Promoting DISCUSSION, increasing CSOs capacities to influence
Current support models, both technical and financial, are not necessarily contributing to the building of effective CSOs.
In 2014, we carried out a research in partnership with Maliasili Initiatives that showed that, even if most significant barriers to CSOs to scale up their work are internal, some current international development funding and “capacity building” practices are having also a considerable negative impact.
In 2015 we published the report with the result of this research, and a video showing the main findings and recommendations.
We also supported organisations to attend the Global Land Forum and the Capacity BUILDING for Conservation Conference.
Together with Maliasili Initiatives we facilitated peer learning events between African civil society organisations to talk about Organisation Development Issues: A report report highlighting the key points and themes that emerged was published.