About the session
What is Community-led Development, how does it work and why is community-driven impact the way forward for the future of our sector?
Partos invites the Movement for Community-Led Development (MCLD) to present their recent book: Community-led Development in Practice: We Power our Own Change. Drawing on insights from 30 international contributors from a range of organizations, the book centers non-Western, locally-led solutions that hold powerful lessons for development practitioners, funders, students and academics. It focuses on the “how to” of community led development.
As Official Development Assistance (ODA) continues to decline, it is more urgent than ever to foster self-sustaining local development ecosystems that reflect the priorities and lived experiences of communities themselves. This event situates the book within these “post-ODA” conversations—highlighting why the future of development is community-led.
The editors, Gunjan Veda and Elene Cloete will be joined by chapter contributors Matt Reeves (Aga Khan Foundation) Pascal Djohossou (MCLD Benin) and Ida Yabo Kossou (ITISA). Together they will share practical strategies from their work on operationalising community-led development as showcased in the book.
