Can you handle all this transparency?! More from The Aspen Institute and Hewlett Foundation Early lessons: Using a principles-based strategy to support local advocacy in Africa aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/ear…

Join us tomorrow for a lively debate about money, power, and “capacity development” in Africa’s civil society sector. with Stigmata Tenga @jmbeya Fatime Faye Coumba Toure. Hosted by The Aspen Institute Hewlett Foundation Register tinyurl.com/yyxzrb4b #philanthropy #ReimagineDevelopment

"Is 'capacity' or lack of it used as a smoke screen by funders to hide decisions?" - @jmbeya with Stigmata Tenga Fatime Faye Coumba Toure. Can funders and INGOs really shift power to African CSOs? Hosted by The Aspen Institute Hewlett Foundation #CSOsmoneyandpower #capacitybuilding

Has capacity been built due to the intervention of funders? Funders and intermediaries should exercise flexibility, understand local innovations and accept that local solutions could work better than their prescribed solutions. - @jmbeya #CSOsmoneyandpower

Capacity has been built due to the intervention of funders eg the women's writers' programme. However, we should not approach it from the mindset of a glass half-full by all the parties. This will not work. - Stigmata Tenga #CSOsmoneyandpower

Funders must take into consideration that grassroots activists cannot always comply with their funding requirements. Local organizations and communities can be denied funding unfairly. Fatime Faye #CSOsmoneyandpower

Short-term project funding enslaves CSOs. It does not create empowered communities and CSOs but rather grant entrepreneurs who know how to apply for and report on grant after grant. - @jmbeya #CSOsmoneyandpower

Communities and CSOs in Africa are increasingly organizing to find local resources to carry out their work. Power will truly shift only when we can harness the power of bridge-building CSOs who can instil hope in marginalized communities. Stigmata Tenga #CSOsmoneyandpower

We (African CSOs) must use our own resources so we can claim our own agenda. Let's cherish our values of solidarity and Ubuntu. Charity begins at home. - Stigmata Tenga #CSOsmoneyandpower

Have a longer-term view of development funding. Get to know which are the local organizations that are able to manage funds on their own. The aim should be power-sharing not power ceding between funders and CSOs. @jmbeya #CSOsmoneyandpower

"Freeing up money is one practical example of how power can be shifted... this gives CSOs the room to be able to determine their priority needs, this way you build an organization rather than building a project..." ~@jmbeya

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Three lessons from successful #advocacy projects in the Global South ow.ly/yoWKg Hewlett Foundation David Devlin-Foltz

A shout-out from Nairobi for my The Aspen Institute colleagues and to Sam Daley-Harris for this morning's Aspen Evaluation Breakfast. Thanks, all