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
How renewable projects in Kenya are replicating the same mistakes of the fossil fuel industry
From oil activities to renewables, development projects in Turkana county (Kenya) continue being imposed without the consent and participation ...
In Egypt, the EU and development banks keep financing the regime despite serious human rights violations
In Egypt, fear of repression prevents HRDs and CSOs from safely voicing their concerns about development projects. Yet, DFIs and the EU continue ...
From Nigeria to Uganda, oil-affected communities are standing up for climate justice
In October, over 100 climate activists gathered in Nigeria for the Niger Delta climate change conference. In this blog, one of our CRE partners ...
Kenya: Nightmare at Bamburi Farm
In Kenya’s Denyenye village, local community stands up against Swiss-based cement company Holcim and US-owned security company G4S.
AfDB CSOs Working Group newsletter – October 2024
Welcome to the first edition of the quarterly African Development Bank (AfDB) CSO Working Group newsletter!
A Tale of a Defender in Development
In this blog, human rights defender Aryampa Brighton shares how he gave up a more traditional legal career to join the collective struggle to ...
Ony’s blog: Why I Joined the Coalition
In this blog, our new Africa Regional Coordinator Ony Soa Ratsifandrihamanana explains why she joined the Coalition and shares some key ...
Opinion: Why we cannot celebrate the World Bank’s 80-year anniversary
This July, the World Bank Group celebrates its 80th anniversary. But for women and communities across the Global South there is nothing to celebrate.
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Latin America
Highlights from our work in Latin America in 2023-2024
In this infographic, we outline some key strategies, achievements and lessons learned from our collective work in Latin America in 2023-2024.
Communities in the Salar of Hombre Muerto celebrate Argentine court’s ruling to suspend new lithium mining permits
With a landmark ruling, on March 14 an Argentine court suspended the issuance of new lithium mining permits in the area of the Salar del Hombre ...
Civil society representatives make their voices heard at the IDB Group Annual Meetings
Representatives of around 30 environmental and human rights organizations and affected communities from Latin America, that are part of the IDB ...
Too good to be true:the true cost ofgreen hydrogen in Chile
For the local Indigenous Chango communities in northern Chile, the arrival of green hydrogen is only the last drop in a long history of ...
Our work in Latin America on climate justice issues in 2023
In this infographic, we present some of the working groups and advocacy spaces where in 2023 we have built relationships and advanced our ...
Civil society meets with IDB President to strenghten dialogue and address challenges in the region
On November 10, 25 civil society organizations from Latin America that are part of the IDB Working Group met with the president of the ...
Civil Society Organizations Make Recommendations to the Draft of the IDB’s Access to Information Policy
A group of CSOs from Latin America and the United States sent a letter to the Inter-American Development Bank to present 15 recommendations for ...
Progress in Collective Work With Members and Allies in Latin America: Roadmap
Check this roadmap to learn about the collective work of the Coalition's members in Latin America, the progress so far on the objectives we had ...
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Asia and Caucasus
In Solidarity with Georgian Civil Society and the people of Georgia
In this letter, 100 civil society organizations from around the world express solidarity with Georgian people and civil society organizations, ...
Can there be a fair remedy for the harm inflicted on Indigenous Peoples?
In this blog, we explore what justice and remedy means for Indigenous communities across Asia, what are the key challenges they're facing while ...
Tala’s blog: Why I joined the Coalition
In this blog, our Asia Regional Coordinator Tala Batangan shares about why she joined the Coalition and what have been the key highlights of her ...
Rogun dam: how development banks are ignoring violations of civic freedoms in Tajikistan
In Tajikistan, some of the major development banks – under a scheme orchestrated by the World Bank – are getting involved in financing the ...
Azerbaijan: criminalization of anti-corruption activist Gubad Ibadoghlu
In Azerbaijan, amid widespread human rights violations, human rights defenders who expose corruption or demand accountability in the oil and gas ...
Criminalization of climate leaders in Vietnam
While negotiating and rolling out an international agreement on just energy transition with several DFIs and governments, the Vietnamese ...
Reprisals against labour rights defenders in Uzbekistan
In Uzbekistan, several DFIs are financing the cotton company Indorama Agro, despite reprisals against workers, union members and human rights ...
Joint Statement Urging World Bank Action on Cambodian Civil Society Reprisals
In recent months, there has been a worrying escalation in the Cambodian government’s repression of critical voices. This has included attacks on ...
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