for Change Dialogue on Why Southern-led Accountability Cannot Be Optional by Charles Kojo Vandyck

Published : May 7, 2025

Solidarity Demonstration by Gard Benda

Published : May 7, 2025

Pledge Quarterly Newsletter- Issue 8 April, 2025

Published : April 28, 2025

Tributaries to Doha

Published : April 2, 2025

Pledge for Change Discourse Analysis Summary

Published : March 27, 2025

Summary of the Future of Aid 2040: Pathways to Transformation Project (IARAN,CHL & Pledge for Change)

Published : March 7, 2025

USG EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND STOP WORK ORDERS Practical ways to mitigate the impact on partnerships and partners

Published : February 13, 2025

RINGO Case Study: Reverse Call for Proposals

Published : February 11, 2025

RINGO Case Study: Pledge for Change Accountability and Learning Mechanism (PALM)

Published : February 10, 2025

Stop Work Order – questions for the Pledge for Change community

Published : February 6, 2025

Holding Space Series

Published : January 31, 2025

Pledge Quarterly Newsletter, Issue 7- January 2025

Published : January 20, 2025

Ecosystems of Radical Change- Episode 3

Published : December 18, 2024

Ecosystems of Radical Change- Episode 2

Published : November 20, 2024

Pledge for Change: Update on Partners Survey by WACSI

Published : November 20, 2024

Pledge Annual Virtual Gathering Breakout Sessions Report (5th November 2024)

Published : November 20, 2024

Pledge for Change Annual Virtual Global Gathering Report – 5th November 2024

Published : November 5, 2024

Pledge For Change November 2024 Virtual Gathering Worksheet

Published : October 31, 2024

Pledge Around The World Breakout Sessions List – Nov 5th 2024

Published : October 31, 2024

Pledge for Change Newsletter #Issue 6 – October 2024

Published : October 29, 2024

Eco-systems of Radical Change

Published : October 22, 2024

Kinshasa Forum on Local Humanitarian Leadership

Published : October 15, 2024

Invitation to the Pledge for Change Annual Virtual Gathering – November 5th 2024

Published : September 19, 2024

Eco-Mutualism: Re-imagining Humanitarianism

Published : September 13, 2024

The Pledge for Change: uniting to build a stronger aid ecosystem

Published : July 30, 2024

Pledge for Change Newsletter #Issue 5 – July 2024

Published : July 23, 2024

Interviewing Jay Goulden: Reflection on CARE International’s 1st Annual Report.

Podcast

Published : July 16, 2024

Reimagining Humanitarianism Using Systems Thinking with Kate Moger

Published : July 10, 2024

Highlighting the Changemakers: Informal Interview with Pledge Leaders

Multimedia

Published : July 5, 2024

Pledge Accountability and Learning Mechanism (PALM) Summary

Multimedia

Published : July 5, 2024

Roles of Pledge Signatories and Supporters

Multimedia

Published : July 5, 2024

Short Introduction to the Pledge for Change

Podcast

Published : July 4, 2024

The stories humanitarians tell (and why they need to change) | Rethinking Humanitarianism

Blog

Published : June 26, 2024

CDAC Expert Seminar with the Pledge for Change

Videos

Published : June 24, 2024

Powerful insights on learning from sector leaders

Published : June 20, 2024

Pledge Convening in Latin America convened by The Sherwood Way

Video

Published : June 12, 2024

The Power Shift: Decolonising Development Podcast – Enacting an individual and collective Pledge for Change

Blog

Published : June 12, 2024

People talk about building a movement – it’s already here

Article

Published : May 23, 2024

Announcement: H&S Davidson Trust joins as a Pledge Supporter with Timely Catalytic Funds

From the Secretariat

Published : May 22, 2024

Pledge for Change 2024 Annual Retreat Report

Published : May 14, 2024

Pledge Convening in Berlin hosted by Oxfam

Published : May 2, 2024

Pledge Convening hosted by Pujiono Centre In Indonesia

Declaration

Published : May 1, 2024

Declaration Toward a Decolonized International Cooperation

From the Secretariat

Published : April 30, 2024

Pledge for Change Newsletter #4 – April 2024

Report

Published : April 26, 2024

The Humanitarian Leader—Coloniality and the inadequacy of localisation

From the Secretariat

Published : April 23, 2024

Stories of Change (Folder)

Published : April 19, 2024

Building Equitable Partnerships – A position paper by Asylum Access

Published : April 19, 2024

Equitable Partnerships – Accountability toolkit by Asylum Access

From the Secretariat

Published : April 7, 2024

Secretariat Update from Supporter Sprint

Blog

Published : March 28, 2024

Highlights from Supporter Sprint

From the Secretariat

Published : January 31, 2024

Pledge for Change Newsletter #3 – Jan 2024

Blog

Published : November 30, 2023

Pledge for Change’s Virtual Retreat: a Timely Catalyst for Recommitting to Global Systems Change

Report

Published : November 30, 2023

Pledge for Change Annual Virtual Retreat – Nov 2023

Published : October 31, 2023

Pledge for Change Newsletter #2 – Oct 2023

Published : July 31, 2023

Pledge for Change Newsletter #1 – July 2023

Multimedia

Published : May 22, 2023

Pledge for Change Testimonials

News

Published : April 17, 2023

Humentum Signs Pledge for Change

News

Published : April 17, 2023

Through the looking glass: Coloniality and mirroring in localisation

Article

Published : December 13, 2022

INGOs sign southern-led pledge to create a more equitable aid system by 2030

Article

Published : December 13, 2022

CARE Australia endorses historic pledge and leads push for a more equitable aid system

Article

Published : December 7, 2022

A growing map of resources to reimagine philanthropy and global development

Article

Published : November 1, 2022

Aid profiles: The head of CARE on her decolonisation ‘journey’

Published : November 1, 2022

EVENT | Launch of the Pledge for Change 2030

Published : November 1, 2022

RINGO Prototype: The Pledge for Change

Article

Published : October 28, 2022

Pledge For Change – Oxfam International

Article

Published : October 27, 2022

Five international NGOs launch fresh bid to tackle power imbalances in aid

Video

Published : October 24, 2022

The Pledge for Change 2030 Initiative Launch

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Deconstructing Development Discourse

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

The damage aid workers can do with just their words

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

The tyranny of technical expertise

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Why do we still value expats more than local staff?

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Race & Privilege in International Development

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Study of Visual Communications in African Countries

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

The White-Savior Industrial Complex

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

What’s Stopping Localization in the Humanitarian Sector?

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Localization Research

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Country Insights – Localization

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Localization of Humanitarian Aid

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Development: A visual story of shifting power

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Time to Decolonize Aid

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Decolonizing Humanitarian Aid

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Foreign Aid is Having a Reckoning

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Shifting the Power

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

The Grand Bargain Localization Stream

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

The Grand Bargain (overview page)

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Power Imbalances and Development Knowledge

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Foreign Aid: Are we really helping others or just ourselves

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

The Legacy of Colonialism

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Why Western European Keep Africa Poor

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Foreign Aid for Development Assistance (the problems)

Published : October 13, 2022

Unintended Consequences of Foreign Aid

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Decolonization is not a metaphor

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Decolonization: a brief history of the world

Article

Published : October 13, 2022

Decolonization

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

Understanding Post-Colonialism

Video

Published : October 13, 2022

How does colonialism shape the world we live in?

Article

Published : October 6, 2022

Summary of how localization began

Video

Published : October 6, 2022

Is Aid Killing Africa?

Video

Published : October 6, 2022

Africa Post-Colonial Development

Video

Published : October 6, 2022

Decolonizer

Article

Published : October 6, 2022

Decolonizing together

Article

Published : August 18, 2020

What is Poverty Porn & Why is it a problem

Article

Published : December 8, 2016