From Shock to Strategic Thinking: What Now for the Aid Sector and a Leading Donor Like Norway?
Description
2025 marks a turning point for the global aid sector. While many donors are pulling back, Norway is charting a different course - reaffirming its commitment to flexible, principled funding and the strategic use of aid as soft power.
In this episode, recorded live at PRIO, a panel of leading scholars and practitioners explore how the current crisis in global aid might serve as an opportunity for transformation. Are we witnessing a reformist recalibration or a call to radically rethink the entire system?
From debates around localization and institutional memory to the role of evidence-based approaches and equitable participation, the conversation tackles the big questions shaping the future of aid.
Speakers:
- Erik Abild, NORAD
- Øyvind Eggen, Artikulert
- Gry Ballestad, Norwegian People’s Aid
- Ole Jacob Sending, NUPI & Centre for Geopolitics
- Simon Reid-Henry, PRIO
- Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, University of Oslo and PRIO
Chair: Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert, PRIO
🎙️ Listen now for an unflinching discussion on the ideas, tensions, and actors shaping the future of global aid - and Norway’s place within it.
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