Locally-led Action Toolkit

The purpose of this tool is to map the partners and stakeholders involved in a project or program and reflect critically on who you understand to be “local” or “external”.

• Scene Setting: Depending on the group of people you are using this toolkit with, you may want to start with a stimulus activity, or scene setting exercise. This could include reading or watching a resource from the Locally Led Action Resource Hub and discussing the key messages, how participants feel about the messages, and what they mean for your organisation and work.
• Orientation to the Locally Led Action Continuum: Introduce the Locally Led Action Continuum to the group. You may want to discuss issues such as:
  • The value in moving from a more externally-led approach to a more locally-led approach.
  • What people’s initial thoughts are on who “local actors” and “external actors” are in your operational context.
  • What people’s initial thoughts are on where your organisation’s approach currently sits

• Facilitation Suggestion: As a group, first write each partner/stakeholder on a piece of paper, then move them around on the floor or wall to order them – this may be easier and more conducive to discussion than sitting around a piece of paper.
• Facilitation Suggestion: Each participant could do this as an individual activity first, then come together to compare your maps, and see where the differences are and work towards a consensus position. Alternatively, you could split the group up and each sub-groups map a particular program and project, then come back together, note and discuss any differences, and work towards consistency across projects.

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