How might we dis­rupt colonial/traditional per­cep­tions of capac­i­ty, knowl­edge and exper­tise, rather than per­pet­u­at­ing the nar­ra­tive of the North doing capac­i­ty build­ing ‘to’ south­ern civ­il soci­ety?

The Decolonis­ing Advi­so­ry Com­mu­ni­ty is a dig­i­tal plat­form and a cat­a­lyst for col­lab­o­ra­tive change that brings togeth­er a com­mu­ni­ty of experts on var­i­ous aspects of decoloni­sa­tion, and civ­il soci­ety organ­i­sa­tions that are com­mit­ted to change how they work.

The RINGO inno­va­tion emerged as a response to the need for dis­man­tling colo­nial and tra­di­tion­al par­a­digms with­in the devel­op­ment sys­tem and seeks to ensure that local and nation­al actors are in the dri­ving seat of this change. It focus­es on the unequal pow­er dynam­ics, knowl­edge hier­ar­chies, and capac­i­ty imbal­ances with­in the sec­tor.