Biraj patnaik biography of christopher

Ahead of the #ShiftThePower Global Summit in Bogotá, the GFCF spoke to some friends and allies to capture their views of where the #ShiftThePower movement has got to, how the landscape has changed in recent years, and what the movement should focus on now.

See all interviews here.

 

GFCF: Where are we with the #ShiftThePower movement and where does it need to go now?

Biraj Patnaik (BP): Much has changed since the #ShiftThePower movement began.

The push for localization has accelerated in bilateral funding, and today organizations like USAID who traditionally held onto a lot of centralized funding are increasingly saying we will not work with organizations back home, we will attempt to localize as much as possible.

A shift is happening, but the movement needs to track progress more systematically than we are currently doing.

Nearly all of the large global organizations like Oxfam Int