RINGO Phase 2 Strategy: Executive Summary

Dur­ing the first phase of the RINGO Project, our Social Lab of change­mak­ers embarked on a unique jour­ney of re-imag­in­ing the INGO. This involved a process of dis­cov­er­ing the bar­ri­ers to change with­in the sys­tem; defin­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to chal­lenge these areas of stuck­ness; devel­op­ing action­able pro­to­types to shift pow­er; and deliv­er­ing inno­v­a­tive solu­tions to be test­ed in dif­fer­ent con­texts.

Our next phase will build on this work to ensure long-last­ing impact across the civ­il soci­ety ecosys­tem. We’ve devel­oped a strat­e­gy for the next 24 months:

• Read the exec­u­tive sum­ma­ry in Eng­lish here
• Lea el resumen ejec­u­ti­vo en español aquí
• Lire le résumé exé­cu­tif en français ici

Our 10-year vision remains the same: To trans­form INGOs to become more open and equi­table vehi­cles for glob­al civ­il soci­ety. We seek a more equi­table civ­il soci­ety, one in which pow­er and resources are shared.

Using the learn­ings from Phase 1 of RINGO and ongo­ing pro­to­typ­ing work and research, we will lever­age our strengths to focus our efforts on influ­enc­ing those in gen­uine posi­tions of pow­er, specif­i­cal­ly tar­get­ing two pri­ma­ry stake­hold­ers: INGO Boards and fun­ders.

Our main activ­i­ties will include:

• Strength­en the demand for change (research, organ­is­ing and mobil­is­ing)
• Build and share a RINGO knowl­edge base (pro­to­types and oth­er ini­tia­tives)
• Work with our tar­get influ­encers in action pods
• Lever­age our part­ner­ships
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and out­reach