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Main topic
Strengthen capacity and resilience
CtGA training/mentoring on domestic resource mobilisation
AGNA action-research initiative
Influence, inspire and provoke
advocating for better resources
sharing best practices with civil society on organising/resourcing models supporting resilience
diversification of resources, being more rooted in their communities
Joint advocacy with WINGS, IFP, AGNA on enabling environment for national resource mobilisation
Global fund idea (Global Fund idea)
promoting the #shiftthepower discourse with funders
participatory grant-making; flexible/predictable funding; lowering thresholds; etc
advising donors on their new strategies
Dutch MFA new funding cycle, NORAD new principles for CS support, DFID etc
participate to convenings
co-creation retreat of the MENA Impact Hub
ICSC Global Perspectives “New Resources for New Programmes”
AWID/Mamacash Money and Movements
GFCF London roundtable on on #ShiftThePower
promote progressive and change-seeking philanthropy
Social media
Brave Philanthropy Award
experiment
I4C (Comunidas, cryptocurrency in MENA etc)
Resourcing individual activists
The CrowdVS
Members Solidarity Fund
Thought leadership
Mapping
joint mapping of approx. 100 funds/entities relevant for more direct and democratic resourcing practices
Op-eds/Reports
report with PARTOS & The Broker on "joining forces, sharing power"
article on resourcing resilience
consolidate CIVICUS positioning/messaging
"trends/messages" living document
analyse trends & developments
trends analysis of recurrent elements in participatory grant-making
documenting resourcing models of social/protest movements
data on grants in LAC over the last 5 years
Connect and mobilise different actors
"Safe spaces" for funders/civil society to discuss (another Rustlers retreat?)
Convene
LA Roundtable on Enhancing the agency and resilience of local civil society with Hilton Foundation
several events @ICSW
session with PARTOS on New Ways of Cooperation for Civil Society
Global Exchange on New Approaches to CS Resilience
Group discussion with Jose Ramos-Horta, on how to leverage more and better resources to deliver sustainable development in the Global South
London Rountable on direct & democratic resourcing
Virtual group on direct/democratic resourcing (60 members)
