Civil Society Futures And Innovation Podcast
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -The International Civil Society Centre helps the world’s leading #ICSOs maximise their impact for a sustainable & more equitable world.
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Community Consultation for 100,000 Households - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #13
December 03, 2020 16:44 - 45 minutes - 63.1 MBFor the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this interview, Joe Muturi, national leader of Muungano wa Wanavijiji, the national federation of slum dwellers in Kenya, and Chair of Slum Dwellers International, tells us about the special challenges and opportunities w...
Transforming Urban Eye Health in India - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #12
November 27, 2020 17:35 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBFor the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this episode, RN Mohanty, Chief Executive Officer of Sightsavers India, tells us why this programme in Bihar represents a first of its kind - both for Sightsavers and in India - as a highly scaleable new model for integra...
Global Urban Affordable Housing - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #11
November 26, 2020 14:29 - 46 minutes - 64 MBFor the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this episode, Sanjee Singh, Director – International Housing Programs at Habitat for Humanity International, tells us about the organisation’s Global Urban Approach, a comprehensive housing ecosystem strategy, driven by p...
Building Welcoming Cities - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #10
November 12, 2020 10:47 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBFor the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this episode, Aleem Ali, Chief Executive Officer of Welcoming Australia and David Lubell, Founding Director of Welcoming International, tells us how they are working closely with local governments across Australia to buil...
Providing an OASIS for refugees in Turin, Italy - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #9
October 30, 2020 18:25 - 49 minutes - 32.2 MBFor the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this episode, Yagoub Kibeida, Executive Director of the Italian refugee-led organisation Mosaico – Action for Refugees, tells us about their inspiring journey from a group of volunteers to European-wide network builder, h...
Empowering Refugee-Led Organisations - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #8
October 30, 2020 18:18 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBFor the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this episode, colleagues from Urban Refugees and their partners from refugee-led organisations (RLOs) in Uganda and East Africa, tell us about the context for their work in the Ugandan capital city, Kampala, why RLOs are ...
Urban Social Farming in South Africa - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #7
October 27, 2020 12:17 - 1 hour - 88 MBIn this episode, Kurt Ackermann, who co-founded and manages the South African Urban Food and Farming Trust (SAUFFT), tells us how urban farming can help build social cohesion and develop resilience in fragile communities in cities, and how the Trust works with multiple stakeholders to shape new conversations and experimentation around the urban food system in Cape Town. For the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovator...
Cities for Children - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #6
October 27, 2020 12:08 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBIn this episode, Aline Rahbany, the Technical Director for Urban Programming at World Vision International, and Karen Ramos, Public Engagement and Strategy Director at World Vision Honduras, tell us how the ‘Cities for Children’ urban learning framework is radically transforming the organisation’s impact in dynamic environments like the Valle de Sula metropolitan area in Honduras, by engaging at neighbourhood, district and city-wide levels. For the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Inno...
Ageing and Urbanisation - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #5
October 27, 2020 11:49 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MBIn this episode, Sion Jones, Strategic Policy and Programmes Manager leading HelpAge International’s advocacy and research work on ageing in urban contexts, tells us how people aged over 60 – far from just being ‘left behind in the villages’ - are the fastest-growing cohort of urban populations, why the experiential dimensions of navigating city spaces are as important as physical accessibility, and how to influence inclusive change with and for older people in city neighbourhoods and at the ...
Solving Homelessness - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #4
October 27, 2020 10:48 - 1 hour - 118 MBIn this episode, Jake Maguire, who co-directs the Built for Zero campaign at the US-based non-profit Community Solutions, tells us the secrets to its successful innovation, impact and scale in bringing homelessness down to zero in more than 80 cities in the US; and how they are both inspiring, and in turn inspired by, their international partners scaling the approach in other countries around the world. Jake shared a number of fascinating insights about the power of data to unlock transform...
Urban Safety & Collective Responsibility - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #3
October 27, 2020 10:23 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBIn this episode, three partners working on the ‘Urban Safety Project’ in Myanmar – David Ney, Urban Specialist, Urban Safety at The Asia Foundation, Shoko Sakuma - Program Manager at Women for the World and Lumin Lwin, Project Coordinator at Thibi – tell us how they are combining community-generated data with simple technological solutions designed around the needs of township technocrats, to start new, inclusive conversations around community identity and collective responsibility. For the ...
Safe Journeys in Africa - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #2
October 27, 2020 10:11 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBIn this episode, Ayikai Poswayo, Programme Director of the award-winning School Area Road Safety Assessments and Improvements (SARSAI) at Amend, tells us the secrets to its successful evolution, impact and scale in delivering safe and healthy journeys for schoolchildren in cities across Africa, and how they are continuing to adapt, learn and innovate, including in recent response to COVID-19. For the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with...
Innovation for Strong Cities - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #1
October 27, 2020 09:54 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this mini-episode to launch the series, Christina Teichmann, who co-ordinates the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Strong Cities 2030 initiative, tells us how this global programme is connecting young politicians from cities around the world, why a partnership between city authorities and civil society organisations is so important, why innovation does not have to mean invention, and why case studies like those in this podcast series/report are vital for learning. For the Centre’s 2020 Report o...
Conversations on Inclusion: "Nothing about us without us".
October 20, 2020 14:28 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBListen to Acha Rita Agum, Disability and Inclusive Development Officer in Cameroon and Dominique Schlupkothen, Director of Community Based Inclusive Development at CBM, interviewed by Nihal Helmy from the International Civil Society Centre. In this episode, they reflect on the importance of inclusion and how CBM is empowering local communities to have their own voice and advocate for themselves. Learn about the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and how they are ensuring their po...
World YWCA at #GlobalPerspectives2020: Using privilege for change
October 09, 2020 12:59 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBListen to Suchi Gaur, Ph.D, Director of Global Engagement and Impact, and Caterina Lemp Bitsacopoulos, Senior Specialist in Movement Building, interviewed by Nihal Helmy from the International Civil Society Centre. World YWCA is a voluntary based, grassroots and diverse movement that connects and mobilizes the power of millions of women across the world. Learn how living in patriarchy motivates one to empower the new generations of women and to make space for them. Join the Global Perspecti...
Breaking the cycle of poverty and disability
October 02, 2020 13:20 - 9 minutes - 8.56 MBCBM Global works hard to transform lives and build inclusive communities for people living with disabilities in the underrepresented and marginalised communities around the world. Listen to David Bainbridge, Executive Director for disability and inclusion at CBM Global interviewed by Nihal Helmy. Thirty years of experience help David to deal with the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemics, which has a disproportionate impact on the poor and those with disabilities. In collaboration ...
#GlobalPerspectives2020, Gender inclusion policy in Care International
August 26, 2020 13:18 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBOne of the most important topics at Global Perspectives 2020 will be gender diversity and women leadership. Join our host Nihal Helmy who interviews Kassie McIlvaine and Esther Watts from Care International. Kassie McIlvaine works as a Program Quality - Deputy Regional Director West Africa and Esther Watts as a Country Director at CARE Ethiopia. Addressing staffing ratios and power dynamics in their own organization was worth it despite the challenges in the implementation of diversity polic...
#GlobalPerspectives2020: Everyone deserves to be given a voice
August 26, 2020 13:18 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBOne of the most important topics at Global Perspectives 2020 will be gender diversity and female leadership. Join our host Nihal Helmy who interviews Kassie McIlvaine and Esther Watts from Care International. Kassie McIlvaine works as a Program Quality - Deputy Regional Director West Africa and Esther Watts as a Country Director at CARE Ethiopia. Addressing staffing ratios and power dynamics in their own organization was worth it despite the challenges in the implementation of diversity poli...
#GlobalPerspectives2020 preview, in conversation with World Vision International
August 12, 2020 13:38 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBA conversation about eradicating violence against women, Global Perspectives as safe space for important civil society discussions and exploring this year’s topic “A Passion for Inclusion” Join our host Nihal Helmy who interviews Brenda Wanjiku Kariuki from World Vision International. They touch upon the problem of increased violence against women and children during the pandemic. However, they also talk about the progress made by Brenda and her colleagues to achieve their goals. You are i...
Being a leader during COVID-19
July 07, 2020 21:40 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBWhat does it mean to lead during times of crisis, live the Coronavirus outbreak? In a joint podcast with Together with Tosca Bruno-Van Vijfeijken we speak with civil society professionals about this question, and others, we posed at our recent event Leading Together. The podcast focusses on looking ahead to the event with our ED Wolfgang Jamann, then interviews with two participants about the event, Aïda Rehouma, World YWCA and Jayanta Bora, Plan International and then concludes with some an...
Sharing is caring: #SolidarityPlaybook case studies
May 07, 2020 09:41 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBLearn how civil society organisations and coalitions are developing resilience and showing solidarity in response to undue scrutiny and clampdowns. Producer: Julia Pazos Links Solidarity Playbook: Discover and Learn from our Pilot Case Studies - https://icscentre.org/2020/04/22/solidarity-playbook-case-studies/ Solidarity Action Netowrk (SANE) - https://icscentre.org/our-work/solidarity-playbook/ Case Studies on Coalition Responses Civilizáció (Civilisation): Coalition-building to fight ...
Understanding megatrends’ impact on civil society’s work – Oxfam GB
April 27, 2020 10:30 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBMini Series: Exploring the Interconnectedness of Global Trends Mini-series – Episode 2 Irene Guijt and Filippo Artuso, Research and Publishing Team Oxfam GB, share insights and discuss their findings of a yearlong mapping of global megatrends Producer: Julia Pazos Links Global Megatrends: Mapping the forces that affect us all: https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/620942/dp-global-megatrends-mapping-forces-affect-us-all-310120-en.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yOxfam F...
Shifting power in international civil society organisations
March 26, 2020 18:56 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB"Power Shift" within international civil society organisations (ICSOs) is topic of growing importance. Who has power? Who can exercise it? How does it work? In conversation, Ed Boswell, Co-Founder and CEO at Conner Advisory and Wolfgang Jamann, Executive Director of the International Civil Society Centre look at power concerning ICSOs' governance. The two recently led our “Power Shift Lab” on the subject of PowerShift in ICSOs. The lab invited leaders from ICSOs organisations to analyse po...
Business Sector Insights from Foresight - Axa Insurance
March 05, 2020 20:10 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBMini Series: Exploring the Interconnectedness of Global Trends Mini-series – Episode 1 Cécile Wendling, Group Head of Security Strategy, Threat Anticipation and Research at Axa shares her insights about Axa’s foresight work. Find out about its importance to their work and their “Foresight Trendbook” Producer: Julia Pazos Links International Civil Society Centre website – www.icscentre.org Scanning the Horizon https://icscentre.org/our-work/scanning-the-horizon/ axa Foresight Trendbook 201...
Global China strategies for civil society organisations
February 05, 2020 13:12 - 30 minutes - 28 MBThis podcast focuses on findings from our Civil Society Sector Guide on the growing global influence of China, summarising key themes, implications and recommendations to better prepare international civil society organisations for this major global trend. The guide was produced as part of our Scanning the Horizon work. Producer: Julia Pazos Links Scanning the Horizon Sector Guide #1: “Strengthening the adaptive and collaborative capacity of internationally-operating civil society organis...
Can humour fix the world?
October 28, 2019 23:20 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBCreative and humourous campaigning can capture public attention and imagination on serious and complex issues. The overall effect is to shine a light and make more accessible complex issues. International Civil Society Centre website – www.icscentre.org Innovation Report www.icscentre.org/InnovationReport The Yes Men https://theyesmen.org/about Made with support by Heinrich Böll Stiftung https://www.boell.de/en/startpage
Can understanding psychology help rise above populism?
October 27, 2019 22:40 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBUnderstanding how audiences interpret and react to populist and civil society messages. Laura Ligouri from Mindbridge explains how integrating neuroscience and psychology learnings can help civil society organization innovate their messages to engage and persuade new audiences. International Civil Society Centre website – www.icscentre.org Innovation Report www.icscentre.org/InnovationReport Mindbridge - https://mindbridgecenter.org/ How the brain works in relation to human rights https:/...