Book Presentation MCLD – We Power Our Own Change: Community-Led Development in Practice

• Date: 04 September
• Time: 15:00 - 16:30
• Location: Online

Join us for a timely conversation on the future of development—rooted in community leadership and local knowledge. To celebrate the launch of their new book, We Power Our Own Change, Gunjan Veda and other co-editors will lead a discussion on how community-driven development is challenging dominant, top-down narratives in global development and why it is the way forward.

About the session

What is Community-led Development, how does it work and why is community-driven impact the way forward for the future of our sector?

Partos invites the Movement for Community-Led Development (MCLD) to present their recent book: Community-led Development in Practice: We Power our Own Change. Drawing on insights from 30 international contributors from a range of organizations, the book centers non-Western, locally-led solutions that hold powerful lessons for development practitioners, funders, students and academics. It focuses on the “how to” of community led development.

As Official Development Assistance (ODA) continues to decline, it is more urgent than ever to foster self-sustaining local development ecosystems that reflect the priorities and lived experiences of communities themselves. This event situates the book within these “post-ODA” conversations—highlighting why the future of development is community-led.

The editors, Gunjan Veda and Elene Cloete will be joined by chapter contributors from around the world, who will share practical strategies from their work on operationalising community-led development as showcased in the book.