For more information, you can read our Mission Statement. Our priorities are guided by an elected Facilitation Group which agrees on the Strategic
Plan. The plan is delivered by the Coordination Team, working closely
with national partners and local activists.
Our platform has a membership of over 3,000 organisations and activists from over 155 countries (over 80% in the Global South) who are committed to ensuring a transformative agenda is delivered.
Facilitation Group
The Facilitation Group provides an advisory role to Action for Sustainable Development. It consists of up to 25 members representing different world regions, thematic constituencies and key global civil society networks.
The Facilitation Group ensures programs and strategies stay on track, it advises the Coordination Team and Working Groups on their priorities and engagement strategies, and it identifies linkages and potential conflicts in order to help ensure coherence.
The group is elected on a two year term. Elections were held in December 2018 for the 2018-2020 cycle. There are 2 representatives for each of the following regions: Africa, Asia, Pacific, Europe, Middle East & North Africa, South America, North America; one representative for each of the following thematic constituencies: youth, older persons, women, indigenous people, persons with disabilities and rural environmental groups; and one representative for each of the following global networks: CIVICUS, Climate Action Network (CAN) International, Forus and GCAP.
Coordination Team
Oli Henman
Global coordinator
Oli leads the team and has primary responsibility for global advocacy and engagement with multilateral bodies such as the UN and other international institutions. He has previously worked on civil society engagement in a wide range of contexts including with many key governments, the EU and UN, and he was a co-drafter of the Council of Europe’s ‘Code of Good Practice on Civil Participation’. He is half-Brazilian and started his career working on participatory budgeting in the cities and rainforests of Brazil.
Clara Sanchiz
Network Officer
Clara is responsible for maintaining regular contact across the diverse membership, including website and communications, as well as member engagement and wider awareness raising. She is currently responsible for driving forward the Zovu project, which shares stories of frontline community activists. Clara has worked in different civil society organisations in the Netherlands, Ivory Coast and South Africa, and she brings strong experience of multi-lingual content production and project management.
The regional networks who host the Regional Coordinators are:
- Africa CSO Working Group on Sustainable Development (AWG)
- Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND)
- Asia Civil Society Partnership for Sustainable Development (APSD)
- Mesa de Articulación (Latin America and Caribbean)
- Pacific Islands Association of Non-governmental Organisations (PIANGO)
- SDG Watch Europe (Europe)
Working Groups
In order to deliver on the promise of a more just and sustainable world, A4SD is focused on the following 4 activity streams:
FOUNDING GLOBAL NETWORKS
Volunteers
This platform would not be possible without the ambition, dedication and good will of the volunteers that donate their expertise and energy to the project, from translators to those who provide programmatic and technical support.
