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22 African Youth Are Now Certified Research-to-Change (R2C) Mentors!
November 9, 2023 / AnnouncementsThe Research-to-Change Mentorship Academy (R2CMA), led by Root Change and IREX as part of the 5-year USAID-funded Youth Excel program, was a 10-week, hands-on, virtual course for young researchers, evaluators, or practitioners passionate about using data to make informed decisions within a local organization. Youth under the age of 35 applied to be part of
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Research-to-Change Mentorship Academy (R2CMA): Youth-inclusive Implementation Research
June 5, 2023 / Program UpdatesAre you a young researcher, evaluator, or practitioner passionate about using data to make informed decisions within a local organization? If so, we invite you to apply for the Research-to-Change Mentorship Academy (R2CMA), led by Root Change and IREX as part of the Youth Excel program. What is Research-to-Change? Research-to-Change (R2C) is an approach that
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We Welcome The 2022 Inaugural #ShiftThePower Fellows
June 28, 2022 / AnnouncementsThe Global Fund for Community Foundations and Root Change are delighted to welcome the inaugural cohort of the 2022 #ShiftThePower Fellows. Twelve Fellows from ten different countries, representing the diversity of civil society and ready to promote change and shift power from the ground up, were selected from over 140 applicants. The Fellows from Brazil,
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Participatory Systems Approaches to Advocacy in Nigeria: A Three-Volume Series
January 8, 2020 / ToolkitFrom 2014 to 2018 the Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) project in Nigeria sought to build a stronger, more resilient, and more nimble Nigerian civil society by strengthening the capacities of civil society actors to form common agendas, coordinate strategies, align outcome measurements, and share knowledge. SACE organized 18 clusters of
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Overview: Tools for Collective Impact
June 18, 2019 / SnapshotRoot Change worked with Chemonics and the USAID-funded SACE program in Nigeria to support 18 clusters of advocacy organizations using a Collective Impact approach. The following overview introduces Collective Impact principles and other approaches that were used to strengthen Collective Impact initiatives in Nigeria, including social network analysis, constituent voice,
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Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement through Collective Impact in Nigeria
February 26, 2019 / Program UpdatesFrom 2014 to 2018 the Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) project in Nigeria sought to build a stronger, more resilient, and more nimble Nigerian civil society by strengthening the capacities of civil society actors to form common agendas, coordinate strategies, align outcome measurements, and share knowledge. SACE organized 18 clusters of civil society organizations
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Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) Overview & Outcomes
January 19, 2019 / ReportStrengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) project was a five-year program funded by USAID and Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) that was co-implemented by Root Change and Chemonics (prime). This brochure offers an overview of SACE project, its tools and approaches built on the principles of collective impact and Capacity 2.0, the innovations
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Volume 3: Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning in Complex Adaptive Environments
December 19, 2018 / ToolkitThis volume is the last in a series of papers about systems approaches in complex environments, which includes the use of the collective impact model to address large-scale social problems, and the application of participant-driven MEL techniques across 17 networks of civil society organizations. It is based on the experiences
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Volume 2: Using the Advocacy Strategy Matrix for Collective Impact
December 19, 2018 / ToolkitThis volume is the second in a series of papers about systems approaches in complex environments, which includes the use of the collective impact model to address large-scale social problems, and the application of participant-driven MEL techniques across 17 networks of civil society organizations. It is based on the experiences
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Volume 1: Systems Approaches in Advocacy Strategies
December 19, 2018 / ToolkitThis volume is the first in a series of papers about systems approaches in complex environments, which includes the use of the collective impact model to address large-scale social problems, and the application of participant-driven MEL techniques across 17 networks of civil society organizations. It is based on the experiences
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