What we do
What we do
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We seek to open up policymaking to different community voices. As a strong advocate for grass roots democracy, we support community research in the pursuit of concrete and lasting change by:
We seek to open up policymaking to different community voices. As a strong advocate for grass roots democracy, we support community research in the pursuit of concrete and lasting change by:
Empowering communities to better engage in policymaking.
Working with communities to build their capacity to generate alternative forms of understanding about peoples’ everyday lives.
Embracing ways of working that advance social and environmental justice.
Valeria preparing for a community workshop
Vision
Vision
Our vision is to become a leading contributor to the development of open and democratic policy processes. We will achieve this by bringing together lived experience and technical knowledge in novel ways that empower communities and build socially and environmentally just ways of living.
Mission
Mission
We aim to open-up and democratise community research. We do this by empowering communities to better engage in policymaking.
By working with communities, we build their capacity to generate alternative forms of understandings about people’s everyday lives.
We embrace ways of working that advance social and environmental justice. We seek to pursue concrete and real change.
Values
Values
We are driven by:
Strong commitment to working with all communities
Constructive and reflective dialogues and exchange with diverse voices
Multiple forms of knowledge
Collective learning with others
Openness and inclusion
Multiple histories, geographies and identities of places
Respect for our natural environment and our close relationship with nature
Non-extractive approaches of working, which foreground mutual benefit and long-term and committed partnerships
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