From global to local: CDAC Network’s 2022–2027 Strategy
Read the CDAC Network 2022–2027 Strategy in full
Humanitarian crises are changing: they’re becoming more frequent, often more intense and the politics concerning response more complex, while the competition for funding has escalated. The technologies we are using to communicate with and engage communities are both advancing and fragmenting, with online and digitally connected communities stratifying and distorting traditional social structures.
One thing has remained steadfast: the desire of communities served by humanitarian action to have control over their futures and to participate in decisions made in their name.
Since its inception, the CDAC Network has brought together local, regional and global actors to catalyse the ability of communities to connect, communicate and access the information they need in a crisis. Our 2022–2027 Strategy doubles down on our efforts to put power back into the hands of communities and to reverse the focus of humanitarian and development decision-making from global to local.
The mission of the CDAC Network has not changed. But information alone, while critical, does not address the pressing need to shift the loci of power from the global north to the local community, to equip ground-level leadership in communication, community engagement and accountability (CCEA), and to drive a recognition that expertise cannot be decoupled from context.
The world we want to see
Our vision is that communities will have the information and resources they need to determine their own solutions and be central stakeholders in humanitarian and development decision-making.
The Network’s plan for achieving this vision is underpinned by four strategic aims.
Strategic aims
Enable local drivers of CCEA by supporting efforts to place national governments, local civil society, local communities and private sector actors at the centre of CCEA initiatives.
Provide a strategic global voice for inclusive CCEA through championing local and national approaches within the international aid system.
Responsibly leverage CCEA digital technologies, including fostering efforts to democratise digital access and advocating for responsible use of technology.
Sustain and grow CDAC’s impact to ensure the Network has a sustainable foundation of support in order to expand its reach to more communities.
A focus on intentional inclusion
A focus on intentional inclusion runs through our 2022–2027 Strategy. CDAC is uniquely positioned to advance an approach to CCEA that contributes to greater inclusion of diverse people and entities in decision-making and practice. We want to ensure that inclusion is central to CCEA planning, advocacy, debate, research and policy.