Well Grounded seeks to help indigenous CSO leaders to confidently assert their rights, and to be capable of speaking up about issues affecting them including playing an active role in natural resource governance. To achieve this, Well Grounded delivers a leadership programme dedicated to Indigenous Peoples.
We support IP organisations and networks to express how systemic challenges affect them, to develop a vision and strategy for their work and to facilitate leadership development in their communities. In particular, we support IP leaders in their exploration of the history of the struggles for indigenous rights in the face of colonialism and to examine their own communities’ situation and possible responses in that context. The right to self-determination is central to this approach.
Our IP leadership programme encompasses the following strategies:
Training of trainers
We support IP leaders to design leadership programmes adapted to their context. We support them in understanding and facilitating workshop activities aimed at developing self-awareness, confidence and understanding of the systemic challenges facing them.
Exchange forum
We provide indigenous peoples with a forum that allows for interactive exchanges of experiences, perspectives and lessons learnt.
Positive models
We create opportunities for indigenous peoples to connect with and celebrate their indigenous identity, culture and traditions as a foundation of their leadership development journey.
Research
We support research on Indigenous Leadership Initiatives around the globe with a view to sharing this research with organisations that we are supporting.
Social action
We support indigenous people in implementing their own social action so as to demonstrate the motivation, value, and commitment to creating more just, humane, and equitable systems within one’s own sphere of influence.