Red Colaborar

Ejecución:  2020- 2025

Lugar: América Latina y el Caribe

Participantes:

Organizaciones sociales de América Latina y el Caribe

Aliados:
Interamerican Foundation

Red Colaborar

En convenio con la IAF (Interamerican Foundation), entidad estadounidense que brinda recursos económicos a organizaciones de la sociedad civil en Latinoamérica y el Caribe para el desarrollo de la región, se lleva a cabo el proyecto RedColaborar. Este proyecto busca construir una comunidad con estas organizaciones que vibre, aprenda, intercambie y cree en conjunto para el desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe. Se espera que esta comunidad este conformada por aproximadamente 2000 miembros.

Componentes

1. Diagnóstico para conocer las necesidades y expectativas de los futuros integrantes de la comunidad;
2. Construcción de un modelo de comunidad colaborativa basado en el Community Canvas, a través de la realización de talleres de co-creación para elaborarlo de la mano de los actores relevantes
3. Diseño y desarrollo de una plataforma como canal de la comunidad
4. Gestión de la comunidad y de los contenidos asociados
5. Lanzamiento y consolidación de la plataforma.

Logros

  • Más de 2.000 people belonging to 900 social organizations in Latin America have participated in more than 50 events, including experiences and rituals (coffee meetings, master classes, collective activities, fairs, leadership meetings), allowing the community to connect, exchange learning, and interact, influencing the development of the participating organizations’ skills.
  • Support in strengthening 5 learning communities with more than 120 active participants, dedicated to deepening topics of community interest such as Community Resilience, Community Philanthropy, Social Inclusion, Agroecology, and Peacebuilding.
  • More than 667 people from 350 organizations are registered on the www.redcolaborar.org platform. 1 platform in operation with more than 350 pieces of content, facilitating community interaction with valuable content for their competency development
  • More than 34 community leaders from 17 organizations in 9 countries have participated in co-creation spaces and leaders’ meetings.
  • There is an 80% progress in consolidating the network’s community model, designing its identity, experiences, and structure, facilitating and helping manage internal processes.
  • Implementation of the second edition of the “Re-connection” Fair, co-created with the community, including formative, interactive, and relationship-building spaces for the 320 participants. The fair included an academic, cultural, and social agenda to share and connect within the RedColaborar community.
  • Physical strengthening of the community through the first in-person meeting of community leaders with the participation of 20 Red members. Experiences and rituals: Management of previously co-created RedColaborar events:
  • Mapping: co-creation space to define how an organizational directory can be built to facilitate relationships among Red members.
  • Repository: co-creation space to define the virtual library that will house resources and training materials for Red organizations.
  • Solidarity time: one-to-one exchanges or specific consultations between organizations on topics relevant to the work of donor partners.
  • Coffee meetings: space to build friendships, share, and get to know community members through interviews, dynamics, and integration activities.
  • Annual Fair: space for training and networking among Red member organizations.
  • Webinars and workshops: training space where an external or internal expert provides knowledge and reflections on topics prioritized by donor partners in the Diagnosis phase.