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ICYMI: the entire conversation from this year's convening held by the Alliance for Education!

REIMAGINING THE STATE WORKHOP I was not sure what to expect at this two day workshop where abstracts were sent based on our research and practice addressing this issue and a group selected to participate It was one of those moments which transforms your thinking and it articulated a wider systemic and instititional design around my work working on the commons at grassroots level. The frameworks and tools of: 1) State reinforced self governance framework- giving power to citizens and totally shifting power structures within the political system 2) Institutional Grammer as a forensic way to analyse regulations and policies 3) Polycentric governance - distributed and democratic governing These tools are very useful for grassroots practitioners and the State. What we as practitioners bring to these are embodied and applied knowledge which to my mind actually makes them operational. Commons are arenas of care as well as Ostrom’s tools and frameworks of governance Already meetings are happening for collaboration with the organisers https://lnkd.in/eM_s9nYX

Our Community Impact Report highlights CHSS' extensive community impact, as exemplified by our students, faculty, staff and alumni, who are making outstanding contributions across industries and communities. 🔗 Read the full Community Impact Report: https://lnkd.in/euiYZHdX

Still framing purpose of civic panel public consultation workshops. What does organisation seek and want? This is that strategic area of participation, participatory design and codesign where clarity is needed from senior staff about outcomes.

What is Arts & Economic Prosperity 6? The newly released Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) is an economic and social impact study of the nation’s nonprofit arts and culture industry. Building on its 30-year legacy as the largest and most inclusive study of its kind, AEP6 provides detailed findings on 373 regions from across all 50 states and Puerto Rico—ranging in population from 4,000 to 4 million—and representing rural, suburban, and large urban communities.

The BSA is calling on all political parties to promote the importance of science in three key policy areas: 1️⃣ Education: Ensure science in secondary schools is relevant and inclusive to all young people and provide access to high-quality, practical science learning. 2️⃣ Inclusion: Embed diversity and inclusion in all government-led science, technology, and innovation projects and create a long-term strategy for a diverse and inclusive STEM community. 3️⃣ Access to Science: Put people and communities at the heart of a future vision for UK science and technology and develop a science engagement strategy for Government Departments and public bodies.  

Are we in a unique a window of possibilities? Will we seize it? A long but exciting day that started with UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) friends and colleagues in discussions with a few cities that have adopted hugely ambitious goals that are now delivering impactful change and closed with an event at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) exploring how devolution might be shaped to empower overburdened and disadvantaged communities. A few initial reflections: ⏳ Local governments increasingly recognise they need new capabilities to meet society’s challenges and are proactively investing in their organisations and staff to meet the moment. Good work being by Oriol Estela Barnet and Irene Navarro Solé at Pla Estratègic Metropolità de Barcelona (PEMB). 🚧 After over a decade of austerity and our culture war politics, a growing movement of civil servants recognises the need to move away from ‘bureaucratic cultures’ and towards ‘relational cultures’ (thanks Osian Jones!). ⚡️The role of civil servants matters more today than even. This is the moment where civil servants need to take risks and be bold, not retreat into the shadows where their potential for public impact is minimised. Inspiring, practical stories from Almira Lardizabal Hussain and Tim Rettler from GLA and Robyn Smith from Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Looking forward to more learning over the next few days and taking this inspiration back to Oregon Department of Environmental Quality!

Got plans this Friday afternoon? Join the Centre on Aging for our first in person presentation of the year. Guest speaker Dr. Albert Evrard will present Sept 13 1:30 pm in 307 Tier Bldg, Fort Garry Campus. RSVP to coaman@umanitoba.ca if you will attend. About the presentation Within the field of Law and Ag(e)ing, a special attention will be paid to the level of the international community, showing recent and major developments considering a more or less 30 years period of time. Since 2002 indeed, Aging and Law shows two main areas of cooperation among States and Civil Society : 1) an ongoing implementation of the International Madrid Plan on Active Aging (MIPAA) and 2) a 14 years ish effort to raise awareness and consider a future International Convention on the Rights of Older People (ICROP). These two avenues are mainstreaming initiatives and studies showing a Human-Rights based approach. Next to the current international structure and location of the international conversation on Aging (Geneva (Human Rights Council and Independent Expert) and New York (UNDESA & OEWGA) , the presentation will underline the most recent evolutions and steps forward.

Last month, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago released Meeting Family Needs, a strategic framework that provides a detailed tool to build a child and family well-being system that buoys families facing adversity and helps address inequities. This holistic framework provides a vision of this system and the practical steps to get there, laying out six key change components and providing concrete examples of how specific agencies are carrying out these approaches. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gxqsb7kq

The Policy Framework for Strengthening Civil Society from Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken is internationally recognized as one of the most progressive of its kind. At the same time experience concludes that there is a mismatch between the ambitions in the progressive policy framework and the actual practice and implementation in reality. Partos' latest publication, "Recommendations for a More Power-Balanced and Effective Policy Framework Strengthening Civil Society," presents essential recommendations for crafting a more inclusive policy framework for the future. It focuses on four themes: agenda setting, risk sharing, accountability, PMEL. This comprehensive policy paper emerges from an extensive multi-year consultation, engaging organizations and individuals globally. Although the focus of this publication is on the Dutch policy framework, the insights and recommendations are universally applicable, offering valuable guidance to other bilateral donors seeking to make their policy frameworks more equitable. Leverage this publication as a strategic asset in your advocacy efforts, engaging partners and donors in discussions and systemic change. Thanks to the core team: Heinz Greijn Marijke Priester Paul van den Berg Esther Meester Koos de Bruijn Mirjam Krijnen and to all development professionals who participated in the validation process.