Our Regional Coordinators in Africa, Asia, and Latin America – in coordination with the Community Resource Exchange Facilitators – build power at the regional level with local, national and regional groups by strengthening capacities and coordinating advocacy around development finance and human rights.
Examples of activities include:
- capacity exchanges for grassroots organizations and allies to hold development financiers accountable;
- gatherings to strategize, mobilize and organize campaigns on regional development banks like the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and InterAmerican Development Bank;
- outreach to potential partners and recruiting them into our mission;
- cross-regional research and advocacy on global issues such as the Just Energy Transition.
Africa
CRE Call for Proposals – Africa
[Please note that this call for proposals is now closed]
The Community Resource Exchange (CRE) invites communities from Africa to submit ...
Centering Community Voices in Just Energy Development: Reflections on the 2026 Alternative Mining Indaba
In this blog, our interns Masande Sigebu and Alessandra Thunde share their reflections on the 2026 Alternative Mining Indaba and some of the ...
When small drops shift power
In this blog, we share some key takeaways from a cross-regional learning exchange organized by the Community Resource Exchange, focused on ...
UNDP-funded project in Sierra Leone leads to land-grabbing, violence and criminalization of local activists
In Sierra Leone, a UNDP-funded project has led to a series of appalling human rights violations, including the death of a two-day old baby, ...
Amplifying Local Voices: Our Coalition’s Member Jamaa Resource Initiatives joins the EBRD CSO Steering Committee
In this blog, our Coalition's member Maurice Ouma Odhiambo (Jamaa Resource Initiatives, Kenya) explains why he joined the CSO EBRD Committee and ...
AfDB CSOs Working Group newsletter – February 2026
Welcome to the new edition of our African Development Bank (AfDB) CSO Working Group newsletter!
The future we want: voices from African mining-affected communities
In this page, you can read a short profile of the communities who participated in our collective multimedia exhibition at the 2026 Alternative ...
Strengthening safeguard accountability through community engagement in the Gambia
In this blog, our CRE collaborator Open Society Platform The Gambia shares how they are strengthening safeguard accountability through community ...
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Latin America
IDB 2026 Annual Meetings
Some highlights from the participation of the Working Group on the IDB at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in ...
Press Release: Organizations and Communities Demand Respect for Rights at the IDB Annual Meeting in Asunción
El Grupo de Trabajo sobre el BID se prepara para incidir en la Asamblea Anual del BID 2026 en Asunción, Paraguay.
Restricted Participation: Recent Trends in Latin America that Undermine the Right to Participation in the Context of Development Projects
This brief, co-created with members and partners in LAC, highlights recent trends in Latin America that undermine the right to participation in ...
Berta Cáceres, 10 Years of Hope
Ten years after the planting of Berta Cáceres, the Coalition for Human Rights in Development joins COPINH in honoring her life and struggle.
The dark side of green hydrogen & community resistance in Chile and Uruguay
From Chile to Uruguay, green hydrogen is being promoted as the “magic wand” capable of simultaneously solving the region’s energy crisis, ...
Position paper: Collective Demands on Community-Led Development in the Framework of the Just Energy Transition
In this position paper, Coalition members and partners articulate their key demands for a community-led approach to the just energy transition.
Webinar on Challenges and Possibilities for Documenting Harmful Human Rights Impacts
Recording of a webinar on methodologies and platforms that support communities in generating evidence to defend their territories and rights.
COP30 and the People’s Summit
Learn about the activities that the Coalition is supporting and organizing on the road to COP30 in Belém, toward a truly just energy transition ...
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Asia and Caucasus
Pakistan’s Indigenous Torwali people are fighting to save the Swat River
In Pakistan, Indigenous Torwali people are fighting to save the Swat River and opposing a proposed World Bank-funder hydropower project, amid ...
Human rights concerns around development finance-backed Reko Diq mining project in Balochistan
The Reko Diq mining project in Balochistan (Pakistan) has been exacerbating risks for human rights defenders, fueling conflict and insecurity, ...
ADB 2026 Annual Meeting
On May 3-6, 2026, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held its Annual Meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It has been over a decade since the bank ...
Конкурс проектов CRE — Азиатско-Тихоокеанский регион, Центральная Азия и Южный Кавказ
Организация «Community Resource Exchange» (CRE) приглашает сообщества из стран Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона, Центральной Азии и Южного ...
CRE Call for Proposals – Asia-Pacific, Central Asia, and the South Caucasus
* This page is also available in Russian here / Эта страница также доступна на русском языке здесь *
The Community Resource Exchange (CRE) ...
Unmasking the Hypocrisy Behind Kazakhstan NGO Foreign Funding Law
In Kazakhstan, foreign capital is celebrated as a driver of progress by the state, while foreign-funded civil society is painted as a threat.
ADB’s New Approach to Mining Risks Fueling Conflict
Across Asia, a new rush for “critical minerals” is intensifying conflict, repression, and militarization in resource-rich territories. Framed as ...
When small drops shift power
In this blog, we share some key takeaways from a cross-regional learning exchange organized by the Community Resource Exchange, focused on ...
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