School for Thinktankers 2022
The School for Thinktankers 2022 is a three-week programme delivered from 24 January to 11 February. Over the course of these three weeks participants are expected to join the learning space every day from 12:30 GMT...
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How are funders supporting development organisations to be more effective?
In my last post, I described what an organisation is and how it might be made more effective, drawing on three schools of thought. In this post, I describe what funders...
Governance and service delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: Eight reflections from a recent landscape scan
Several actors within the global development sector have assumed that better governed states would lead to improved service delivery and better social development...
10 charts on transparency, participation and accountability funding in 2019
Is funding for transparency, participation and accountability (TPA) decreasing? Who is funding TPA now? What specific issues and countries are they focusing on? I’ve...
Challenges for think tanks in the era of the ‘new normal’
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced us to face problems that we did not know existed, and to adapt to the implications of a new reality. In the professional space, even...
Devising, revising and evaluating strategies for funding organisations: 10 lessons from OTT’s work
with contributions from Julie LaFrance, Simon Hearn, and Enrique Mendizabal Over the last couple of years, OTT has provided services to large funders to develop,...
Think tank funding in developing countries: status and outlook
This report focuses on key questions on think tank funders, their rationales for funding think tanks, the trajectory of funding, and issues suggested for further...
School for Thinktankers 2021: a summary
The School for Thinktankers is designed to prepare and inspire the next generation of think tank leaders, build a community of thinktankers, and encourage participants to reflect on their...
COVID-19 and research systems: An urgent need for fresh thinking in the Global South
It’s spring 2020 in Myanmar and the global pandemic has begun. The international organisations that 'dominate' the Mynamese research policy field are operating at...
How have southern think tanks responded to the pandemic?
. The pandemic imposed many unprecedented challenges on think tanks in the Global South. Amid lockdowns and uncertain cashflows, they found themselves overstretched...
OTT Conference 2021: think tanks and change
Welcome to the OTT Conference 2021, co-hosted by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). This year, the conference's main topic is think tanks and change. Last year we hosted our first online...
OTT Annual Review 2020-2021: Think tanks and change
How do think tanks react to or foster change? For the OTT Annual Review 2020-2021, 20 authors from around the world reflect on the role of think tanks in times of crises and how they have...
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