Posts by Shally Baloch
Building Civic Resilience: From Insight to Action
At this year’s UNGA, Accountability Lab, Ban Ki-moon Foundation, Civic Strength Partners, and UNDP convened leaders from civil society, philanthropy, and multilateral and development organizations. We met to shift the conversation about civil society’s future from diagnosis to actionable steps that strengthen the ecosystems we work in and proactively build resilient civic infrastructure. We asked…
Read MoreBridging the gap: Why inclusion is the work, not the afterthought
In conversations around governance and democracy, I’ve been struck by how inclusion continues to emerge as both a challenge and a catalyst for change. From the International Democracy Day (IDD) Conference in Brussels to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit in Vitoria-Gasteiz, one theme was consistently reaffirmed for me: young people are not just the…
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