CULTURAL ISSUES
The pandemic’s silver linings
Jordan: Rana Nejem tells OLBIOS about how the pandemic brought people together in the Arab world, often in unprecedented ways.
SOCIAL ISSUES
Doing the right thing in difficult times
The pandemic has put to the test our ability to balance self-care and selflessness; But it has also revealed hidden inequalities and shown us what the jobs of the future might be, says Tariq Mohammed in an interview with OLBIOS.
SOCIAL ISSUES
There is an ‘I’ in Team
London: The pandemic has been a collective experience that affected different groups in entirely different ways, However, what we do as individuals, our sense of responsibility and honesty within communal life, and the avoidance of false dichotomies are make or break factors for what lies ahead, says Carl Liederman, Founder and CEO at Liedership, in an interview with OLBIOS.
SOCIAL ISSUES
Shaping the world beyond the pandemic
The Netherlands: Peter Merry, Chief Innovation Officer at Ubiquity, writes on Humanity Rising and on how the pandemic has brought everyone into the conversation as we all face the same predicament and future
ARTS
Covid-19: The ruthless agent who brought audiences center-stage.
Berlin: What are the ingredients for a great performance? In his article for OLBIOS, award-winning composer and author, Konstantinos Athanasakos outlines some time-honoured ingredients alongside some less obvious but equally important ones.
SOCIAL ISSUES
Re-Learning from disaster
San Francisco: The take-away lessons from the pandemic are not new But we might need to relearn them until it becomes blatantly obvious that how we live and think needs to change, argues professor Dan Brook in an interview with OLBIOS.
SOCIAL ISSUES
Listening matters: poor people are not mere beneficiaries
Clinical psychologist Adrien Cascarino writes on how empowerment requires a high dose of self-confidence, which is undermined when individuals are regarded as mere beneficiariesAdrien Cascarino C.
SPORTS
Sports as an ideal tool of social integration
Marc Larripa Fernandez writes on how A,E Ramassà, a small sports club from Barcelona, became a UN Global Goals ambassador
SOCIAL ISSUES
Connecting Policy Elites with Civil Society: the Formula for Change in the 2020s?
Andrew Kolb, Director of Communications at German Marshall Fund of the United States, writes on the audiences that causes should reach to shape the future
YOUTH
Defining Oneself and Changing the Narrative
Australia: In his article for OLBIOS, Mohammed Semra, UN Humanitarian Affairs Peace Ambassador, writes on the challenge of defining oneself as opposed to being defined by others, the importance of role models and opportunity.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES - SOCIAL ISSUES
The path from social causes to innovation
Nabeel Siddiqui, CEO at ModulusTech, writes on the realization that housing needs to be re-invented; A thought that led him to a low-cost, modular house that you could easily transport anywhere and set up within a day
SOCIAL ISSUES
Communitarian Empowerment in Practice
Dr Henry Tam, Director of Question the Powerful, describes an exemplary way to enable communities to cultivate mutual respect and cooperate
SOCIAL ISSUES - Uncategorized
Do we still want to maximise consumption?
Jon Alexander, Founder and Director at New Citizenship Project, writes on sustainable consumption, the idea of consumption as a panacea and the Citizen Confidence Index
NGOs & ASSOCIATIONS - Uncategorized - YOUTH
From street-smart to street-educated
For some children, streets are their learning environment; Arnoud Raskin presents Mobile School and the power of its pioneering outreach strategy based on empowerment, as opposed to merely assistance.
CULTURAL ISSUES - ECONOMY
From footprints to handprints
We all know of the importance of a company’s footprint in relation to the environment, A handprint is equally important, writes Frantz Dhers
SOCIAL ISSUES
How to think more by being less authentic
Tony Koutsoumbos, says that the best way to see someone else’s point of view might be taking a break from our own authenticity.
SOCIAL ISSUES
Do only crises bring us closer?
In an article contributed to OLBIOS, Angela Tolliday asks whether we can connect only during crises and claims that this is intimately connected to knowing one’s neighbours.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS - SOCIAL ISSUES
How can humanitarian aid become more effective?
Reinier Van Hoffen writes from the Netherlands on the constructive interplay between tacit knowledge and science in relation to aid effectiveness.
NGOs & ASSOCIATIONS - SOCIAL ISSUES
The Orphan Myth: The Global Movement to End Institutionalisation
In his article for OLBIOS, Martin Punaks writes on the powerful ‘orphan myth’ and the challenges of fighting institutionalization and orphan trafficking, The solution lies in moving children to family and family-like structures, argues Punaks.
SPORTS - TRAVEL
Bottom-Up Development in Armenia
In her article to OLBIOS, Megan Garland writes about her experience with the Dilijan Community Center, a project by the people and for the people
ARTS - ENVIRONMENT - NATURE
We are faced with a climate emergency. Can art help?
The artist Kito Mbiango contributed to OLBIOS this interview by Jill Van den Brule, In it, Mbiango points to the crucial role of art in communicating risks, but also motivating people to act.
EDUCATION - RELIGIONS
Can a bank be based on Christian values?
Tommy PIemonte presents at OLBIOS the exceptional work of BKC
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS - SOCIAL ISSUES
Change and the world changes with you
In her article for OLBIOS, Caroline Heider, an international development expert, writes on what really matters and how growth can be too much of a good thing.
ECONOMY - SOCIAL ISSUES
How can we face growing levels of poverty?
Italy: Davide Carimati reports on the exemplary project Insieme
PUBLIC HEALTH
New Zealand’s mental health crisis: what society can do to prevent it
Oliver Carrington explains why a thriving mental health charity sector could make a real difference in New Zealand.
SOCIAL ISSUES
Remember: keep the human in human services.
Australia: Horatio O’Shea writes on how reflection can help shape wellbeing in the workplace.
ECONOMY - SOCIAL ISSUES
Connect, motivate, retain : how to reinvent volunteerism
San Francisco : USA : Anitha Beberg tells OLBIOS about SEVA EXCHANGE
SOCIAL ISSUES - YOUTH
The gesture in the bus that went viral
Uros Delic, OLBIOS Correspondent in Serbia, and the Divac Foundation interviewed the young man from the bus
SOCIAL ISSUES
How can you solve the « wicked problem » of forced migration?
Jordan : Nicholas Lyall writes at OLBIOS about innovation and the « Wicked Problems Initiative »
YOUTH
Giving young people a voice
Adam Musinde Athumani, OLBIOS Correspondent in Kenya, presents an impressive report on the country’s youth.
ECONOMY - SOCIAL ISSUES
How Hoxby challenged the 9-5, and created the « workstyle » revolution
UK : Alex Hirst and Lizzie Penny, Co-Founders and Joint CEOs of The Hoxby Collective, present their social enterprise at OLBIOS.
DISABILITY
Striving for an accessible workplace
A paper from Tanja Radovic, OLBIOS Correspondent in Serbia, on employment, identity and self-worth