Dear OTT Community,
We are at the T20 Midterm Conference in Brazil. OTT has had the pleasure of collaborating with the hosts CEBRI - Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais, IPEA - Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada and FUNAG - Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão to develop and deliver a workshop to help translate the T20 recommendations into an implementation roadmap. This marks an innovation in the T20 community of think tanks.
The T20 is an example of a space with the potential to inform and support systemic change, and where leadership can be shared between think tanks in the so-called North and South. The T20 was launched in Mexico and has since been held in Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, India and Brazil. Next year, it will be hosted by South Africa.
We look forward to working with this group of think tanks in the future - not least with our OTT Conference 2025 partner, the South African Institute of International Affairs.
New content this month:
- OTT Conference 2024 - Think tanks and their communities (online series)
- Government research funding reform in West Africa: what to watch, by Emily Hayter and Racheal Makokha
- Southern Voice: showing leadership in turbulent times, by Gabriella Keseberg Dávalos
- Transferable and new skills that think tanks need to work on evidence use, by Emily Hayter and Racheal Makokha
- Coalition building for collective action: three process design strategies by Chiara Rosselli
- In conversation with Jai Asundi: Executive Director of CSTEP India, by Annapoorna Ravichander
- Would a UK think tank "success" work in South Africa? by Enrique Mendizabal
Finally, if you haven't yet taken the 2024 think tank state of the sector survey, please do before the 10th July deadline!
Until next month,
Enrique Mendizabal
OTT Founder & Director
The survey closes 10 July - make your voice count!
Watch and read the four fantastic keynote addresses from OTT Conference 2024.
Enrique Mendizabal explores key findings from grantee mapping analysis.
