Welcome to episode four of season one of Resilient Conversations, a podcast by PartnersGlobal that explores different facets of individual, organizational, sectoral, and systemic resiliency as it relates to civil society. Today’s episode features my colleague Jeffsky Poincy, a Program Manager at PartnersGlobal. We talked about Partners’ collaborative approach to fighting systemic corruption, the impact of legitimacy on civil society’s ability to fight corruption, and how corruption impacts civil society’s efforts. Originally from Haiti, Jeffsky’s current portfolio at Partners focuses on good governance, anti-corruption, and civil society resiliency in West Africa. Prior to joining Partners, he worked at several notable international organizations and is the Founder of BUSY (or Business-driven Solutions for Youth), a Haitian-based economic development organization whose mission is to promote and foster economic empowerment for marginalized youth in Haiti.

Resilient Conversations is produced by PartnersGlobal – a nonprofit based in Washington, DC that advances resilient civic space throughout the world by focusing on authentic partnership, locally-led solutions, inclusive processes, and conflict sensitivity to bring about more peaceful, secure, just, and accountable societies. Partners envisions a world where civil society thrives, change is managed peacefully, rights are protected, and democracy can flourish. Visit our website at www.partnersglobal.org and follow us on social media. Music for this episode is created by Tuesday Night from Pixabay. 

PartnersGlobal is the founding member of a 35 year old civil society network comprised of peacebuilding organizations from around the world called The Partners Network who specialize in organizational strengthening processes. But sometimes even those who do, need external support. This is where the PeaceNexus Foundation comes in.  Almost two years ago, the PeaceNexus Foundation supported our network through an organizational strengthening process that made us confront some difficult questions about who we are as a network and why we are together. This process was absolutely critical to the resilience of our network as our members experience the impacts of changes to their operating and funding environments, putting their ability to withstand and adapt to the test. In this episode, we speak with Carole Frampton and Heloise Heyer of PeaceNexus to talk about their approach to organizational and network strengthening in times of change and uncertainty from the donor perspective. 

Resilient Conversations is produced by PartnersGlobal – a nonprofit based in Washington, DC that advances resilient civic space throughout the world by focusing on authentic partnership, locally-led solutions, inclusive processes, and conflict sensitivity to bring about more peaceful, secure, just, and accountable societies.  You can learn more about our work by visiting our website at www.partnersglobal.org and following us on social media. Special thanks to Carole and Heloise for their time and contributions in making this episode possible. Music for this podcast was created by Tuesday Night from Pixabay. 

We live in an increasingly dynamic world that is experiencing a range of changes to civic space - the ability of people to exercise their right to free speech, expression, and assembly. These changes vary from country to country, but collectively are impacting civil society's ability to serve their communities and operate freely without fear of repercussions.  In this episode, I had the opportunity to speak with Roselie Vasquez Yetter, Co-Executive Director of PartnersGlobal and primary author of the ResiliencyPlus Framework, as well as Luis Gomez Chow and Olivia Baciu, two of the leaders who designed and are implementing our signature ResiliencyPlus approach with civil society organizations around the world, helping them to build a stronger adaptive capacity to prevent, withstand and respond to changes in their environments. They offer insights and learnings, and share challenges and adaptations throughout the development and implementation of the resiliency process.   

Resilient Conversations is produced by PartnersGlobal – a nonprofit based in Washington, DC that advances resilient civic space throughout the world by focusing on authentic partnership, locally-led solutions, inclusive processes, and conflict sensitivity to bring about more peaceful, secure, just, and accountable societies. PartnersGlobal envisions a world where civil society thrives, change is managed peacefully, rights are protected, and democracy can flourish. Visit our website at www.partnersglobal.org and follow us on social media. Special thanks to Roselie, Luis and Olivia. Music for this episode is created by Tuesday Night from Pixabay. 

Co-Executive Director of PartnersGlobal Kyra Buchko talks to Zuza Fialova of Partners for Democratic Change Slovakia – one of our fellow Partners Network members – about the impact of the Ukrainian crisis in Slovakia and throughout the region. The open and reflective conversation delves into topics ranging from Slovakia's historical policies accepting refugees to how PDCS is working internally within Slovakia to maintain space for dialogue on difficult topics related to the crisis and xenophobia to what international and regional organizations can do to best support Ukrainians seeking refuge in neighboring countries. 

Resilient Conversations is produced by PartnersGlobal – a nonprofit based in Washington, DC that advances resilient civic space throughout the world by focusing on authentic partnership, locally-led solutions, inclusive processes, and conflict sensitivity to bring about more peaceful, secure, just, and accountable societies. Partners envisions a world where civil society thrives, change is managed peacefully, rights are protected, and democracy can flourish. Visit our website at www.partnersglobal.org and follow us on social media. Special thanks to Kyra Buchko and Zuza Fialova. Music for this episode is created by Tuesday Night from Pixabay.