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Simon O'Connell

@sioconnell.bsky.social

CEO @SNV.org Personal account #EquitableAccessToOpportunity isn't zero sum #Possibility https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-o-connell-66117972

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SNV@snv.org · 2y ago

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽-𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 @devex.com: SNV CEO @sioconnell.bsky.social & EDFI CEO David Kuijper argue that EU institutions must step up to ensure that #DevelopmentFinance is fit for purpose in today’s world. Blended finance can mobilise capital effectively and at scale. Read:

Opinion: Aid cuts in US, UK, and beyond mean EU institutions must step up

As aid cuts from the U.S., U.K., and other European countries bite, European Union institutions must lead reform and fill the funding gap in global development.

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SNV@snv.org · 2y ago

🚨 New op-ed: Global aid cuts & carbon market delays are stalling much-needed #ClimateFinance. SNV CEO @sioconnell.bsky.social writes for #Reuters on how setbacks - from #USAID turmoil to faltering #CarbonMarket credibility-are putting climate action at risk. Read 👉 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Comment: With USAID in crisis, we need carbon markets to help fill the gap in climate finance

Development assistance programmes are confronting major setbacks, most recently with the tumultuous situation unfolding at USAID, where we’ve seen unprecedented moves from the new U.S. administration to pause most foreign aid programmes, with devastating consequences.

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Simon O'Connell@sioconnell.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thoughts from #Bhutan on the #USAID turmoil #USAIDstopworkorder & an opportunity to reshape a narrative on #ForeignAid & #InternationalCooperation which is centred around #TheRightThingToDo & doesn't push towards competition, fragmentation & further polarisation. www.linkedin.com/posts/simon-...

Simon O'Connell on LinkedIn: #bhutan #usaid #usaidstopworkorder #foreignaid #internationalcooperation…

Having just arrived in #Bhutan I'm sharing some personal, uncropped thoughts on the #USAID turmoil #USAIDstopworkorder, with the hope that those infinitely…

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Simon O'Connell@sioconnell.bsky.social · 2y ago

At #Davos this year the question is not whether radical collaboration is needed, but how bold and innovative we’re willing to be in forging it. My latest piece on #InnovativeFinance solutions, for this year's World Economic Forum annual meeting 👉🏼 www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

Innovative finance solutions for resilient frontier markets

A coalition of investors, development bodies, donors and foundations can together address systemic barriers to finance that hold back frontier markets.

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Simon O'Connell@sioconnell.bsky.social · 2y ago

#MakeGlobalCooperationGreatAgain ODA cuts & waning multilateralism threaten progress in regions already grappling with poverty & fragility. In @financialtimes.com @sustainableviews.bsky.social @jeanvanwetter.bsky.social & I look at the way forward: lnkd.in/e4iTCY9v #ClimateAction #GlobalCooperation

Make global co-operation great again

Simon O’Connell is chief executive of SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, and Jean Van Wetter is chief executive of the Belgian development agency Enabel Working towards sustainability and shar...

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Devex@devex.com · 2y ago

A breakup in Germany's ruling party coalition has frozen proposed funding cuts to the development budget. But depending on the election result, bigger changes could be on the horizon. Read the full details ⤵️ www.devex.com/news/what-do...

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Reuters@reuters.com · 2y ago

Twenty years ago in Somalia, conflict, drought and government collapse threatened to plunge 200,000 people into famine. Out of it came the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a linchpin in today’s system for monitoring and alleviating hunger reut.rs/3ODhXTJ

A vast global system exists to prevent famine. It's failing.

The IPC is meant to sound alarms that direct food aid to crisis spots. But the watchdog struggles to operate in areas of conflict – the main driver of hunger.

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Crisis Group@crisisgroup.org · 2y ago

NOUVEAU BRIEFING | Tchad : limiter l’impact de la guerre au Soudan dans le Ouaddaï Depuis avril 2023, l’est du Tchad a accueilli plus de 930 000 personnes fuyant la guerre au Soudan voisin, engendrant une crise humanitaire sans précédent. www.crisisgroup.org/fr/africa/ce...

Tchad : limiter l’impact de la guerre au Soudan dans le Ouaddaï | Crisis Group

Depuis avril 2023, l’est du Tchad a accueilli plus de 930 000 personnes fuyant la guerre au Soudan voisin, engendrant une crise humanitaire sans précédent. Le gouvernement tchadien et ses partenaires devraient mobiliser un soutien économique d’urgence pour la région et prévenir les violences communautaires.

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