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National funds leadership

Political understanding

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need someone to join with me

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3 strategic updates:

working on prioritizing what they want to do together as a region how to advocate in philantropic spaces and messaging- what conversations need to happen

Prioritizing the comms strategy how they will implement it, what is the conneciton with Prospera implementation plan?

collaborations in terms of redistribution of resources and mobilizing more resources to the region in a collective and political way. Seeing the added value of being in collaborative advocacy spaces as part of Prospera INWF. San Francisco, Edge, Wings

Key upcoming moments:

Comms strategy- FF project implementation phase

Mapping and participation in philantropic global and regional spaces-messaging from LATAM (CSW, HRFN, others?)

In person meeting in May (week of the 13th in Bogotá)

Supporting them in prioritizing topics of discussion and what they want to learn/share/collaborate (responding to crisis , ET transitions, leadership models)

Challenges/tensions

LATAM engagement to the network

In which collaboration they show together as a chapter and when not- what is their political vision (updating MoU) as Alianza and how to navigate this discussions, possible tensions

How they will engage into the implementation plan in a meaningful way

New board member from the region

Onboarding and participation of other LATAM members in different spaces (FF, FLAC)

to create a clear roadmap, workplan for them

Leadership transitions/models

Political context situation in LATAM

Support from the team:

strategizing around data, research that can help them to better understand what they do together and how they can better show up this externally

strategizing better around comms( Kika has been supporting the region in this)

Having more clarity around advocacy work we are doing at the Prospera level, understanding philantropic trends globally and in the region so I can share that information with them, but also engage them into conversations about this

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Potential the region has to mobilize, respond to crisis 

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Potential the region has to mobilize, respond to crisis 

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The Chapter’s recent conversation and engagement with Eugenie and Maria, representatives from the French Ministry of Europe & Foreign affairs on possible funding through FSOF for the upcoming year

Plans to hold a space at CSW or HRFN next year & (Continuous process) Mapping out strategic influencing spaces for the region to show up in [ CSW / HRFN / AWID / APF / APN ]

To jointly undertake a polycrisis analysis on the continent

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XOESE Francophone Feminist Forum & the opportunity for Africa & MENA chapter to host a conversation around feminist funding for the francophone feminist movement.

HRFN 2024 - and the possibility for the region to utilize the already-existing data (e.g. the latest data trends reported data) to showcase the impact of feminist funding in support of feminist movements in Africa & MENA.

AWDF - ‘Mapping where’s the money for feminist movements in Africa’ - the output of this mapping will support the region’s strategic influence for more & better resources for feminist movements. - (the opportunity to link this mapping with the polycrises analysis to continue making the case for feminist funding to the region.

Final Africa & MENA Region Herstory

Prospera Biennial in Zanzibar - the visibility of WFFs in the region as part of a broader funding ecosystem.

Prospera Gender, Environment & Climate Summit in Zanzibar - the opportunity to have so many donors ‘in the room’ and showcase the work of WFFs in Africa / MENA & mobilize resources for climate justice work led by the eco-feminist movements in the region.

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Polycrises / the volatility of the Africa / MENA context

Constantly having to operate in a situation that could change drastically any time

Power dynamic within the region / how the conversation around the politics of resources has helped in dismantling those power dynamics

More accompaniment for the newer funds (eg Jumuiya WF)

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More support in data analysis to accompany the region’s strategic influencing agenda

More support in developing a robust communications strategy to support the Africa & MENA Herstory in being a living document to keep making the case for more & better resources for the region

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1. 8mln in EU funding through collaborative proposals in the last 2 years

2. Still dealing with war and intense regional conflicts in Armenia and recently with Serbia- Kosovo as well as far right Rising throughout the region with border narratives across many countries

3. Losing funding from OSF and mainly relying on Chanel, oak and FJS for foundation funding

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Anti white supremacy workshops and 6 month régional workplan

Another panel at the european parliament in March

HRFN Ariadne and Philea forum in the region, planning strategic panels and presence

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Advocacy

National funds (resource flow)

Transitiona

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csw

Avpn

Awid

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1. Met through zoom for the first time in 2023. Interested in still working together

2. Need to connect over common struggles e.g. financial restrictions in specific geographies, thematic conversations

3. Collective advocacy although not centralised enough

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In person meeting to be planned around CSW

CSW

Work plan implementation