Development Season: Benghazi 2033

Development Season: Benghazi 2033 project is an engagement platform that contributes to the trust building and enhancement between government entities, CSOs, and the community, in addition to enabling CSOs to have meaningful community engagements that will result in partnerships to develop and deliver sustainable projects. Also, to engage the wider community (mainly university students) in development-related dialogues.

The Development Season included several activities, such as workshops to bring together CSOs to work according to a dialogue-based methodology, followed by community dialogues with grassroots groups, where multiple initiatives resulted from these workshops, and will be delivered at a later phase. Furthermore, there was a 3-day event consisting of keynote speeches, discussion panels, and round table discussions, in addition to an interactive exhibition for local CSOs. This event provided an opportunity for various segments of the community to engage with decision-makers, subject matter experts, and CSOs to debate and explore firsthand development, stability, and social cohesion themes. Through the 3-day event (The Development Season), previous development work that has taken place in Benghazi and future programs and/or plans were publicly announced and discussed, considering transparency and trust building. It provided a first-time experience for many of the residents of the city to hear about development work that has taken place in the city, and future plans including initiatives that have been developed by participating CSOs, alongside community groups, to be implemented after the conclusion of The Development Season.

The Development Season was funded by USAID, in collaboration with the Libya Transition Initiative (LTI)