Building ecosocial transitions from the commons

The evaluation of the project carried out with ODG highlights progress in advocacy and movement-building, while pointing to challenges in advancing towards more transformative communication and a deeper decolonial perspective.

We present the evaluation of the project “Building policies for the commons for a feminist ecosocial transition”, jointly implemented with the Observatory of Debt in Globalisation. The project aimed to strengthen alliances, promote political advocacy and advance models that place the commons and the sustainability of life at the centre.

In this context, the evaluation confirms that the project has achieved its objectives and has contributed to strengthening feminist and community voices in the defence of the commons. It has also consolidated spaces for political advocacy, where approaches based on human rights and the public and community management of water have been brought into the debate.

Beyond its results, the project has helped to build alliances and to foster a collective political subject, connecting struggles against gender, environmental and economic inequalities. In a context shaped by the climate crisis and drought, this capacity for adaptation and collective response is key to advancing towards models that put the sustainability of life at the centre.

At the same time, the evaluation also highlights important challenges. Among them, the need to move towards truly transformative communication —not only informing, but also fostering participation and mobilisation— as well as improving mechanisms to assess the real impacts of the processes promoted.

From an ecofeminist and decolonial perspective, these learnings are essential to continue building alternatives that challenge extractive logics and place rights, care and the commons at the centre.

We will continue working to strengthen alliances, generate critical knowledge and promote collective, just and sustainable transformations.

Download the full evaluation here.