Building the agency to lead change from within.
About the resilience incubator
The Resilience Incubator is an integrated platform open to community organizers, civic leaders, and civil society practitioners to build the skills, tools, and networks needed to strenthen agency and lead change on their terms. The incubator brings three distinct but connected programmes, each designed to build a different layer of resilience from within.
Through the Resilience incubator, a diverse community of practitioners will build the leadership, technical capacity, and collective action needed to shape the decisions that affect their lives and communities.
Why it exists
Communities across the world are navigating rapid change, from the spread of AI and digital systems to shifting political landscapes and shrinking civic space. Too often the tools, knowledge, and decisions shaping these changes are made far away from the people they affect the most.
There is an urgent need to merge local knowledge, emerging technology, and collective action to build communities that can shape their own futures.
Our programs
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Agency Course
FreeOnlineSelf-paced
Learn what it means to have agency
A structured learning program for community organisers and civic leaders, combining training, mentorship, and peer learning to build the skills and confidence to lead change from within. Fellows work through a curriculum covering organising, governance, advocacy, and decision-making, which is applied directly to their own contexts and communities.
Take the course02
Civic Tech Bootcamp
In-personOne weekCommunity-based
Civic tech bootcamps, brought to your community
Short, intensive programs run in markets, community centers, and shared spaces that equips communities and organisations with practical skills to use data, AI, and technology for civic action. Participants leave with localised tools, hands on experience, and the agency to apply what they have learned independently.
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Civic Action Sprint
CollaborativeProblem-drivenIn-community
From a shared problem to a community-built solution
Groups tackle a specific local challenge through open discussion, community-proposed solutions, and honest peer review. The focus is on co-creation, learning by doing, and building agency to sustain the work beyond the programme. Strong ideas are eligible to continue through the Collective Innovation Hub.
How the sprint works
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Problem statement
A specific local challenge is introduced
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Open discussion
The group explores root causes together
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Solutions proposed
Community members pitch their approaches
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Peer review
Ideas are tested, sharpened, and refined
Strong ideas continue through
Collective Innovation HubWhat you take with you
Practical skills to organise, lead, and sustain change
Localised tools adapted to their context
A peer network of practitioners across geographies
Mentorship relationships that extend beyond the programme
A clear plan for the next stage of their work
The agency to shape decisions that affect their communities
What we are working toward
A growing cohort of civic leaders and community organisers with the agency to lead change
Localised tools and resources adapted and tested in community contexts
A peer network of practitioners connected across geographies
Evidence and learnings from each programme are shared openly with the broader field
Communities shaping decisions that affect their lives
Who is it for
Community organisers, civic leaders, grassroots practitioners, and civil society organisations looking to strengthen their capacity to lead change from within. The Incubator is especially suited to individuals and organisations with limited access to structured support, who are already doing the work and want to do it better, on their own terms.
Building resilience from within
Through the Resilience Incubator, communities and organisations are building the agency to organise, lead, and shape the decisions that affect their lives.
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Partner organizations
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Countries engaged
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People served
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Cohorts completed
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