OAK | Building a groundswell of support for SSF The communications component. Annual report: March 2021 to April 2022

Abstract

Throughout this period two key lessons have been reinforced and will influence the final stages of this project, as well as the briefing, handover and technical support we provide to parallel grants/partners e.g., the SSF Hub and Movilizatorio. The first relates to collective action and the readiness, want and will amongst SSF actors for new collectives, collaborations or joint campaigns.The second is that formal structures that already exist as SSF-representative of mechanisms (e.g., the Global Strategic Framework) do fill a central position in networks and formally reconised roles, but don't experience high degrees of efficacy, flexibility or traction in practice. We are in the process of documenting this in greater detail, and outlining a series of recommendations. In sum those recommendations and our actions will continue to engage in light and essential ways with these structures, but in parallel continue to pursue novel and more nimble forms of collaboration and networking.