Keyword: change
Civic Driven Change
If states, markets and NGOs fail to bring about change and social justice, then who will? Can citizens come up with new perspectives on social change? Are civic driven changes a potential solution to global political problems? They might. In fact they are...
Deep Democracy
The Broker devoted a special report to the Civic Driven Change Initiative (Issue 10). It also created a platform for discussion on CDC on its site. The responses thus far to the special report have helped to launch a public and international conversation with far-ranging implications for the work of democracy building and development.Twaweza
Twaweza, meaning “we can make it happen” in Swahili, is a ten-year initiative (2009-2018) that seeks to enable people in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to improve their quality of life through a bold, citizen-centered approach to development and public accountability.Call for short essays
The developmental challenges facing the world are daunting. Extreme poverty and social exclusion persist at scale while socio-economic inequality and fundamentalism are even on the increase. Because of these and other dilemmas we are confronted with ever more questions. New knowledge on the changing terrain of development and social change are needed to get more insight into these dilemmas. But can knowledge also trigger change? If so, how? Is it about bridging the gap between research and pr...
Final Programme Online Now
We have the pleasure of informing you about the Knowledge & Change programme. Please find a full overview and details about specific sessions attached. Please find details about specific sessions here.
Conference Pocket Booklet
For the dialogue we composed a booklet in which we outlined the rationale of the dialogue and reflections on the main question: 'How does knowledge trigger change?'. This has resulted in a colourful booklet which included worldwide contributions from a.o. Alan Fowler, Jackie Dugard, Diego Munoz, Ria Brouwers, Salam Kawakibi and many more.
Digital Natives with a Cause? Thinkathon: Position Papers
Digital Natives from Asia and Africa have provided us with their take on social change and political participation. They look at issues such as: what does it mean to be a Digital Native? What is the relationship of people growing up with new technologies and change? What are the processes by which change is produced? Can you institutionalize Digital Natives with a Cause Activities? How do you make it sustainable in each context?
Conference Pocket Booklet
For the dialogue we composed a booklet in which we outlined the rationale of the dialogue and reflections on the main question: 'How does knowledge trigger change?'. This has resulted in a colourful booklet which included worldwide contributions from a.o. Alan Fowler, Jackie Dugard, Diego Munoz, Ria Brouwers, Salam Kawakibi and many more.
It's the Future Calling
What do you do when the phone rings? You pick up, or let people leave a message on your voicemail and check it soon after. The phone has been ringing for a long time now in the development sector.What do you do when a caller starts conversing? You talk back - if only to say you're going to hang up. We talk a lot in the sector.What do you do when the caller starts shouting? You hang up, even if the other person has a valid reason to shout. In the development sector, we don’t like shouters. We...
The Practice of Civic Driven Change (22 June)
There is increased interest in change processes in which citizens play a central and initiating role. The Civic Driven Change (CDC) framework offers an opportunity to further elaborate on the potential of active citizenship for triggering change in all walks of life: at the political level, in civil society, as well as in business. This workshop to be held on 22 June in The Hague, will provide a platform for practitioners to share and discuss their experiences on innovative citizen-led change...› read more...
Date: 22 June : Location: Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
Date: 22 June : Location: Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
The Practice of Civic Driven Change (22 June)
There is increased interest in change processes in which citizens play a central and initiating role. The Civic Driven Change (CDC) framework offers an opportunity to further elaborate on the potential of active citizenship for triggering change in all walks of life: at the political level, in civil society, as well as in business. This workshop to be held on 22 June in The Hague, will provide a platform for practitioners to share and discuss their experiences on innovative citizen-led change...› read more...
Date: 22 June : Location: Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
Date: 22 June : Location: Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
Theory of Change
30/05/2011 The Theory of Change approach applied to social change processes represents a thinking-action alternative to other more rigid planning approaches and logics. When living in complex and conflictive times, we need to count with more flexible instruments that allow us to plan and monitor our actions in uncertain, emergent, and complex contexts from a flexible and non-rigid logic. As known, this thinking-action approach is also applied to institutional coaching processes and to the design of soci...
Theory of Change
The Theory of Change approach applied to social change processes represents a thinking-action alternative to other more rigid planning approaches and logics. When living in complex and conflictive times, we need to count with more flexible instruments that allow us to plan and monitor our actions in uncertain, emergent, and complex contexts from a flexible and non-rigid logic. As known, this thinking-action approach is also applied to institutional coaching processes and to the design of soci...