Useful Outsiders Council for International Development

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.
In this interview, he calls for accountability from world leaders and the need for more compassionate, democratic, and practical leadership. He also touches on East Timor during Covid19, how countries in the global south should be helping each other, and how NGOs should best be supporting populations in crisis.
Josie Pagani spoke with President Ramos-Horta at the Council for International Development Annual Conference 2022.

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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 working, where there are areas for improvement, and why transparency matters.
Speakers
Chair: Julie Haggie, Transparency InternationalJaydene Buckley, OSACO and CID Code Committee ChairTerence Wood, Development Policy CentreJade Jackson, Senior Adviser Transparency, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)

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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 Summit at COP26 in Glasgow last year. Sounding the warrior call of Pacific youth, declaring “We are not drowning, we are fighting.”
At 11 years old, Brianna became a founding member of the Samoan chapter of the climate advocacy group 350.org. Since then, she’s emerged as a powerful advocate for climate justice, bringing small island representation and young Pacific voices to the forefront of global climate conversations.
Vaitofiga Fuimaono from the Tula´i Pasifika Youth Leadership Programme in Auckland is speaking with Brianna Fruean.
With thanks to Tikilounge Productions

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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 impacted their businesses, livelihoods, and communities.
Despite the major disruptions and challenges that Covid presented, it also accelerated innovation, and this episode tells a story of resilience in the face of adversity.
So grab yourself a cup of fairtrade tea or coffee, and sit back and enjoy the discussion.
Speakers
Suita Nolasco, works a Commercial Assistant at COMSA, a sustainable coffee business in Honduras. She represents the farmers and promotes their work to develop long term business relationships. Suita grew up working with her dad in their coffee family farm, and believes that coffee provides the means to bring about development to her country through education.
Gautam Mohan, is the Managing Director at Tea Promoters India. Gautam works in the organic tea regions in Darjeeling, Dooars, Assam and South India. He is a specialist in growing and exporting Organic Fair Trade Teas, with a strong focus on Small Farmer Tea Cooperatives in India.
Justin Purser is the food buyer for Trade Aid New Zealand, and is responsible for managing the organisation’s trading relationships with its food trading partners around the globe. A key focus within his role is ensuring that Trade Aid maximises the value that it can channel to small-scale food producers through fair trade.
Resources:
Trade Aid NZ websiteCOMSA websiteCOMSA IntagramGautam Mohan, Owner, Tea Producers India
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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 candidly about their organisation’s relationships to faith, as well as their own personal journeys.
Speakers:
Aaron Davy, Humanitarian and Standards Manager, Council for International Development: Aaron has been involved in the development and emergency response/humanitarian sector since the late 90s. With a background in policy and operations, personnel and organisational compliance, training and human resources, Aaron has previously worked for MFAT’s NZ Aid Programme, and managed the International Aid Worker Programme for NZ Red Cross
Ian McInnes, CEO, Tearfund New Zealand: Ian worked on the front lines of humanitarian responses across the globe for many years, starting with the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 in Sri Lanka. He brings his faith, humanitarian background and passion for Tearfund’s unique mix of partner agencies to the role. He has had a varied career, working also with challenged young people in outdoor education and even once built buses at one stage in his life! 
Linabel Hadlee, International Programmes Director, cbm New Zealand: Linabel has contributed with work and research in the international development field for the last 15 years. Linabel’s previous experience includes roles in the United Nation’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs based in New York and as an advisor for the United Nations Environmental Programme. Born and raised in Mexico, Linabel moved to NZ from the United Kingdom in 2008.
Michael Hartfield, Director, Anglican Missions: Michael has been part of the Anglican Missions team as Operations and Projects Officer since 2017 and part of its wider circle of supporters all his life. He arrived at Anglican Missions from a career in international development, most recently in the role of Development Manager for Disaster Risk Reduction for the New Zealand Government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).


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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 putting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in grave danger, along with humanity’s very own survival.”
We were interested to hear from people working for International NGOs, particularly those working in the Pacific and working to support children, to hear about how these cascading crises are impacting their work? How are competing priorities managed? What are the impacts on intergenerational change? And where can we find some optimism?
Speakers:
Paul Brown, Council for International Development’s interim Director, and ex-CEO of Childfund NZ Paul is Interim Executive Director with the Council for International Development, while also building his own practice, Paul Brown Consulting which works alongside for-profit and for-purpose organizations to enhance social impact. Prior to this Paul was CEO for ChildFund New Zealand for over 16 years, and Paul has also worked in management roles in the automotive industry, and financial services sector.
Rachael Waugh, Save the Children NZ’s International Programmes Director.With extensive experience working across all aspects of international development management from project design to delivery, Rachael is helping build programmes that create lasting impact for children throughout Asia and the Pacific. Rachael joined Save the Children in late 2021 after more than a decade working in international development, including as Head of International (community development) Projects for Australia’s Salvation Army. In that role, she oversaw some 25+ community development projects across Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Rachael specialises in strategic alignment, project quality and compliance, alongside stakeholder and government engagement. 
Ronesh Prasad, Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF Pacific (based in Fiji)Ronesh is an economist by background working for UNICEF Pacific as Social Policy Specialist. Ronesh leads Pacific portfolio for the Social Protection and Public Finance. He provides technical support and assistance to strengthen social policy programming and related advocacy from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of concrete, inclusive and sustainable results. 
Resources:
SDG reportSDG report video
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