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Trust is a powerful force that shapes our relationships, but it can be fragile and complex to navigate. In her latest blog, our Chief INclusion Officer Andrea explores the dynamics of trust—how it’s built, lost, and influenced by our actions, institutions, and the world around us. 🌍💬 Read on to discover Andrea's insights and reflections on how we can all contribute to fostering trust in our communities. https://lnkd.in/gbkz3uBb

The “Paving Pathways: Gendering Peace for Policy and Practice" project, developed within Salzburg Global Seminar's Asia Peace Innovators Forum, stands out as a transformative effort that leverages global policy frameworks to empower peace practitioners in the Global South. By assembling a peace repository of real-world experiences and challenges faced by practitioners, particularly women and young people, the project aims to produce an edited book of resources, which would feed into a comprehensive practitioners’ toolkit. The diversity of the project team is a strength to this initiative, as it builds on experiences and expertise from varying contexts across six countries. The team strongly believes that this collaborative knowledge exchange would help to bridge existing gaps between policy and practice in peacebuilding. In doing so, the project reshapes the landscape of peacebuilding knowledge, fostering a more inclusive, violence-free, and gender-equal society. Overall, this intervention strongly aligns with the Asia Peace Innovators Forum's mandate of exchanging region-led best practices and experiences from interdisciplinary sectors seeking to shape long-term peace, stability, and South-South cooperation. Learn more here from Lihini Ratwatte, Dr. Wyclife Ong'eta Mose, and Annu Singh:

As a pan-Canadian network, our commitment to inclusion as guided by our Social Justice, Indigenization & Inclusion Committee extends to Indigenous communities and other diverse intersectional identities. At ACCESS, we believe that real change requires centering, engaging, and collaborating with impacted communities - a one size-fits-all approach to clinical care, research, and policy is insufficient and unjust. Read Impact Report: bit.ly/3Tjrcvk

The ESDN is organizing its first ever Young Civil Servant Workshop, which will take place in Vienna on the 15th and 16th of April 2024 and focus on Transformative Policies, especially regarding the aspect of Intergenerational Equity. The Sustainable Development Goals envisage a planet inhabitable not only for the present, but also for the future and are therefore inherently linked to the wellbeing of different generations. The workshop in Vienna will look at the area of transformative policies from an intergenerational equity perspective. What are the main challenges in this regard? How can we use intergenerational equity as a resource in policymaking? To what extent are the SDGs providing and supporting intergenerational equity and (how) can this be elevated in a post-2030 policy framework? What can young civil servants do to support this process? These questions will guide us through an interesting and exciting 1.5 days with inputs from experts, as well as a lot of time to exchange and develop ideas together. The Workshop will seek to bring together young civil servants from around Europe, aged 35 or younger, to learn and discuss on the topic of intergenerational equity. If you are a young civil servant and are interested in participating in this Workshop, then please send an email to ESDN Executive Coordinator, Eric Mulholland at eric.mulholland@esdn.eu by Friday 08 March.

Handbook on peer support with people living with NCDs in humanitarian settings . Thanks for Partnering for Change to take this initiative forward . The handbook serves as a practical guide for how to plan, implement and evaluate peer support with people living with noncommunicable. https://lnkd.in/ggBaPZk8

'"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Read more in our blog 'Learning and sharing: Coming together to celebrate Age-friendly Communities': https://lnkd.in/e_zr52j7

Our 2023-2026 Strategic Plan focuses our work, resources, and investments on four core priorities that will guide our efforts to end the cycle of domestic violence for families with children.     We are committed to:  ✅ Optimizing our impact to increase our ability to best serve our clients.   ✅ Being the best place to work – because our employees are at the core of what we do.   ✅ Enhancing our ability to adapt and respond to emerging opportunities, needs, and environmental changes.   ✅ Increasing community engagement and leadership – connecting our communities to our purpose, sharing our unique knowledge, and contributing to policy and systems change.    Read our 2023-2026 Strategic Plan: https://lnkd.in/e6ku_9Ds  

Insight and solutions that shift the dial 🌟 Last month we got together with new elected members and our partners in the House of Commons to launch the first report of our "Commission into Breaking Down Barriers to Employment" with The Purpose Coalition. We heard from our front line about experiences in vulnerable households and what's working to tackle poverty, especially child poverty, through better employability provision. In the UK, employability is such a critical piece of the puzzle, yet current strategies often fall into the same patterns as before. While it’s great to see this issue on the political agenda, we need to focus on what actually works to address the root causes, not just the symptoms. At the Wise Group, we’ve always championed a more holistic approach, one that doesn’t just stop at financial aid but looks at the full spectrum of support that individuals and families need to move out of poverty. From what we’ve seen on the ground, initiatives like Relational Mentoring can lead to real, measurable outcomes. The key is making sure that resources are used smarter, not just increased, and that we cut through the red tape to focus on real impact. A huge thank you to Rt Hon. Justine Greening, Lord Walney, all the elected representatives and partners who joined us and contributed to this vital conversation. The way forward isn’t about spending more - it’s about using what we have in ways that really make a difference. Lots more to do! Sean Duffy Jacqueline Gourlay Alex Warren Suzanne McWilliams Hamish Robertson Elaine Ravenhall Sean D. Yotta Karanicolas Richard Campbell John Maddison Christina Brown #childpoverty #socialimpact #employability https://lnkd.in/eZtkyfF9

This course has increased my understanding of methods for managing community involvement in participatory processes to enhance public good. The four main themes were: 1) Community participation and collaborative governance; 2) Ensuring inclusiveness of youth, women, and other potentially marginalized groups; 3) Articulating governance institutions to coordinate multilateral, regional, national, and local decision-making; and 4) A case study of resilience programming under the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) effort. 

Very excited to be sharing this blog! Through Civil Society Consulting CIC, we are lucky to spend our days supporting organisations working towards health, equality, and social solidarity. From this work, we've come to the conclusion that building connections within and between communities is at the heart of solutions to almost all of society’s pressing social issues. Lack of connections and the loss of community are making us unhappy, unhealthy, intolerant, and holding us back from tackling bigger issues in society. My theory is that that there are two main reasons why, without connected communities, we cannot thrive... Check out our blog and let us know what you reckon 😊 https://lnkd.in/eMdr5Hg6 If you agree, we're gradually...low-key... soft launching an initiative called 32 STEPS TO TOGETHERNESS that you may be interested to partner with us on. Tomorrow, we're having an online get together tomorrow with four local politicians from across the UK, come along - https://lnkd.in/efvxaRwk