Renewal and Rewilding: My Departure and Our Connections After eight incredible years with Global Integrity, I’ve decided to step down from my role as Executive Director. Thank you for being part of the journey, inspiring me, supporting me, and challenging me along the way. The connections we have made have been the highlight of the…
Image credit to UNDP’s Innovation Lab The highlight of May for me was attending the Systems Innovation Conference in London (agenda here) in person. As befits an event organized by the Systems Innovation Network, I connected with lots of great people doing innovative work on systems change! Another time I may be brave enough…
I took a break from sharing my top reads last month, which means that I’ve got more to choose from. Lots of interesting and useful things have come across my radar, with my radar set to identify things that come close to the core issue – leveraging collaborative and adaptive learning to shift power and…
Here at Global Integrity, we’ve been excited to see the direction which USAID is taking under the leadership of Ambassador Power (See for instance, the Ambassador’s November 2021 presentation of a “New Vision for Global Development”). The agency’s revitalized emphasis on supporting locally-led – but not locally-isolated – development is hugely welcome. This approach reflects…
Author: Izabela Chmielewska Unlocking Corruption: Why did we host this event? On December 8th, 2021 we held a joint pre-summit event with the Open Government Partnership (OGP) centered around Unlocking Corruption: Frontline Perspectives on Locally Led Solutions. The recently concluded Summit for Democracy and the OGP Global Summit this month created ripe ground to convene…
November was a month in which our efforts to make stronger connections between the localisation agenda and the anti-corruption agenda began to bear fruit, with a side event to the US-hosted Summit for Democracy now planned. We are excited to play our part in supporting an open and globally inclusive conversation about the value and…