In 2019, IBON International reviewed the implementation of its 2016-2020 Strategic Plan bannering Rights-based Democracy in anticipation of the plan’s final year. In this assessment, the institution’s primary objectives were reaffirmed, the achievements were recognised, and the tasks for the next two years, tailored to the demands of contemporary issues and the immediate needs of Southern people’s struggles, were determined.

We established a human rights desk  that supported key efforts and responses to shrinking civic space. We continued to support community practices and initiatives that realise people’s sovereignty, and which serve as models for such alternative systems. Together with our networks and partners around the globe, we continued to engage key issues such as development finance, effectiveness, militarism, conflict and fragility, and the “triple nexus” through our participation in global policy arenas.

In the year 2020, IBON International shall continue asserting peoples’ right to development amid current challenges in today’s crisis in democratic governance, continuing militarism around the world, and economic plunder.