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2 March 2022 14:00-15:15 CET

Challenges to shifting the power

Power dynamics within the development sector have been under scrutiny for years and advocates for change have long called for the decolonization of aid. The emergence of movements for shifting the power, calling for community-led development and local ownership of development, have breathed new life into the debate. However, little progress has been made to change the structural inequalities between donors and recipients, and to shift the power to local stakeholders.

What are the challenges, dilemmas and contradictions when going from theory to practice? And how long can we wait for a real change in the development sector?

The Hunger Project Sweden and the Movement for Community-led Development invite you to a webinar where we will discuss these issues together with donors, INGOs and local NGOs. Welcome to a discussion on how development can be done differently, and how we can address the challenges and find solutions to shifting the power. 

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When? March 2nd, 2022 at 14.00-15.15 Stockholm (CET), 18.30 New Delhi (IST), 07.00 am Mexico City (CST)

Where? Via Zoom, a link will be sent to all registered participants.

Participants:

Moderators: Liinu Diaz Rämö,  Advocacy and Programs, The Hunger Project Sweden & Roberto Perez Baeza, Executive Coordinator, The Hunger Project Mexico.

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Speakers

Amra Levnjak
Program Officer, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Civil Society Unit

Amra Levnjak has worked at Sida’s Civil Society Unit as Program Officer for a year. The unit is responsible for questions concerning Civil Society Organizations at Sida. Before joining the unit, Amra has worked with international development cooperation and support for civil society at Sida and in places such as Serbia and Ukraine.

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Nixon Ochatre
Founder/Team Leader at Amani Initiative & Chairperson of Movement for Community-led Development Uganda

Nixon Ochatre is the Founder/Team Leader at Amani Initiative a Ugandan local organization that has dedicated it's efforts to prevent and respond to harmful practices against children and women through low cost high impact community-led solutions. Nixon is also the current Chairperson of the Movement for Community-Led Development Uganda Chapter and has specialized in grassroots organization management through adopting low-cost high impact community-led solutions.

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Gunjan Veda
Senior Manager for Global Collaborative Research and Public Policy at The Hunger Project Canada and the Movement for Community-led Development

Gunjan Veda is a Senior Manager for Global Collaborative Research and Public Policy at The Hunger Project Canada and the Movement for Community-Led Development, where she works on questions surrounding community leadership in development, the decolonization of aid, and conversations around #ShiftThePower. She has previously worked within the non-profit and government sectors in India, where she founded the online library IndiaReads, helped establish the non-profit WISH and was a policy-maker in the Indian Government’s Planning Commission.

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Eshban Kwesiga
Knowledge Weaving and Influencing Manager Uganda, The Global Fund for Community Foundations

Eshban Kwesiga, born in Uganda, has built experience applying deep systems thinking to an evolving development context. His early career was in the private sector during which he built on private sector assets to advance social justice work and to extend opportunities. His philosophy on development is premised on the idea that the forces of development are too complex, subtle, and insufficiently known to yield any simple and broad formulas. He has published on agriculture, macro-financial policy, feminism, energy, and governance. Eshban has experience advising development organizations and governments on creative solutions to complex challenges.

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Organized by

The Hunger Project Sverige@thehungerprojectse@thehungerprojectseinfo@thehungerproject.se
The Movement for Community-led Development@communityleddev@communityleddevadvocacy@mcld.org