Innovation for Change (I4C) is a global network of people and organizations who connect, partner, and learn together to defend and strengthen civic space and overcome restrictions to our fundamental freedoms of assembly, association, and expression.
When I4C was conceptualised, 6 co-design workshops took place in 4 months. The outcomes led to the creation of our various regional hubs and respective work areas. What followed was 5 years of intense and targeted interventions to strengthen civic space in different contexts across the global south. Our activities, methodologies and lessons are captured in I4C’s first-ever report.
Read MoreThe idea for Innovation for Change began in 2015 as a response to worsening trends affecting civic space and civil society in the Global South. Today, it is a global network of thousands of individuals and organisations working together regionally and across the world to find new solutions to civic space restrictions and mitigate donor reliance to implement these.
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