Author: MCLD Team
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Majority World Voice: How to organize convening spaces on LLD
In November 2023, Majority World actors signed on to a letter outlining recommendations on how convening spaces on Locally-led Development (LLD) should be organized. MCLD, Civicus and Peace Direct facilitated the process. You can see the sign-on letter in various languages with the signatories as of November 29, 11 am ET below. If you are…
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Monthly Call: Creating our Vision for 2024
Gunjan Veda set the tone for this call: “In 2015, MCLD started out with a dream. A dream to transform this very top down-colonial system that we are a part of… 2023 was the year when the world adopted our dream … that it has to shift towards locally led development… And 2024 for me…
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October 25, 2023 Global Call – Halting Gender-based Violence
The first priority of MCLD is to ensure voice and agency for women in the decisions that affect their lives.
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Strengthening the Ecosystem for Locally-led Development
View the recording in English / Voir l’enregistrement en français / Ver la grabación en español. Come back soon for the compiled report of recommendations! / Revenez bientôt pour consulter le rapport compilé des recommandations ! / Vuelva pronto para ver el informe recopilatorio de recomendaciones.
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Debrief the Summits!
What a month! Africa held its first Climate Summit – accompanied by a People’s Climate Summit – and the UN declares localization as a key enabler to rescue the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Watch the recordings in both English and French to catch up on the conversation with those who were in the rooms where…
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MCLD-Sierra Leone prevents election violence
With support from One Village Partners, MCLD-Sierra Leone carried out a successful campaign to prevent violence in the run up to the June 24, 2023 general election. They carried out the following activities: Read the full report here!
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Half-Time! MCLD Prepares for the SDG Summit
The August 2023 monthly zoom call focused on preparations for September’s SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Summit, at which the UN Secretary General has called for a “Rescue Plan” so that the world can “win in the second half.” Our special guest on this call was Massimo Perrino, Policy Officer at United Cities and Local Governments…
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How USAID will measure the “50% Commitment”
In January 2023, MCLD and member Peace Direct hosted a call with USAID, and Community-based Organizations (CBOs) and local peace makers to discuss metrics for how USAID would measure its commitment that by 2030 “”at least half of every dollar we spend, will need to place local communities in the lead to either co-design a…
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Watch our July 26, 2023 Call — Can Communities Rescue the SDGs?
French Audio Slides Each July the world community reviews progress on the 2030 Agenda — the Sustainable Developments (SDGs). As we approach “half-time” it is clear that the world is doing very badly. Very few targets are on track and some are regressing. The Secretary General has called for a “Rescue Plan” at the September…
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Watch our June 28 Global Call – Communities Tackle Climate Change
Watch the recording of our discussion on the greatest challenge of our day – Climate Change – and the recommendations from more than 100 key agencies to #ShiftThePower to local communities.