Fourth Webinar added to IDEA’s Winter Webinar Series

The fourth and final webinar in our Winter Webinar Series will be given by Jason Nardi of RIPESS  the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy, and Daniel Tygel of the Brazilian Forum of Solidarity Economy. They will share perspectives from Europe and Brazil on the practical impact that social and solidarity economy has on rebuilding economies and societies.

The webinar is free but registration is essential. The webinar series is brought to you by the partners of “ Challenging the Crisis ” a 3-year EU funded programme that seeks to champion global justice perspectives during times of austerity.

Jason Nardi  is coordinator of the Social Watch Italian Coalition and member of the RIPESS-Solidarity Economy Europe coordination committee. Together with other member s of RIPESS worldwide, he has contributed to the creation of the first interoperability standards for Social Solidarity Economy mapping (ESSGlobal). Jason has been working for several civil society organizations – Fondazione culturale responsabilità etica (the Cultural Foundation of the Italian Ethical Bank), the International Council of the World Social Forum, Terra Futura, annual festival on sustainability and good practices – and created Zoes.org, the first Italian social network for solidarity economy. A founder of Solidarius Italia, he is working on the strengthening of solidarity economy networks in Italy, where he lives.

Daniel Tygel

M.Sc in Theoretical Physics. Participated in community outreach movements at the university and in environmental education, field in which he worked with the public education system in southern Minas Gerais. He worked for seven years as executive secretary of the Brazilian Forum of Solidarity Economy and two and a half years as Operating Manager ofthe Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy. Works in the development of solutions in information technologies for social movements, such as maps and communication protocols in Brazil and abroad. He is a member of EITA (Education, Information and Technology for Self-Management) a self-managed collective dedicated to supporting the struggles of social and popular movements by building free information technologies and participatory methodologies for their use and appropriation. Blog: www.cirandas.net/dtygel

 

September 26, 2025
Date: Tuesday, 04 November, from 3.30–4.30pm Location: Online via Zoom IDEA is thrilled to invite members to the online launch of our new “Theory of Impact for Global Citizenship Education” on Tuesday, 04 November, from 3.30–4.30pm, Online via Zoom. During this session, we will present the model, share insights into the process behind its development, and explore how it will be used to strengthen impact across the sector. We will also introduce a new tool in progress, an interactive data visualisation map designed to showcase our collective impact as a network. For many years, IDEA and its members have been grappling with the concept of impact in Development Education/Global Citizenship Education (hereinafter ‘GCE’). As GCE practitioners, tracking impact helps us to identify how, where and with whom our work is creating positive change, as well as investigating areas in which our impact could be stronger. Furthermore, we can also benefit from examining the collective impact of GCE carried out by the wide-ranging work of IDEA members, and from exploring how these impacts contribute to the major social changes to which the GCE community aspires. Driven therefore by the need to understand how projects and programmes are collectively “making a difference” in IDEA we looked at models that could help us visualise and capture GCE “impact networks”. We formulated our vision of impact and then a theory of how we expect this desired impact to be achieved to allow us to map our activities and collect data to corroborate that theory. This Theory of Impact model is how we hope to illustrate this complex GCE impact network. Building on work done by IDEA over many years including building sectoral capacity in using Results Frameworks for GCE, our Quality & Impact working group, engagement with Irish Aid on their Performance Measurement Framework (PMF), and the successful roll-out of a Code of Good Practice for DE/GCE, this Theory of Impact represent the next stage of our effort to ‘develop a consistent approach to measuring impact among the sector’. We are therefore thrilled to invite you to the presentation of our ‘Theory of Impact for GCE’. At this online presentation, we will tell you about the process that led to the creation of this model, how it will be used and what we hope it could bring to the sector. We will also touch on a new tool being developed based on the model, which should allow the creation of an interactive data visualisation map of our collective impact as a network. Join us as we launch into this exciting new phase of our Impact Measurement work. Join us as we begin this exciting new phase of our Impact Measurement work. Register below!
September 26, 2025
Date: 11 November, 10.30am – 4.30pm. Location: IDEA offices, 6 Gardiner Row IDEA launched its new Advocacy Toolkit and GCE Policy Guide resource pack in early March. The advocacy toolkit and policy guide were developed for IDEA members to strengthen their capacity to effectively advocate with policymakers and to actively engage in policy processes on GCE in Ireland and the wider world. IDEA will facilitate a full-day in-person workshop on these resources in the IDEA offices on Tuesday, 11 November ,10.30am – 4.30pm. Places are limited to 20 participants and will be given on a first come, first served basis. Please note that this is a repeat of the workshop that took place in May and is aimed at members who did not have the opportunity to participate in May. A vegetarian lunch will be provided. Register below!
September 26, 2025
Date: 06 November a nd 18 November from 3.30–4.30pm Location: IDEA offices, 6 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1 Due to positive feedback following a workshop during our annual conference, we are thrilled to invite members to a full 2-part interactive workshop about “Racial Justice” on 06 November and 18 November. This event will take place in-person in Dublin. Our facilitators Bronwyn April and Mdahyelya Bassi will guide participants through a critical exploration of the interconnections between racial justice, philanthropy, migration, and decolonisation within global and Irish contexts. The workshop will delve into how historical and ongoing colonial legacies influence contemporary issues of racial equity and social justice in Ireland and beyond. The dates for this event are fast approaching, so if you have any specific accessibility requirements, please email events@ideaonline.ie as soon as possible. Places for this event are limited, and registration is mandatory. Deadline to register is Monday, 04 November. Register below!