The Role of Community Engagement in Government Engagement

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Olga: Roseanne invested a lot of energy into fostering the community in Brownsville and that had multiple strategic implications for her engagement with government. So first of all the active participation and co-creation of the community ensured that the issues to be addressed by government were probably well articulated, she says. And then second such broad participation from community also naturally increased the legitimacy of demand that Roseanne helped articulate. Olga: The fact that community members were so deeply involved in the process also ensures that they own the whole process and will be there as you said to hold government accountable on implementing the desired change and approach going forward.

In the second episode of Season 2, Sascha Haselmayer and Olga Shirobokova explore the role communities play in keeping governments accountable. You will hear examples of how social entrepreneurs from Peru, the UK, Romania, India and the US empower people affected by a social problem to take charge and effectively engage with governments in order to improve public services.

If you are interested to learn more about how social entrepreneurs can effectively work with government and what are the examples, we encourage you to have a look at our new free online course on this topic at https://academy.vc4a.com/courses/trabajo-con-el-gobierno/ (Spanish version) and www.ashoka.org/working-with-government (English version). The online course and the second season of the Ashoka Systems Change podcast were developed thanks to the support and in partnership with PES Latam.