We strengthen

We promote the institutional and professional development of CSOs through training, technical support, and access to resources.

Institutional Development

We work to strengthen organizational structures and professionalize the sector, seeking to collaborate in the development of CSO capacities through workshops, information, and the sharing of best practices, contributing to the creation of the tools necessary for their own development. To achieve this, it is necessary to build toward transparency and accountability through promotional campaigns, meetings, and collaborative tools. This point contributes to the legitimacy of organizations and is directly related to the notion of sustainability, both for RACI and for civil society.
TRAINING

training in strategic planning, access to international cooperation, communication and advocacy, project management.

STRENGTHENING

INSTITUTIONAL

review of manuals, structures, and procedures; role definition and operational improvement; scenario planning.

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RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

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  • Funds co-managed with embassies and international agencies (e.g., Canada Fund, Embassy of New Zealand).
  • Awards and special calls (e.g., BBVA Foundation).
  • Crowdfunding platforms such as GlobalGiving, with personalized guidance.
  • Donor landscaping: identification of funding sources to strengthen CSO sustainability.

INNOVATION

LABS

Innovation Labs are spaces for training and creative learning for organizations, fostering interconnection among different social actors. Through the co-creation of strategies that emerge from civil society representatives, with the support of other stakeholders, current challenges are analyzed and real, innovative solutions are sought. The methodology is based on Design Thinking principles and adapted to Latin American and Caribbean contexts. The aim is for participating CSO representatives to empathize and define the problem, then ideate possible solutions, and subsequently prototype social innovation projects, seeking the implementation of the winning project with a seed capital grant awarded at the end of the lab.

DIVERSITY AND

INCLUSION

Asimismo, en su compromiso con seguir profundizando en temáticas de Diversidades e Inclusión, RACI formó parte del Consejo Asesor (2019 y 2020) del grupo de trabajo sobre la Diversidad e Inclusión para la Creación de Redes y la Acción (DIGNA) de CIVICUS, cuyo objetivo principal es comprender, conceptualizar e identificar prácticas innovadoras sobre la adopción de la diversidad e inclusión en diferentes áreas, temáticas y modelos de trabajo. Al día de hoy RACI participa del espacio desde el grupo de incubación.

DEVELOPMENT OF

INSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURES

We actively participate in the development of institutional procedures that help establish a strategic and standardized framework for CSOs to use and replicate within each organization.

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STRATEGIC PLANNING

We support social organizations in shaping their planning process. Strategic Planning for Changing Scenarios is a core component of the process carried out between 2019 and 2020, and its results present the roadmap that RACI will follow over the next five years. These processes, together with the design of manuals, rules, and procedures, contribute to strengthening civil society through institutional development.

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