Mobilising Support
Philantrophy
The Giving for Change (GfC) Alliance is led by an international consortium of organizations that share a commitment to community-led development through community and domestic philanthropy. The consortium includes the Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF), the African Philanthropy Network (APN), the Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), and Wilde Ganzen (WG). Together, they are working to implement a five-year programme across eight partner countries: Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Brazil, and Palestine.
This report provides an overview of the African Philanthropy Network (APPN) and Giving for Change (GfC) National Advocacy workshop held in Johannesburg, South Africa, which took place on 28 to 30 March 2023. This document provides information on the processes and discussions that took place over the two days. Recommendations are included at the end of the report.
The objectives of the workshop were:
1. To exchange experiences and reflect on what has worked, what has not worked, and the emerging
innovations and success in the national level advocacy and influencing across eight countries.
This includes a consideration of gender and inclusion in line with the overall program objectives.
2. To engage with the challenges and opportunities in each country and programmatically; and identify actionable recommendations on how to address them.
3. To engage in an interactive process (using the recommendations) to co-create our owned roadmap
which NAIs and Consortium partners will take responsibility for to strengthen national level advocacy
and influencing.
4. To agree on effective ways to facilitate knowledge sharing, learning and networking beyond the
workshop, including how to optimise Communities of Practice to advance the collective agenda.
The workshop provided an opportunity for meaningful engagement by GfC partners to connect and deeply consider how to advance the work of Domain two of the programme. It also provided a consultative opportunity to understand the country contexts around community philanthropy; gender and inclusion. It is significant that the workshop has led to agreed 3 year plans by all countries on how to move forward, and how APN can facilitate the required support. The agreements made will go a long way in supporting countries to facilitate progressive change.
The workshop focused, among other, on including gender and LGBTQI issues when engaging in advocacy and influencing. Recommended reading!
Advocacy African Philanthropy Women Partnerships and networking
Author: Unknown
Publisher/source/organization: African Philanthropy Network and Giving for Change
Place and year of issue: Johannesburg 2023
Type: Report of meeting or event [Unkown]
Country/region: Africa Latin America