Reimagining the role of the INGO through community building and shared learning. Nancy Kankam Kusi (WACSI) interviewed.

In this week’s episode, we speak to Nancy Kankam Kusi from West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) about their focus on advocacy, influencing, and facilitating an enabling environment for civil society organisations across West Africa and beyond.Nancy talks to us about the importance of knowledge sharing on issues of decolonisation and localisation, and how WACSI facilitates spaces for fruitful discussions across the sector. The Decolonising Advisory Community at WACSI provides support to organisations in the Global South in decolonising their practice. They focus on community building and shared learning in order to come up with collective strategies to reimagine the role of INGOs and influence policy in the long term.Nancy Kankam Kusi is Program Officer of Knowledge Management at the West African Civil Society Institute in Ghana. Nancy also leads a diverse team of civil society actors to initiate and implement international development programs that promote community philanthropy, shifting power and resources to the grassroots, localising and decolonising development initiatives in the Global South. She's also a member of the RINGO Project and the initiator of the Decolonising Advisory Community.If you’re interested to find out more about Nancy’s work, take a look here:Nancy Kankam Kusi LinkedInYou can connect and join the Decolonising Advisory Community Platform hereWatch the launch of the Decolonising Advisory Community platform hereGet to know about the work of WACSI hereConnect with her via email on info@wacsi.org and on all social media handle Read more about RINGO hereRINGO innovationRINGO Funders action podRINGO INGO board action podRelevant resources:Pledge for Change (Adeso)Participatory Grant-Making: Transform Trade in Alliance MagazineUganda National NGO ForumA Red Cross Red Crescent guide to community engagement and accountabilityGlobal Fund for Community FoundationsDecolonisation of aid in francophone sub-SaharanLocalisation agenda