The Sept–Oct TWP CoP Newsletter is out! 📰
This edition explores the challenges facing democratic governance and how international actors can support democracy more effectively.

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#democracy #democracysupport #TWP

🌎“With big democracies pulling back on commitments, can this moment push us to reinvent how we support democracy worldwide?”
🎥Hear insights from Rachel Kleinfeld, Richard Youngs, Stefan Kossoff and Thomas Carothers.
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📣UPCOMING WEBINAR📣
03 September 2025, 3pm BST
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'What We are Reading' - Graeme Ramshaw reviews Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez’s Journal of Democracy article : ‘Latin America Erupts: Millennial Authoritarianism in El Salvador’.
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Lisa Denney and Glenn Bond share insights and reflections on a project led by the Centre for Human Security and Social Change that seeks to understand how accountability ecosystems in the Pacific work, and how effective approaches can be developed
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For #governance and #development professionals: a short note from FCDO governance guru Alan Whaites on how to provide ‘smart’ technical assistance

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We are delighted to see a much smarter version of our recent article by Larry Attree, Hillary Briffa, Thomas Martin & Richard Reeve on how to make the next NSS more pro-peace published by our friends at @twpcommunity.org.

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Micol Martini, Senior Expert & Technical Lead on Environmental Governance & Conflict at #WWF shares her trajectory on using #TWP in her work, incl. opportunities & challenges of instilling a politically aware lens in conservation work in conflict affected contexts
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To make USAID documents on PEA and TWP accessible, and preserve institutional knowledge, The Policy Practice has created a dedicated section in their online library for USAID materials.
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Please share more USAID documents by emailing [email protected]

📣Check out our latest TWP Newsletter- Spring Edition 📣
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I this letter to the FT I argue with @neilmcculloch.bsky.social and @garethwilliams.bsky.social that in response to unprecedented cuts, development aid ought to focus on locally-led change, not more $ for multilaterals

January - February Newsletter now out.
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🔔In case you missed it: Our event on Monitoring and Evaluation in Thinking and Working Politically
🔎How can we tell if efforts to promote change through politically informed approaches are working? with Flor Guerzovich @guerzovich.bsky.social and Tom Aston
Watch the recording 👉 youtu.be/Szy0Nfj5oOQ

We would love to hear what you think about the TWP Community of Practice and how we can be as useful a resource as possible to all those navigating in the TWP space. Please spare two minutes to complete our survey 👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bham/has-t...

1 Week to go!
📣 Register for our upcoming event on Monitoring and Evaluation in TWP
📅 11 December
🕒 3pm GMT
💬 A fishbowl discussion facilitated by Flor Guerzovich @guerzovich.bsky.social and Tom Aston

👉 bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

TWP Newsletter now out! Incl:
🎥A chat with Marta Ruedas
📄A new paper on Politics & the Political Economy of International Dev
🔎Simon Maxwell reviews #TheRiseandFallofDFID
📄Info on the PEA of the Energy Transition event by @ecdpm.bsky.social & @thepolicypractice.bsky.social
👉https://t.co/Xmqbj6CA4M

Welcome!
The TWP CoP works to promote politically aware approaches to development, encourage their adaptation, translate findings & implications emerging from PEAs into operationally relevant guidance, provide evidence-based insights for innovation, sharing and learning.
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