RINGO Project’s First Research Report – Voices From the South

The Re-imag­in­ing INGO (RINGO) ini­tia­tive is designed to reassess the pur­pose, roles and deliv­ery mech­a­nisms of inter­na­tion­al NGOs and the impact on the glob­al civ­il soci­ety ecosys­tem. The RINGO approach is ded­i­cat­ed to cap­tur­ing the views and engag­ing civ­il soci­ety in the glob­al south that have worked with inter­na­tion­al NGOs. The approach con­sists of three com­po­nents: Research, Com­mu­ni­ty Build­ing and Pro­to­type Design and Test­ing.

This report is based on a sur­vey con­duct­ed in Sub-Saha­ran Africa, Asia, Mid­dle East, North Africa,  South Amer­i­ca and Ocea­nia from August to Novem­ber 2020 to cap­ture views from glob­al south NGOs to iden­ti­fy, under- stand, and inform what is need­ed to bet­ter respond to the chal­lenges of engag­ing with INGOs. The sur­vey process includ­ed case study col­lec­tion, focus group dis­cus­sions and desk­top research. This report presents the views and voic­es of glob­al south CSOs and pro­vides records of ideas, sug­ges­tions, and rec­om­men­da­tions on how NGO north-south rela­tion­ships and pow­er dynam­ic should evolve.