As the context for civil society delivering legal and human rights work shows little sign of improvement in recent years, Baring Foundation’s Strengthening Civil Society programme continues to play a key role in supporting the sector’s sustainability and ability to collaborate, adapt and grow. Caroline Rogers and Jonathan Price share reflections on Renaisi’s evaluation of 10 years of the programme.
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Participating in convening events is a regular feature of civil society work. Many of us attend a patchwork of meetings each year, from online information-sharing sessions to residential retreats. Convening can spark and sustain collaboration, deepen learning and help align efforts for systems change. But it can also be costly and time-consuming, which is why
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On the afternoon of our annual in-person meeting of the Place-based Systems Change Community of Practice we began exploring the question that will be the focus of an intensive inquiry for Renaisi over the next six months: What does it mean to sustain place-based systems change?
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On June 24th, the community gathered in South East London to explore a question that’s been on our mind for a while: What does it take to sustain Place-Based Systems Change?
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The question: is place-based systems change getting harder? has been coming up frequently in our work with places, people and partnerships.
This question helps us consider how the wider context for the place or system that we’re trying to change might be changing and how these shifts in context impact our work.
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