Listen to GlobalPerspectives2021 opening panel: the present and future aspirations on power shift discussed by Jose Viera, Chief Executive Officer at BlindUnion, Dr Githinji Gitahi, Global Chief Executive Officer at Amref Health Africa, Viveka Carlestam, Senior Policy Specialist at Sida, moderated by our ED Dr Wolfgang Jamann.

Listen to this exciting conversation between Kimberly McClain, Regional Director for the Americas at the Global Fund for Children; Annie Murthi, Head of Finance and Compliance at Purposeful and Muhammad Shahzad Khan, ED at Chanan Development Association, about reframing financial risk and the importance of rethinking why certain processes exist and whether we are really protecting our organisations or rather limiting the grassroots groups we are trying to support. 

Links:

-Accountability Manifesto https://bit.ly/3G8ZuZP

-Global Fund for Children https://globalfundforchildren.org/

-Purposeful https://wearepurposeful.org/

-Chanan Development Association (CDA) www.cdapak.org

In this new episode, our Head of Collaboration and Partnerships, Miriam Niehaus, speaks with Viveka Carlestam, Senior Policy Specialist for Civil Society at SIDA, about the recent OECD DAC recommendation and the prevailing capacity building narrative. So how can donors embark on the power shift journey and make a significant change?

Links:

-DAC-recommendation: https://bit.ly/3pvYjOb

Listen to this inspiring conversation between Clara Bosco, Senior Civil Society Resource Advisor, and Elisa Novoa, Head of Youth Engagement at Civicus, Dumi Gatsha, Founder of Success Capital Organisation, and our host Nihal Helmy. Learn about the initiatives Civicus is pushing to create power shift and the challenges and decisions the organisation has made over the last few years to transform itself and remain relevant to a generation seeking change. Plus, be moved by Dumi's powerful words about what it means to shift power.

Links:

-Grassroots Solidarity Revolution: https://bit.ly/3CcLmfW

-21st century citizen action: co-creating to improve resourcing relationships: https://bit.ly/3m2OkxG

-Youth Action Lab: https://bit.ly/3psMSHe

-4 grassroots resourcing prototypes: https://bit.ly/3pstoCC

For the Centre’s 2021/22 Report on “Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift’’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their inclusive innovation approaches to advance people-centred digitalisation, to either address system power imbalances or capitalise on emerging people power and technological capabilities.

In this episode, María Berenguer, co-leader of the Youth&ICT4D department at SOS Children's Villages International, talks about the organisation's Digital Village project, which aims to integrate technology into the daily lives of children and families.

Find out more about the Digital Village project https://bit.ly/3CDuXB9

Explore the Centre’s ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift’ report https://bit.ly/3mCybiZ

If you are interested in joining this exciting project, please fill in the form https://bit.ly/3mCybiZ

We thank our innovation partner TechSoup and the Cloudera and the Ford Foundation for their support for this report.

Our exciting new series of online debates will explore civil society perspectives on the emerging digital world every first Thursday of the month from 16:00 CET.

Moderated by Vicky Tongue, the 7th Digital Debate discussed whether cybersecurity is a blind spot for civil society actors on the internet.

Our panellists:

-Suha Mohamed, Strategy and Partnerships Lead at Aapti Institute, India

-Adrien Ogée, Chief Operations Officer of the CyberPeace Institute, Switzerland

-Anthony Wadlow, Controller of Governance and Assurance for Sightsavers, UK

Discover our further readings about this critical topic: https://bit.ly/2YqgVnT

Check out the Cyber Incident Tracer (CIT) HEALTH developed by

CyberPeace Institute: https://bit.ly/3DIOT5F

Our exciting new series of online debates will explore civil society perspectives on the emerging digital world every first Thursday of the month from 16:00 CET.

Hosted by Barb Iverson, the 6th Digital Debate discussed ethical red lines in the use of digital tools in civil society.

-Zara Rahman: Deputy Director, The Engine Room, UK

-Tim Dagori Muiruri: Project Manager, Governance and Digital Security Practise (GovLab), Co-creation Hub (CcHub), Kenya

-Matt Mahmoudi: Researcher/Advisor on Artificial Intelligence & Human Rights, Amnesty International, U.K.

Discover our further readings about this critical topic: https://bit.ly/3hfrgt1

Listen to Miriam Niehaus and Vicky Tongue discuss our Scanning the Horizon Sector Guide on ‘Strategic Decision-Making in a Whirly World’, the culmination of our 18-month learning journey on complex and uncertain futures.

The Guide brings together insights from interviews with strategy leads from 14 ICSOs and global movements from this community, and a review of more than 60 management and academic literature resources on leadership, complexity, uncertainty, strategy and systems thinking from the past year.

We would like to thank our two cooperation partners - Direct Impact Group and Ford Foundation – for kindly supporting our Scanning the Horizon work over the past 18 months.

Read and share the Sector Guide: https://bit.ly/3hZ4ViD

Discover the Scanning the Horizon Community: https://bit.ly/3vUgI7d

Learn more about intergenerational fairness: https://bit.ly/2UWTuAD

Foresight practitioner Krizna Gomez has written JustLabs’ new ‘Guide to Foresight in the Social Change Field’ and is a passionate advocate of why foresight needs to become part of the DNA of the social change field. In this episode, Krizna shared some of her insights from leading futures work with organisations in the social change field around the world, as well as activists and creatives, and why this new guide is needed to ‘demystify’ foresight. Krizna also presented some simple visual outcomes of applying these steps to look at the future of media and information, and the kind of areas of new exploration this can generate for social change organisations and leaders.

Download JustLabs Guide to Foresight in the Social Change Field at https://bit.ly/2Vin3Nr.

Krizna Gomez works as an independent consultant, using design thinking, foresight, systems thinking and other methods normally not employed in the social change field, to help partners tackle long-standing problems with a fresh perspective, and opening them up through working with experts from other disciplines such as neuroscience, tech, marketing, and design. She is a recipient of the Joseph Jaworski Next Generation Foresight Practitioners Award (Humanitarian Special Award) by the School of International Futures. See Krizna’s full bio here https://bit.ly/3lWOmaV.

Find out about the Centre’s Scanning the Horizon civil society futures community at https://bit.ly/3vUgI7d

Our exciting new series of online debates will explore civil society perspectives on the emerging digital world every first Thursday of the month from 16:00 CEST.

Hosted by Barb Iverson, the 5th Digital Debate discussed the pros and cons of digital vaccination certificates, the opportunities and risks.

-Astha Kapoor: Co-Founder and Director, AAPTI Institute, India

-Rémi Tell: Co-Founder and Director, Peuple Libre, France

-Dakota Gruener: E.D. at ID2020, Digital and Blockchain Specialist, USA

-Baba Aye: Health and Social Services Officer at Public Services International, France

Discover our further readings about this very timely topic: https://bit.ly/3hHswW7