Comment le changement se produit

La manière dont chacun imagine que le changement se produit (histoire, sociétés) influence fortement nos stratégies pour l’action: comment influencer ou provoquer un changement souhaité

Nous ne sommes souvent pas conscients de nos propres modèles du changement et de ceux des autres, tout cela reste implicite

Expliciter nos « hypothèses d’impact » permet de les discuter avec nos partenaires (y compris les

principaux acteurs intéressés) de les vérifier (M&E) et de les adapter si nécessaire

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La société change par l’effet agrégé d'actions involontaires de millions d'individus, chacun cherchant à réaliser leur propre bonheur.

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La société change à travers les progrès des

connaissances et le développement technologique

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La société change à travers la transformation des croyances, idées et

valeurs

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La société change par l’action intentionnelle

collective

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La société change par la contestation

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Society changes through the unintended consequences of the aggregate action of millions of individuals each seeking to achieve their own happiness.

Strategy Creating an environment that enables all individuals to pursue their life choices, for example:

Providing basic human needs in education, health, water, shelter etc,

Ensuring security of livelihoods through social protection Implementing the rule of law to protect poor people from violence Ensuring access to information e.g. in minority languages/

community radio Legislation and institutional reforms removing barriers to

decent work

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Society changes through progress in knowledge and technological development

Strategy: Supporting universal access to knowledge and technological developments, for example:

Investing in economic infrastructure

Expanding access to formal education for girls and minority groups

Providing training in technical skills

Designing empowering and accessible technologies for those with disabilities

Bridging the digital divide8

Society changes through transformed beliefs, ideas and values

Strategy: Supporting those who are influencing/transforming ideas and values in society for greater social justice, for example:

Strengthening people’s sense of self worth through support to cultural activities such as street theatre, popular music, community radio and oral history

School text book materials challenging gender stereotypes

Technical support to political parties to expand diversity of candidates

Training front line workers to deliver services with respect

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Society changes through purposive collective action

Strategy: Supporting the mobilisation of poor and marginalised people, for example:

Trade unions for poorly paid and exploited labour

Grass roots women’s groups aimed at changing inequitable gender relations

Advocacy networks to challenge identity based inequalities

Deepening democracy approaches for example investment in citizen education

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Society changes through contestation

Strategy: Supporting the changing of structures and power relations that perpetuate poverty and injustice, for example:

Demonstrations and marches

Heterodox policy research institutes to consider alternative political and economic models

Re-distribution of assets such as in land reform programmes

Capacity development for poor and under-resourced nations in international trade and climate change negotiations

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