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Local organisations
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Digital tools amplify the voice of women in Peruvian communities
Perú’s ollas comunes or community-led soup kitchens – a community response to COVID-19 based on solidarity, tradition and resilience that is breaking gender norms – have embraced a hybrid way of working to ensure women’s voices are heard
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COVID-19 and forest communities
IIED and partners are exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community forest organisations and the lessons that can be learnt through the resilience they have demonstrated and their contributions to building back better
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A special approach to slum upgrading: the Special Planning Area in Mukuru, Nairobi
The idea of a Special Planning Area might not immediately be alluring. But for the residents of Mukuru, one of the largest 'slums' in Nairobi, this mundane phrase hides the potential for a radical transformation in their homes and lives
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Ward diaries: crucial evidence for planning in Mumbai's slums
Jockin Arputham, the president of Slum/Shack Dwellers International and founder of the National Slum Dwellers Federation in India, explains how data from slums, gathered by slum dwellers themselves, is helping to provide vital services where they are needed most
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Local funds allow informal-settlement residents to shape development
An event at Habitat III explored how innovative forms of community finance could be used to improve informal settlements and provide much needed adaptation to climate change
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Is this too easy?
Voices from grassroots communities are being heard at Habitat III, but will this make a difference where it counts? Diana Mitlin writes from Quito
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Show me the money!
Ahead of a side event at Habitat III, Anna Walnycki highlights how funding is needed for grassroots upgrading of informal settlements in the face of evictions
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Data that supports local development
Global goals and targets often rely on national data, but local data are needed to inform action on the ground and to monitor progress on the goals
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Why do we ignore the local processes that deliver global goals in urban areas?
International agencies must support local processes if we are to achieve ambitious global goals – so benefits reach urban communities on the ground whose needs these goals are set up to meet
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Can global funds be accountable at the local level?
Is it possible for global funds to be accountable to local communities – especially those whose needs the funds should address?
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Driving change by supporting action at the local level
A new mapping project highlights the importance of local action in delivering global change
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Finance for whom and for what?
Ahead of the Financing for Development conference, David Satterthwaite highlights the disconnect between commitments made by national governments and finance for (mostly local) institutions ations representing those ill-served or unserved.
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Citizen power: Sustaining paralegal programmes to put knowledge back into communities' hands
Paralegal schemes build citizen power by helping communities develop the knowledge and capacity they need to speak up for themselves. A recent IIED webinar explored how such schemes can best be supported to make a long-term difference
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Environment & Urbanization local organisation profiles
The journal Environment & Urbanization has published many profiles of local organisations; some are listed below with short summaries
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Unleashing the potential of local organisations in linking conservation and development
IIED supported and raised the profile of local organisations in East Africa, to help make the case for investing in and scaling-up community-based approaches to transforming landscapes, economies and rural societies.
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Rethinking finance for development in city ‘slums’
The Asian Coalition for Community Action is challenging the traditional model of aid by providing small grants to low-income communities to upgrade the ‘slums’ or informal settlements in which they live.
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3-point action plan for leaders at Rio+20 summit
The International Institute for Environment and Development urges governments to invest in resilience, strengthen local control over natural resources, and apply realistic values to the environment and human wellbeing in order to steer societies onto a more secure path.
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Gatekeeper series: Local organization Profiles
This page provides a list of Gatekeeper Series publications from 2008 - 2009 that profile local organizations. Find out more about the Gatekeeper series.
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Local organizations: introduction
Profiles: Gatekeeper seriesAbout the Gatekeeper seriesThe role of loca
