The Importance of Strategic Thinking for Grassroots Organising in Africa
Grassroots organising has become an indispensable catalyst for social change in Africa. Political organising continues to fail to deliver development dividends citizens are therefore, more than ever eager to invest in nurturing power through constituency building in a quest to identify their problems and sustainable solutions.
This process has enabled community citizens through grassroots organisations to also recognise community members and local government institutions that could make those durable solutions possible, engaging with those targets through negotiation, confrontation, and pressure, and developing the capacity to take on further problems in these uncertain times.
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About the author
Charles Kojo Vandyck is a dynamic development practitioner and thought leader who is driving transformative change within civil society. As a Founding Member of the prestigious International Consortium on Closing Civic Space (iCon), spearheaded by the renowned Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Charles is at the forefront of transforming citizen participation worldwide. With positions as a Trustee of INTRAC and an Advisory Board Member of Disrupt Development, he is shaping the future from Oxford to Amsterdam. Charles's remarkable contributions continue as a Core Team Member of the game-changing Reimagining INGOs (RINGO) initiative and as the Head of the Capacity Development Unit at the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI). Recognised by the Development Studies Association, Charles is also a certified Change the Game Academy Master Trainer and an IFC-Learning and Performance Institute Trainer. Prepare to be inspired by Charles as he paves the way for a more resilient, sustainable, and empowered civil society.