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
UN experts raise alarm over reprisals against Lifeline Nehemiah Projects (LNP) linked to a UNDP-funded project in Sierra Leone
United Nations human rights experts have formally raised concerns with the Government of Sierra Leone over the arbitrary detention, judicial ...
From community-led land stewardship to Indigenous water systems: stories of community-led development in Kenya’s geothermal sites
From community-led land stewardship to Indigenous water systems: in this blog, Charlize Tomaselli shares a series stories of community-led ...
Lost in Translation: Reflections from the AfDB CSO Working Group Engagements at the Bank’s 61st Annual Meetings
Dozens of CSOs joined the AfDB’s 61st Annual Meetings in May to demand accountability, stronger safeguards and meaningful participation. Once ...
Uganda: the community struggle that stopped a forest from becoming a city
In January 2026, the communities living near the Kitubulu Central Forest Reserve in Uganda celebrated a victory: after months of mobilization, ...
AfDB’s Role in Kenya’s Geothermal Expansion
Kenya's geothermal expansion is often praised as a model for Africa’s clean energy future and the AfDB is heavily investing in this sector. Yet, ...
AfDB Newsletter – May 2026
Welcome to the new edition of our African Development Bank (AfDB) CSO Working Group newsletter!
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 ...
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Latin America
‘Latin America is already green’: Crafting collective responses in the face of an expanding hydrogen industry
The Community of Action Group on Hydrogen, an initiative of the CRE, met in Santiago, Chile, to strengthen joint strategies to address the ...
Santa Marta – advocating for a truly just transition led by local communities
In April, the Coalition was in Santa Marta for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, where it took part in various ...
Between the “Green Desert” and Lithium: Quilombola Resistance in the Jequitinhonha Valley
Reflections and photos from the gathering held in the Jequitinhonha Valley at the end of April, organized by COQUIVALE (the Commission of ...
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, ...
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Asia and Caucasus
The EIB should think twice before funding the Rogun dam in Tajikistan
The Rogun Hydropower Project could displace 60,000 people and harm biodiversity and water security in Central Asia. The EIB should think twice ...
Reflections from the EBRD Annual Meetings:what does the Bank’s commitment to civil society really mean?
Refection from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)’s 2026 Annual Meeting in Riga, Latvia.
New report out: Financing the Transition, Silencing Defenders
Across Asia communities and human rights defenders who are resisting energy transition projects funded by development banks are facing growing ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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