{"id":12386,"date":"2026-05-13T21:18:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-african-renaissance.org\/new\/?page_id=12386"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:43:35","slug":"theory-of-change-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-african-renaissance.org\/new\/theory-of-change-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Theory of Change New"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12386\" class=\"elementor elementor-12386\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8e772b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8e772b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-105791f\" data-id=\"105791f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-918dab2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-art-subhero\" data-id=\"918dab2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"art-subhero.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"subhero\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">Our methodology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Change starts where power sits.<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"rule\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">African Renaissance, through the AU Partnership Platform, works across AU organs, Regional Economic Communities and Member States \u2014 to move priorities from fragmented advocacy into official decision pipelines, from declarations into practical tools, and from continental commitments into accountable national action.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5154ab4 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5154ab4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4eab254\" data-id=\"4eab254\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c469b14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-art-method-stages\" data-id=\"c469b14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"art-method-stages.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-head reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">Three\u2011stage engagement architecture<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Connect \u00b7 Inform \u00b7 Activate<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>African Renaissance connects with the people, the evidence and the institutions that shape continental decisions. We inform decisions through AU\u2011calibrated research and technical products, and activate their adoption, financing and implementation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"method-stages\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"method-stage reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"num\">01<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Connect<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Co\u2011creating the rooms where AU leaders, regional bodies, Member States, civil society, communities and youth dialogue around common African agendas.\n\nWe co\u2011create and support spaces where AU leaders, regional bodies, Member States, civil society, communities, youth and other partners can meet and dialogue around common African agendas.\n\nOur commitment is to widen the circle \u2014 ensuring that non\u2011state actors, citizen voices and community experience find a legitimate, respectful way into AU discussions and regional processes, in support of an Africa that is people\u2011centred and people\u2011driven.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"example\"><ul><li><strong>Convening<\/strong>\u00a0AU directorates, ministers and continental partners around shared agendas.<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"toc-stage-list\"><li><strong>Widening the circle<\/strong>\u00a0for non\u2011state actors, citizen voices and community experience.<\/li><li><strong>Trust\u2011building<\/strong>\u00a0across AU organs, RECs and Member States as a precondition for change.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"method-stage reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"num\">02<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Inform<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Weaving evidence from communities, researchers, movements, governments, traditional leaders and partners into forms that fit AU norms, Agenda 2063 and Member State realities.\n\nKnowledge comes from many places \u2014 communities, researchers, movements, governments, traditional leaders and partners \u2014 and we help weave it into forms that are compliant with AU norms, Agenda 2063, Member State realities, and citizens\u2019 experiences.\n\nWe work with AU departments, RECs, Member States and partners to co\u2011develop policy notes, legal reviews, frameworks and toolkits that are clear, concise and shaped for the meetings where they will be used. We translate evidence into AU language, Agenda 2063 logic and operational instruments that fit continental, regional and national systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"example\"><ul><li><strong>Policy notes &amp; legal reviews<\/strong>\u00a0aligned to AU norms and Agenda 2063 pathways.<\/li><li><strong>Frameworks &amp; toolkits<\/strong>\u00a0shaped for the committees and calendars where they will be used.<\/li><li><strong>Technical briefs<\/strong> that translate citizen evidence into decision\u2011ready language.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"method-stage reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"num\">03<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Activate<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Accompanying state and non\u2011state actors as continental commitments become action frameworks, scorecards, markers, reforms, budgets and domestication pathways.\n\nWe accompany both state and non\u2011state actors by supporting the conversion of continental commitments into action frameworks, scorecards, markers, reforms, budgets and domestication pathways.\n\nWe enable and support diffusion, implementation and accountability across AU, REC and Member State levels.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"example\"><ul class=\"toc-stage-list\"><li><strong>Domestication pathways<\/strong>\u00a0moving declarations into national budget and governance reforms.<\/li><li><strong>Scorecards &amp; markers<\/strong>\u00a0that make commitments visible and contestable.<\/li><li><strong>Implementation accompaniment<\/strong>\u00a0across AU, REC and Member State levels<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"method-stage reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"num\">*<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Result<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By connecting people, informing decisions and activating implementation, African Renaissance contributes to legitimate change \u2014 grounded, and more responsive to the priorities of Africa\u2019s citizenry.\n\nThe result is implementable continental commitments and functional evidence that reaches formal decision tracks. African Renaissance is positioned to survive beyond a single campaign, summit or funding cycle.\nWe accompany both state and non\u2011state actors by supporting the conversion of continental commitments into action frameworks, scorecards, markers, reforms, budgets and domestication pathways.\n\nWe enable and support diffusion, implementation and accountability across AU, REC and Member State levels.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"example\"><ul><li><span class=\"num\">3<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"lbl\"><strong>Decision layers engaged<\/strong><br \/>AU \u00b7 RECs \u00b7 Member States<\/span><\/li><li class=\"toc-result-stat\" role=\"listitem\"><span class=\"num\">36<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"lbl\"><strong>Institutional briefings indexed<\/strong><br \/>GE \u00b7 HE \u00b7 SE<\/span><\/li><li class=\"toc-result-stat\" role=\"listitem\"><span class=\"num\">55<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"lbl\"><strong>AU member states in scope<\/strong><br \/>Continental coverage<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab3ea5f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab3ea5f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-967790d\" data-id=\"967790d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea4b01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-art-two-col\" data-id=\"4ea4b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"art-two-col.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"two-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">AU Aspiration 6<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<h2 id=\"aspiration-h\">An Africa whose development is people\u2011driven.<\/h2>\nAfrican Renaissance contributes to the realisation of AU Aspiration 6 \u2014 an Africa whose development is people\u2011driven, relying on the potential of African people, especially its women and youth \u2014 and makes this real in how decisions are shaped and implemented.\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"visual art-has-brand-overlay reveal in\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/the-african-renaissance.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/African-Renaissance-Launch-of-the-AU-Gendar-and-youth-mainstreaming-framework.webp')\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"art-img-brand\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<span class=\"art-img-brand-badge\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/the-african-renaissance.org\/new\/wp-content\/plugins\/art-elements\/assets\/img\/logo-badge.svg\" alt=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"art-img-brand-text\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"art-img-brand-handle\">@theartrust<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"art-img-brand-org\">African Renaissance Trust<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"art-img-pattern\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/the-african-renaissance.org\/new\/wp-content\/plugins\/art-elements\/assets\/img\/border-pattern-white-bg.jpg');\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e01224c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e01224c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bc311d\" data-id=\"8bc311d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-549fa93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-art-pillar-grid\" data-id=\"549fa93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"art-pillar-grid.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"what-we-do\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-head reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">In practice<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Where the architecture is being applied.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Three live priorities through which the Connect \u00b7 Inform \u00b7 Activate logic is currently delivering.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pillar-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"pillar-card  reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pill\">Priority \u00b7 Health Financing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Abuja &amp; Addis Ababa \u2014 into national budgets.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"body\">Domestication of the Abuja Declaration and the Addis Ababa Immunisation Agenda into national budget and governance reforms across Member States.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"pillar-card gold reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pill\">Priority \u00b7 Gender &amp; Youth<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Mainstreaming framework, launched through AU.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"body\">The Gender and Youth Mainstreaming Framework and related tools launched through AU processes to embed equality into institutional practice.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"pillar-card peach reveal in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pill\">Priority \u00b7 Continental Convening<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The unfinished health financing agenda.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"body\">Convening state and non\u2011state actors \u2014 AU directorates, ministers and finance actors \u2014 around Africa\u2019s unfinished health financing agenda.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59475b8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59475b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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African Renaissance, through the AU Partnership Platform, works across AU organs, Regional Economic Communities and Member States \u2014 to move priorities from fragmented advocacy into official decision pipelines, from declarations into practical tools, and from continental commitments into accountable national action. 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