The year 2019 was an important year for GAATW-IS for two main reasons. It was GAATW’s 25th Anniversary year, a year to celebrate and reflect on the Alliance’s journey. The year was also significant because following up on our consultations with members and partners and our internal discussions at the International Secretariat and with members of our international board, we developed a new Theory of Change and a strategic plan for the next ten years.
GAATW-IS had prepared multi-annual strategic plans before, in consultation with the Collective of Active Members, with the members of our International Board and with Members through consultations and Members Congresses. This was the first time that we followed up consultations with members and internal discussions with an intensive workshop facilitated by an external consultant. We are grateful to Srilatha Batliwala for facilitating the workshop and helping us to develop our ToC and Strategic Plan for 2020-2030. We are in the process of developing programmes and projects in harmony with the ToC.