Author: MCLD Team
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Unicef’s new Minimum Standards for Community Engagement
A founding goal of our Movement has been to raise the profile of Community-led Development in mainstream development discourse. Unicef has taken a major step in that direction by developing and launching standards and indicators for community engagement in its programs. We were delighted to welcome Rania Elessawi, Communication for Development Specialist (Planning and Monitoring)…
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Adapting CLD Processes for Covid19 and Beyond – Part 2
Adapting CLD Processes for Covid19 and Beyond Wednesday, May 20th at 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (EST) Facilitators: John Coonrod (MCLD) and Nelly Mecklenburg (ISE) On May 20, 2020 The Movement for Community-Led Development (MCLD) organized a second call to continue the collective brainstorming around how to adapt programming to address the challenges posed by…
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Measuring Social Capital and Social Cohesion
April 2020 Monthly Global Meeting of the Movement for Community-led Development. This month, a team of researchers from Mercy Corps and the University of Washington presented a new tool kit to address one of the most vexing challenges in Community-led Development — how do you actually measure what matters? (Starts 11 minutes into the recording)…
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COVID-19 Brainstorm – 21 April
Purpose: To collectively consider the barriers to CLD programming during COVID-19 preparation, response and recovery, and to brainstorm solutions. Some 98 practitioners from around the world shared the barriers, resources and adaptations.