CARExpertise is the online knowledge platform of CARE Nederland.
Here you can find our latest thinking on humanitarian and development policy and practice.
If you don’t post it, did it really happen? In the age of social media and 24-hour news cycles, this question has become a mantra for many. What we read, see or hear manifests in reality. What we do not catch on screen or online...
Women on the Move is a CARE regional strategy to mobilise savings groups in West Africa, so that women and girls can assert their basic economic and social rights. Evidence has shown that women-led savings groups are a powerful platform for promoting women’s economic empowerment,...
The Community Score Card (CSC) is a powerful tool for the participation of communities in decision-making processes. It has shown its potential for incorporation into formal local planning processes through the Every Voice Counts programme. It has led to the empowerment of excluded groups (in...
On Saturday 15th December, the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) of the UNFCCC concluded in Katowice, Poland after much debate, push from civil society organizations (CSO) and developing countries and push back from developed countries with industrialized economies. CARE and its partners engaged in...
In light of commitments to localisation in ‘The Grand Bargain’ in 2016, recent years have seen increasing discourse on how the aid community can transform the humanitarian system and shift towards preparedness and response that are driven by local actors. In parallel, rather than simply...
Young men and women in fragile settings want to get ahead in their lives and build a future, but they experience numerous obstacles, related to poverty, instability, and various forms of exclusion. How do they deal with this situation? What are their needs and ambitions...
Recent years have seen a growing recognition among the international development community of the importance of supporting women’s political participation and influence in fragile and conflict affected settings (FCAS). As part of the Every Voice Counts Programme (EVC), a global study was conducted to contribute to...
