New resourcing models to shift power and amplify community impact

Catalyzing change to achieve the SDGs requires creative new funding models that empower and strengthen local civil society to drive community-based development. Developing these new funding models requires a shift in thinking and practice: moving from investing in ‘outcomes’ to investing in people and processes. Shifting power to communities through new, equitable, and sustainable resourcing mechanisms necessitates deeper trust, mutual accountability, and risk-sharing. Drawing from the experience of the RINGO Project’s prototype on participatory grant-making and Radical Flexibility Fund’s approach to community-centered innovative finance for development, this creative session will take a deep dive into these new funding models and drive more collaboration in the ecosystem, especially from the funding sector.