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The Governance Action Spotlights showcase diverse local governance efforts and initiatives globally. We also highlight innovative and transformative work happening at the grassroots level, in order to foster a broader understanding and appreciation for effective governance practices worldwide.
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Designing & Facilitating Collaborative Learning Networks: A Toolkit
Toolkit | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Understanding how you can use to help coalitions solve problems together, design learning activities that focus on drawing out expertise of local governance innovators, and manage networks of people working towards a common goal.
The Audacity Deficit in Natural Resource Governance
Paper | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Understanding the insights that informed the concept and the design of the Governance Action Hub.
Making Colombia’s energy transition a just one for all: 4 lessons from the Governance Action Hub
Blog | The Governance Action Hub aims to convene and put local change agents in the driver’s seat to analyze local challenges, co-create solutions and take action collectively. In March 2024, our team traveled to Colombia — one of the countries where...
Ideas
Emerging thoughts from the Governance trenches. Here, we collect blogs published by the Hub’s team and other thought leaders.
State Capture Matters: Challenging corruption and a new dataset
Blog | Editor’s note: The following blog is part of the Governance Action Hub initiatives to use evidence and data for action in one of its core themes: state capture and anticorruption. The blog is a companion to the article “
Strengthening local coalitions for change: What’s next for the Governance Action Hub?
Blog | A few weeks ago, the R4D-led Governance Action Hub hosted its official launch event. Since then, the team has been preparing for initial country-level engagements and designing a new knowledge portal. In this blog, we share key messages from the...
Making Colombia’s energy transition a just one for all: 4 lessons from the Governance Action Hub
Blog | The Governance Action Hub aims to convene and put local change agents in the driver’s seat to analyze local challenges, co-create solutions and take action collectively. In March 2024, our team traveled to Colombia — one of the countries where...
Tools and Toolkits
These are collections of insight and how-to information that inform the way the Governance Action Hub and partners promote governance reform.
Community Led Development (CLD) Evaluation Tool
Tool | USE THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN:
Assessing whether your programs are aligned with the principles of community led development and how they might be approved.
Systems Thinking and Practice: A Guide to Concepts, Principles and Tools for FCDO and Partners
Toolkit | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Understanding how FCDO approaches and uses systems thinking to address to complex, rapidly changing global challenges, particularly in the context of international development, governance, and policy-making.
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Making Colombia’s energy transition a just one for all: 4 lessons from the Governance Action Hub
Blog | The Governance Action Hub aims to convene and put local change agents in the driver’s seat to analyze local challenges, co-create solutions and take action collectively. In March 2024, our team traveled to Colombia — one of the countries where...
Strengthening local coalitions for change: What’s next for the Governance Action Hub?
Blog | A few weeks ago, the R4D-led Governance Action Hub hosted its official launch event. Since then, the team has been preparing for initial country-level engagements and designing a new knowledge portal. In this blog, we share key messages from the...
State Capture Matters: Challenging corruption and a new dataset
Blog | Editor’s note: The following blog is part of the Governance Action Hub initiatives to use evidence and data for action in one of its core themes: state capture and anticorruption. The blog is a companion to the article “
Rethinking the role and strategies of think tanks
Blog | This article was part of the publication of the 2024 On Think Tanks State of the Sector Report. Explore the report and resources here.
USAID Local Systems Position Paper
Paper | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: A short and concise presentation of approaches in systems thinking and systems practice that can help strengthen and further embed these mindsets and tools in development work.
Human Learning Systems: A practical guide for the curious
Tool | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: A new approach to public services that focuses on learning, experimentation, and system change rather than traditional management models. This guide is particularly relevant for those working in health and social care, as well...
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