Purpose

The purpose of this tool is to brainstorm the actions your organisation could take to become more locally led.


Facilitation

  • Stimulus resources. To help generate ideas about what your organisation could do to become more locally led, you may want to spend some time looking through stimulus resources including:
    • ACFID’s Locally Led Action Resource Hub
    • This has curated resources, including those that suggests actions organisations can take in each of the 9 Domains.
    • Practice Examples
    • Within the Resource Hub are short practice examples from ACFID members of how they have advanced their locally led action in specific Domains.

  • Sphere of Control vs Sphere of Influence
    • Sphere of Control. These actions are those that your organisation can make decisions about, and have a significant level of control over.
    • Sphere of Influence. These actions are those that an organisation can not directly implement. Some organisations work in networks or federations that they may have certain processes, policies and ways of working – but the organisation can have influence by providing suggestions, lobbying, or starting conversations. Many organisations also work within systems and processes that are larger than themselves (eg DFAT funding requirements) that may limit what is in an organisation’s control to change, but there may be ways these stakeholders can be lobbied or changed over time.

  • Blue sky thinking. At this point, include ideas that are not limited by current practices and beliefs. You will analyse the actions later, and decide which ones to action, so don’t limit ideas at this point.
  • Suggestion: Sticky Notes. It may work well to write action ideas on sticky notes. This will enable you to easily move them around as a group in the next prioritisation activity.

Instructions

  1. Chose the next assessment point. Decide when you would like to reassess your organisation. A suggestion is in 18 months time, as that will allow enough time to implement some action items, however it may be a shorter or longer period.
  2. Brainstorm actions that would help your organisation be more locally led. These should be divided into actions that are in your direct sphere of control, and those that are directed at your sphere of influence.
  3. Forecast where your organisation could be on the Continuum. Estimate, if you were to implement the actions listed, where would you rate yourself at the next assessment point for this Domain.
  4. Map the potential shift in Locally Led Practice on the Spiderweb diagram. Over the top of the Spiderweb diagram you made in the last step (of your current practice), map where your organisation could potentially be at the next assessment point. This will give you a clearer view of which Domains you could potentially shift more in, and those that there may be less potential change. This will help you prioritise which actions you do take up in the next step, and which domains you will focus your efforts on.


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