1. Common Ground Initiative (CGI) Supporting Small and Diaspora Organisations Engaged in International Development Rupal Mistry 31 January 2014 1

2. Theory of Change 2

3. October 2009 – March 2014 Overview Grant Making Influencing and Engagement Organisational Development Communications Learning Support work that will tackle poverty and injustice among communities in Africa and bring about lasting change Providing opportunities for diaspora organisations to influence international development Enabling small and diaspora organisations to build their capacity to effectively support programmes Creating greater awareness of diaspora and small organisations’ contribution to international development Contributing to know and learning about the experience of African diaspora in international development 3

4. Grant making Summary 2009 - 2012 4

5. Progress Towards Goals 5

6. Activities Action Learning Sets Thematic Workshops Peer Mentoring One-to-One Consultancy Benchmarking Clubs Organisational Development 6

7. Influencing and Engagement 7

8. African Diaspora Leaders Selection African Diaspora Leadership Development training AFRICAN DIASPORA PEER NETWORK Jul – Nov 2013Feb 2014 – Feb 2015 2018 PROGRAMME EVALUATION 2023 LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION Diaspora Leadership Development 8

9. Communications Work 9

10. BME Media 10

11. Commissioned Learning 11

12. Going Forward 12 Should small and diaspora organisations ‘professionalise’? Are small and/or diaspora organisations distinctive?