Resources & Ideas
The Governance Action Hub gathers ideas and knowledge resources from across the world highlighting new insights that help to push the envelope of governance reform.
Featured Resources and Ideas
Unlocking the Transformative Potential of Energy Communities
Blog | Explore how community-led models—from solar-powered villages in Morocco to grassroots cooperatives in Costa Rica and Brazil—are transforming the...
Voces Wayuu: Sostenibilidad de las Comunidades Energéticas
Este es el tercer blog de una serie sobre nuestro trabajo en La Guajira junto a la Universidad de La Guajira,...
Ideas
Emerging thoughts from the Governance trenches. Here, we collect blogs published by the Hub’s team and other thought leaders.
Unlocking the Transformative Potential of Energy Communities
Blog | Explore how community-led models—from solar-powered villages in Morocco to grassroots cooperatives in Costa Rica and Brazil—are transforming the...
Voces Wayuu: Sostenibilidad de las Comunidades Energéticas
Este es el tercer blog de una serie sobre nuestro trabajo en La Guajira junto a la Universidad de La Guajira,...
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.
Energy Communities: Collaborative efforts for a just transition
Blog | Editor’s note: The Governance Action Hub is evaluating how it can add value to existing local initiatives in Colombia to improve governance and enhance citizen participation, as well...
Harnessing local systems: Energy Transition in Colombia
Blog | Editor’s note: The Governance Action Hub is currently assessing how to add value to existing local efforts towards energy transition in Colombia, with a focus on justice and...
State Capture Matters: Challenging corruption and a new dataset
Blog | Editor’s note: This blog is part of the Governance Action Hub’s efforts to leverage evidence and data for action, focusing on one of its key themes: state capture and...
Making Colombia’s energy transition a just one for all
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...
Strengthening Local Coalitions for Change: What’s Next?
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...
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.
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...
The Strategy Testing Workbook: Politically-Smart Adaptive Programming
Tool | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Strategies to design and implement responsive good governance programs that can adapt to a changing landscape.
Collaborative Learning Networks Measurement & Learning Framework
READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Understanding how to measure the impact of collaborative learning networks in driving systems change through peer-to-peer learning.
All Resources and Ideas
Strengthening Local Coalitions for Change: What’s Next?
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...
Working Politically on the Governance of Extractive Industries
READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Learning how political dynamics impact governance in the extractive industries and how the adoption of politically informed approaches can improve governance and development outcomes...
Grassroots Women’s Community Empowerment Toolkit
Toolkit | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Learning new methods from grassroots leaders for creating effective and sustainable approaches to community development and movement building.
Coalition-Building Initiatives Across The Asia Foundation
READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Learning about the role of coalitions in development and how they can drive policy change, based on successful initiatives in Asia.
Systems Thinking and Practice: A Guide to Concepts and Tools for FCDO
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...
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...
Systems Mapping: identifying opportunity for change
WATCH THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Visualizing and analyzing complex systems, including relationships between actors, processes, and structures. Learn how systems mapping can be used for evaluation or program design.
Governance Action Spotlight
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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