Local implementers

The guide aims at providing local implementers with practical clues on the needs and constraints of donor organisations working on policy reform, as well as insight on how to make use of, or at least factor in, these organisations’ political leverage and economic incentives to open the doors of local decision-making mechanisms to traditionally excluded groups. After all, what most donors are looking for is an easy to follow method allowing them to base their technical and financial support upon domestically-owned agendas for reform, which is what INSPIRED is all about.

However, as with any map, this guide can only provide its users with clues to orient themselves in any given political and policy landscape; at the end of the day, it will be up to them to decide which direction to take, so we’d be more than satisfied if the method, the tools and practical examples presented in the following pages inspire them in their journeys on those uncharted roads that can only be made by walking.