investing in communities: key to the sustainable development goals (sdgs)

Investing in Communities:Key to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Movement for Community-led Development

April 6, 2016

Movement for Community-led Development

Definitions

CDD: “an approach that gives

control over planning decisions

and investment resources for

local development projects to

community groups.”

CLD: is the process of working

together to create and achieve

locally owned visions and goals.

CLD works to achieve systemic

change rather than short-term

projects.

Dan Owen, The World Bank, 2005

Myths

● Too small / cannot be taken to scale

● Too expensive

● Too slow

● Art not a science / no methodology

● It’s “just Training & Messaging”

● Entrenched local corruption cannot be

overcome

Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda

To enable these real men and women to escape from extreme poverty, we must allow them to be dignified agents of their own destiny.

Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

...build effective,

accountable and

inclusive institutions at all

levels.

34: “...investments... are being devolved to the

subnational level, which often lacks adequate technical

and technological capacity, financing and support.

We therefore commit to scaling up international

cooperation to strengthen capacities of municipalities

and other local authorities. “

Integration at the Community Level

● Resilience

● Women’s Economic

Empowerment

● Stunting

CLD is a science!

Principles and Process

Mindset

Gender

Leadership

Strengths

Data

Vision/Plans

Action

Resources

Governance

Capacity

Organization

Graduation

Empowering people at Transformative Scale

CLDLots of

Mobilizers

Lots of

Advocates

Big

Donors

& Gov’ts

Investing in

Communities at

Scale:

● Korea

● Philippines

● Indonesia

● Brazil

● Ethiopia

● Afghanistan...