Civil Society Futures And Innovation Podcast

For the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this episode, Sanjee Singh, Director – International Housing Programs at Habitat for Humanity International, tells us about t...

For the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this episode, Aleem Ali, Chief Executive Officer of Welcoming Australia and David Lubell, Founding Director of Welcoming Inte...

For the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this episode, Yagoub Kibeida, Executive Director of the Italian refugee-led organisation Mosaico – Action for Refugees, tells...

For the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this episode, colleagues from Urban Refugees and their partners from refugee-led organisations (RLOs) in Uganda and East Afri...

In this episode, Kurt Ackermann, who co-founded and manages the South African Urban Food and Farming Trust (SAUFFT), tells us how urban farming can help build social cohesion and develop resilience in fragile communities in cities, and how the Trust works with multiple stakeholders to shape new conversations and experimentation around the urban food system in Cape Town. For the Centre’s 2020 Repor...

In this episode, Aline Rahbany, the Technical Director for Urban Programming at World Vision International, and Karen Ramos, Public Engagement and Strategy Director at World Vision Honduras, tell us how the ‘Cities for Children’ urban learning framework is radically transforming the organisation’s impact in dynamic environments like the Valle de Sula metropolitan area in Honduras, by engaging at n...

In this episode, Sion Jones, Strategic Policy and Programmes Manager leading HelpAge International’s advocacy and research work on ageing in urban contexts, tells us how people aged over 60 – far from just being ‘left behind in the villages’ - are the fastest-growing cohort of urban populations, why the experiential dimensions of navigating city spaces are as important as physical accessibility, a...

In this episode, Jake Maguire, who co-directs the Built for Zero campaign at the US-based non-profit Community Solutions, tells us the secrets to its successful innovation, impact and scale in bringing homelessness down to zero in more than 80 cities in the US; and how they are both inspiring, and in turn inspired by, their international partners scaling the approach in other countries around the...

In this episode, three partners working on the ‘Urban Safety Project’ in Myanmar – David Ney, Urban Specialist, Urban Safety at The Asia Foundation, Shoko Sakuma - Program Manager at Women for the World and Lumin Lwin, Project Coordinator at Thibi – tell us how they are combining community-generated data with simple technological solutions designed around the needs of township technocrats, to star...

In this episode, Ayikai Poswayo, Programme Director of the award-winning School Area Road Safety Assessments and Improvements (SARSAI) at Amend, tells us the secrets to its successful evolution, impact and scale in delivering safe and healthy journeys for schoolchildren in cities across Africa, and how they are continuing to adapt, learn and innovate, including in recent response to COVID-19. For...

In this mini-episode to launch the series, Christina Teichmann, who co-ordinates the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Strong Cities 2030 initiative, tells us how this global programme is connecting young politicians from cities around the world, why a partnership between city authorities and civil society organisations is so important, why innovation does not have to mean invention, and why case studies...

Listen to Acha Rita Agum, Disability and Inclusive Development Officer in Cameroon and Dominique Schlupkothen, Director of Community Based Inclusive Development at CBM, interviewed by Nihal Helmy from the International Civil Society Centre. In this episode, they reflect on the importance of inclusion and how CBM is empowering local communities to have their own voice and advocate for themselves. L...

Listen to Suchi Gaur, Ph. D, Director of Global Engagement and Impact, and Caterina Lemp Bitsacopoulos, Senior Specialist in Movement Building, interviewed by Nihal Helmy from the International Civil Society Centre. World YWCA is a voluntary based, grassroots and diverse movement that connects and mobilizes the power of millions of women across the world. Learn how living in patriarchy motivates o...

CBM Global works hard to transform lives and build inclusive communities for people living with disabilities in the underrepresented and marginalised communities around the world. Listen to David Bainbridge, Executive Director for disability and inclusion at CBM Global interviewed by Nihal Helmy. Thirty years of experience help David to deal with the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemics...

One of the most important topics at Global Perspectives 2020 will be gender diversity and women leadership. Join our host Nihal Helmy who interviews Kassie McIlvaine and Esther Watts from Care International. Kassie McIlvaine works as a Program Quality - Deputy Regional Director West Africa and Esther Watts as a Country Director at CARE Ethiopia. Addressing staffing ratios and power dynamics in the...

A conversation about eradicating violence against women, Global Perspectives as safe space for important civil society discussions and exploring this year’s topic “A Passion for Inclusion” Join our host Nihal Helmy who interviews Brenda Wanjiku Kariuki from World Vision International. They touch upon the problem of increased violence against women and children during the pandemic. However, they al...

What does it mean to lead during times of crisis, live the Coronavirus outbreak? In a joint podcast with Together with Tosca Bruno-Van Vijfeijken we speak with civil society professionals about this question, and others, we posed at our recent event Leading Together. The podcast focusses on looking ahead to the event with our ED Wolfgang Jamann, then interviews with two participants about the even...

Learn how civil society organisations and coalitions are developing resilience and showing solidarity in response to undue scrutiny and clampdowns. Producer: Julia Pazos Links Solidarity Playbook: Discover and Learn from our Pilot Case Studies - https://icscentre.org/2020/04/22/solidarity-playbook-case-studies/ Solidarity Action Netowrk (SANE) - https://icscentre.org/our-work/solidarity-playbook/...

Mini Series: Exploring the Interconnectedness of Global Trends Mini-series – Episode 2 Irene Guijt and Filippo Artuso, Research and Publishing Team Oxfam GB, share insights and discuss their findings of a yearlong mapping of global megatrends Producer: Julia Pazos Links Global Megatrends: Mapping the forces that affect us all: https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/620942/...

"Power Shift" within international civil society organisations (ICSOs) is topic of growing importance. Who has power? Who can exercise it? How does it work? In conversation, Ed Boswell, Co-Founder and CEO at Conner Advisory and Wolfgang Jamann, Executive Director of the International Civil Society Centre look at power concerning ICSOs' governance. The two recently led our “Power Shift Lab” on the...

Mini Series: Exploring the Interconnectedness of Global Trends Mini-series – Episode 1 Cécile Wendling, Group Head of Security Strategy, Threat Anticipation and Research at Axa shares her insights about Axa’s foresight work. Find out about its importance to their work and their “Foresight Trendbook” Producer: Julia Pazos Links International Civil Society Centre website – www.icscentre.org Scanning...

This podcast focuses on findings from our Civil Society Sector Guide on the growing global influence of China, summarising key themes, implications and recommendations to better prepare international civil society organisations for this major global trend. The guide was produced as part of our Scanning the Horizon work. Producer: Julia Pazos Links Scanning the Horizon Sector Guide #1: “Strengtheni...

Creative and humourous campaigning can capture public attention and imagination on serious and complex issues. The overall effect is to shine a light and make more accessible complex issues. International Civil Society Centre website – www.icscentre.org Innovation Report www.icscentre.org/InnovationReport The Yes Men https://theyesmen.org/about Made with support by Heinrich Böll Stiftung https://w...

Understanding how audiences interpret and react to populist and civil society messages. Laura Ligouri from Mindbridge explains how integrating neuroscience and psychology learnings can help civil society organization innovate their messages to engage and persuade new audiences. International Civil Society Centre website – www.icscentre.org Innovation Report www.icscentre.org/InnovationReport Mindb...