The NGO of the Future is Here —and It’s SDG-Ready

November 08, 2017In September, as part of our journey to becoming a fit-for-purpose NGO of the future, IntraHealth International  announced our new strategic affiliation with DAI. Since then, many of our friends and colleagues have been asking us the same questions.“Why are you getting together with a for-profit organization?”“What are you hoping to achieve with this affiliation?”“How will this help IntraHealth achieve its own strategic vision and goals for the future?”And even, “Can we still work with you?”It ’s a new era that demands we respond in more sophisticated, cohesive, and cross-sectoral ways to the grave global challenges we face.All good questions. (And the answer to the last one is yes.) We ’ve asked ourselves many of the same things, especially over the past year and as the health and development landscape has become increasingly complex and dynamic (and, frankly, more interesting).We can no longer keep our heads down as we work in our own disparate corners of development if we want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It ’s a new era that demands we respond in more sophisticated, cohesive, and cross-sectoral ways to the grave global challenges we face. Almost exactly four years ago, FSG’s “Ahead of the Curve: Insights for the International NGO of the Future” report declared: “Today’s iNGO model is not sufficient to take on the challenges of the next 20 years.”We took this to heart.At IntraHealth, we have a long...
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