Common Ground Initiative (CGI)

Supporting Small and Diaspora Organisations Engaged in International Development

Rupal Mistry 31 January 2014

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Theory of Change

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October 2009 – March 2014

Overview

Grant Making

Influencing and Engagement

Organisational Development

Communications

Learning

Support work that will tackle poverty and injustice among communities in Africa and bring about lasting change

Providing opportunities for diaspora organisations to influence international development

Enabling small and diaspora organisations to build their capacity to effectively support programmes

Creating greater awareness of diaspora and small organisations’ contribution to international development

Contributing to know and learning about the experience of African diaspora in international development

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Grant making Summary 2009 - 2012

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Progress Towards Goals

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ActivitiesAction Learning Sets

Thematic Workshops

Peer Mentoring

One-to-One Consultancy

Benchmarking Clubs

Organisational Development

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Influencing and Engagement

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Jul – Nov 2013 Feb 2014 – Feb 2015 2018

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Diaspora Leadership Development

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Communications Work

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BME Media

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Commissioned Learning

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Going Forward

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Should small and diaspora

organisations ‘professionalise’?

Are small and/or diaspora

organisations distinctive?