APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED: Apply for the Global Advocacy Team on Community-led Development Planning
(If needed, please use the translate function in the header.) What is the Global Advocacy Team? The Global Advocacy Team initiative brings together incredible community activists from around the world to conduct community-led research and mobilize communities to strengthen local campaigns and collectively change development policy. To do this, the Global Advocacy Team reinforces existing…
Global Advocacy Team: Global and Regional Expert Meeting Report (Translatable)
Unity in diversity: Shared learnings and solidarity from global experts on community-led development planning Introduction: The Global Advocacy Team on Community-led Development Why did we meet? How did we meet? What did we learn and discuss? Co-creating a Community Action Guide on Community-led Development Planning Introducing: The Global Advocacy Team Advisory Group What’s Next for…
Global Advocacy Team: Concept Note
”Ending poverty should come from communities. They should not impose projects but should hear what communities think would end their poverty.” – community member interviewed by the Global Advocacy Team Introduction Today’s prevailing development model is broken – or it has never really worked. The community-led research from first Global Advocacy Team created this 8…
Global Advocacy Team
Ending poverty should come from communities. They should not impose projects but hear what communities think would end their poverty. – community member interviewed by the Global Advocacy Team Today’s prevailing development model is broken – or it has never really worked. As IAP and our partners have witnessed again and again, those designing, implementing…
Access to Information
The information exchange among governments, companies, communities and civil society must radically change in order to improve how a community can participate in, if not lead, the development decisons affecting them. Access to Information is a key human right and unfortunately, one that it is rarely realized in the development process and is indispensable for…
Community Mobilization
Communities are the backbone of a just and sustainable future. When financial institutions, governments, and companies fail to uphold their responsibilities, community mobilization emerges as a powerful force for change. Communities directly impacted by decisions often lack a strong voice in traditional power structures. Mobilization gives them a platform to express their concerns and hold…
Corporate and Factory Farming
International Accountability Project (IAP) is a part of the Stop Financing Factory Farming Campaign. This is a coalition of development, environmental, and animal protection groups that works in partnership with locally affected communities and organizations and utilizes the Early Warning System to shift development finance away from industrial livestock production. IAP is on the Steering…