Strengthening the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Center for Innovation for Change and its ecosystem of civil society actors

Restrictions to civil society and civic engagement across many Latin American countries is reducing government and private sector transparency and accountability by dampening citizen oversight.

These trends are weakening participatory democratic processes and increasing economic and social exclusion of vulnerable communities.

Federacin Red Argentina para la Cooperacin Internacional (RACI) is a founding member of the Latin America and Caribbean Hub for Innovation for Change (I4C LAC).

I4C LAC is a dynamic network of civil society organizations from 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries dedicated to developing bottom-up approaches that promote transparency and strengthen civic space with scalable social impact.

The activities in this cooperative agreement will promote dialogue and peer-to-peer learning to promote greater public and private sector transparency.

It will also strengthen the organizational development, advocacy, and fundraising capacities of I4C LAC and civil society and grassroots organizations throughout the region so they can identify and scale grassroots solutions to key challenges such as addressing violence against women and strengthening climate resilience.