Towards the end of the project, we started working with Triskuel Consulting to design and roll out a methodology for testing the central Resilient Roots hypothesis - that civil society organisations which are more accountable to their primary constituents are more resilient to civic space-related threats.

Español | Français The first Resilient Roots case study illustrated the three dimensions of primary constituent accountability (PCA) - giving, taking, and holding to account, through examples from our national partners.

The Resilient Roots team has been trying to understand how primary constituent accountability has impacted the policies and practices of our 14 national partner organisations.

To illustrate what primary constituent accountability mechanisms actually look like in practice, we have produced a series of infographics outlining some of the real-life examples that our Resilient Roots national partners have developed.

Español Resilient Roots: Conquering the feedback loop - Part 5 of 5: “Course Correct” By Isabelle Büchner et Belén Giaquinta (CIVICUS) This five-part blog series tries to break down this process as much as possible, to move beyond theoretical discussions about how to shift power within the civil society sector and offer practical solutions for how to change organisational culture through feedback.

Español The Resilient Roots (RR) initiative examines whether organisations who are accountable to their primary constituents, that is, the individuals and communities they support and serve, are better able to withstand external threats related to closing civic space.

Español | French Resilient Roots: conquering the feedback loop - Part 4 of 5: “Dialogue” By Isabelle Büchner and Belén Giaquinta (CIVICUS) By now, you have designed your accountability feedback mechanism, and you have collected and analysed the feedback from your primary constituents.

Español The first case study looked at three dimensions of accountability (giving, taking, and holding to account) and provided examples of how different Resilient Roots partners navigate and practice each dimension.

Español | French Resilient Roots: conquering the feedback loop - Part 3 of 5: “Analysis” By Isabelle Büchner and Belén Giaquinta (CIVICUS) In the first blog post of this series we shared 10 steps to design your accountability feedback mechanism.

Español The Resilient Roots (RR) initiative examines whether organisations who are accountable to their primary constituents, that is, the individuals and communities they support and serve, are better able to withstand external threats related to closing civic space.

Español | French Resilient Roots: conquering the feedback loop - Part 2 of 5: “Collect” By Isabelle Büchner (Accountable Now) and Belén Giaquinta (CIVICUS)    In the first blog post of this series, we shared 10 steps to design your accountability feedback mechanism.

Español | French Resilient Roots: conquering the feedback loop - Part 1 of 5: “Design” By Isabelle Büchner (Accountable Now) and Belén Giaquinta (CIVICUS) In the Resilient Roots initiative, 14 organisations from all over the world are running pilot projects to test new primary constituent accountability mechanisms.

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The aim of the Resilient Roots initiative is to test whether organisations who are more accountable and responsive to their roots - namely, their primary constituents - are more resilient to external threats from governmental and non-governmental sources.