Local Systems Position Paper Feeback Summary - USAID (2024)

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This document summarises and responds to the feedback received as part of the preparation of the 2024 USAID Local Systems Position Paper, including:
• Internal consultations with more than 100 USAID staff between November 2023 and March 2024.
• External consultations with 16 systems thinking experts in April 2024.
• Twenty-nine responses to an April 2024 WorkwithUSAID.gov blog, provided in multiple languages, asking for input on the forthcoming paper.
• A conversation with approximately 40 social entrepreneurs, mostly from the Global South, in a closed event during Catalyzing Change Week in May 2024.
• A concurrent internal and external comment period, held from July 29-August 9, 2024.