Lives Amid Violence

The C in SBCC: Contradictions
2022-12-08 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Marrakech
Over the years, the SBCC community has curated several novel approaches to understanding people’s behaviours and creative ways to influence them. Communications in the SBCC terminology holds special importance and we have witnessed several success stories of effective use of posters, media, edutainment and the likes to drive impact, be it in the space of global health, education, governance or influencing gender norms. That said, the SBCC world sometimes exposes us to some contradictions: we push for a participatory approach without relinquishing control of our ideas; we talk about the power of youth but also attach skepticism to it given the multiple, often conflicting, identities that youth embodies; we talk about localised approaches and external validity in the same breath. These are just a few of the contradictions we face as part of our work, and there are many more. Through a fun ‘pecha-kucha’ style warm up exercise to hear thoughts on some of these contradictions, this session will be a world-cafe style, free flowing discussion. Participants will walk around the room to debate and contribute to a facilitated discussion around the top five themes of contradictions identified by the participants. We see this session as a way to spark conversation, as a starting point that would feed into the dialogue of shaping up the future of SBCC.

Code of Ethics for Social and Behaviour Change: From Theory to Practice
2022-12-04 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Marrakech
Co-hosted by UNICEF and the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), the Global Alliance for Social and Behaviour Change (GA4SBC) will host a 3-hour interactive session to explore the policies and practices needed to promote an SBC Code of Ethics’ values. The session also will highlight measures to ensure benefits and address challenges during implementation. The session will focus on three topics: 1) Power and manipulation: avoidance of abuse of power and dominant power position (power elites) + dialogue, also including neo-colonialism and gender; 2) Behavioural Insights and nudge theory and practice; and 3) The debate about building business value vs. values within the local communities. The session will consist of panel discussions that is followed by breakout groups where participants will have the opportunity to discuss a “good practice”. The session will end with a report-out and an open discussion. The Global Alliance will circulate a summary report highlighting all the ideas presented at this event and promoting awareness of the topics discussed.

Webinar with USAID's Local Systems Community
2022-12-01 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar
When Systems and International Engagement Clash (invitation only)
