December, 2021 – This has been an extraordinarily productive period, as MCLD provided input the Democracy and Nutrition Summits and USAID’s new Local Capacity Development Policy, strengthened our stand for Climate Action and began developing ambitious national chapter strategies for 2022.
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Leave No Voice Behind
Our 2017 InterAction Forum Workshop. Within country-owned strategies, NGOs have a competitive advantage in community-mobilization and capacity building. How can we work together to ensure that all people enjoy the right to take charge of their own development through country-owned programs of community-led development?
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CSW 2017 – Leave No Woman’s Voice Behind: Community-led Development at Scale
The Movement for Community-led Development will once again host a parallel event during the 61st Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
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Putting People First at #UNGA
September 22, 2016 – New York City, NY: “Putting People First: Community-led Development” featured leaders from the UN and Civil Civil Society describing the growing momentum for community-led development as the best pathway to achieving the integrated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event was hosted by The Movement for Community-led Development during the week of the…
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The White House Summit on Global Development: Celebration, Legacy, and Looking Forward
The Obama administration took July 20th to celebrate almost eight years of global development policies, strategies, and initiatives. The summit hosted six panels around youth, partnerships, governance, food security, energy, and global health. Each panel discussed successes and lessons learned, many of which hold the essence of the principles of community-led development. Practices like subnational…
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Watch the June 7 Webinar on Integrated Response Approach
Here is the recording of our second webinar – with Donal Reilly of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to discuss an approach to address the #1 complaint from households in emergency response situations — that they get “assessed” by multiple agencies, some of whom they never see again. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8fMyUBHmmA] Click here to download a discussion paper, and…
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April 6 IFPRI Event
One sea-change from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is Goal 16, which calls for participatory decision-making at all levels, including the community level where basic needs are met. The SDGs also call for integrated solutions – especially critical for nutrition, women’s economic empowerment and resilience – and this integration…
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March 31 BBL with the World Bank CDD Global Solutions Group
Sponsored by the Community Driven Development Global Solutions Group The Movement for Community-led Development: Strategy for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals The Hunger Project and The Millennium Challenge Corporation Held Thursday, March 31, 2016 || 12:30 – 14:00 pm || Room MC 7-860 Read the Blog Post here by Christopher Colford that reported on the…
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CSW60: Empowerment-based Strategies to Build Resilience
Experts from Relief International, Solar Cookers International and The Hunger Project-Mexico share their approaches.
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Launching the Movement
Leading international organizations call for a process that empowers citizens at the local level.