Empowering CSOs to understand social movements, become genuine allies of change.

Building a Movement Mindset" is an intensive and immersive training program focused on fostering a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics and importance of social movements in achieving systemic change and how you as a CSO can support them in this effort. 

This training is designed to help you as a CSO understand the organisational change needed to enable a culture, structure and practices of a movement mindset. It is a transformative journey that will equip you with the knowledge and tools necessary to engage with and support social movements effectively without compromising their integrity.

Course outcomes

By attending this training, you will gain: ​

  • A deeper understanding of social movements and why organising and people power are essential change strategies ​

  • Explore the SIF3 framework in-depth, focusing on how it guides our approach to deepening connections with movements.​

  • Learn multiple ways to engage with and support social movements while avoiding compromising their integrity and strategic power in the process e.g NGO-nising movements.

  • Insights into the changes in organisational culture and practices needed to align with social movements e.g. rapid response mechanisms, guidelines to financial transfers that respect the organic nature of movements and activist emergency response (safe-housing). 

  • The needed tools to actually make the needed changes and plans for movement support in your organisation.

Come join us if you have

  • A commitment to work with movements that is rooted in senior leadership in your organisation. ​

  • Some experiences with supporting social movements or informal groups or concrete plans for movements you want to work with.  ​

  • A commitment to make and design the needed context dependent strategies, approaches and plans for working with youth activism, organising and/or social movements alongside resources to implement the plans. ​

  • Sign off from senior leadership in your organisation on specific deliverables that will come from the training e.g. movement strategy, movement support approach, financial guidelines for movement support, mapping of social movements, implementation plan for movement support. ​

Who the course is for

This training is open to two main groups: ​

  • Partner Organisations (Scholarship-Based): ActionAid SPA II partners can apply for the participation of representatives to the training with scholarships provided. ​

  • Open for Self-Sponsorship: ActionAid partners and other CSOs and individuals with a self-sponsorship allows you to attend the training.

The requirements for the training are

Before applying you need to book an assessment and introductory meeting with us. Here we will discuss the requirements for the training and who are the right people to attend for your organisation to gain the most of the training. The following are are the requirements to attend this training:

1) You need to be a minimum of 2 people from your organisation: we know from experience that the outcome of the training will have a larger impact and potential for success if insights, learning and concrete plans are collectively owned. 

2) You need to do a small organisational analysis: with us and based on that decide on a concrete output of the training that the people attending will work on during the training and complete after the training.

 

If you have any questions or need further information, please reach out to us and book a meeting: ​


Accomodation options

Including breakfast, lunch and dinner
Single Room for 1 week
390 USD
Shared Room for 1 week
270 USD
Hostel Quad for 1 week
177 USD

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