GEC Steering Group, Wednesday 31st March 2021 MINUTES

The GEC Steering Group met to discuss 'Building the Coalition', a strategic pathway aimed at transitioning from a UK-led hub to a distributed global network of autonomous hubs. The group emphasized organic growth, the need for sustainable resourcing, and the importance of maintaining collective integrity while decentralizing. The meeting also reviewed five strategic priorities for 2021, noting that green recovery, inequality approaches, and SME policy networks are progressing, while the network function is marked as 'amber' due to delays. The group agreed to rename the network development task force to a 'reflection and learning group'.

• The GEC is pursuing a transition to a distributed and empowered network structure to move away from a model where success was primarily "built by a strong UK hub leading and governing". This strategy involves creating autonomous hubs that can "build their membership base and connect with relevant stakeholders in their own geographies".
• The GEC's global expansion goals include establishing 25 national hubs in low and middle-income countries, five regional hubs, and new networks in China, Europe, and the US. Current progress includes the launch of an Amazon hub and an agreement for an East African regional hub based in Uganda serving Rwanda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
• The Steering Group advised that the evolution of the network should be "organic" and based on "energy and enthusiasm" rather than "quantum leaps", cautioning against disruptive changes that might prevent action.
• The GEC identified a critical need for new resourcing for coalition building, noting that while it has always been a central ambition, it has historically been "under resourced" because it was not treated as a project in itself.
• The Steering Group discussed the need for GEC governance to evolve alongside the network, suggesting that the Steering Group itself might eventually "become redundant" or require more representation from the hubs.
• As of March 31, 2021, the GEC had secured 81.5% of its funding for the period of April 2021 to March 2022, and 43% for the following year (April 2022 to March 2023).
• The status of the five strategic 2021 priorities is largely positive, with 'Green recovery' and 'inequality approach' listed as 'GREEN'. However, the 'GEC Building the coalition: network function' is rated as 'AMBER' because the team's start was delayed by "contractual and Covid related impacts".

APA

Green Economy Coalition (2021). GEC Steering Group, Wednesday 31st March 2021 MINUTES. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/Governance-Docs/GEC-SG-March-2021-MINUTES.doc.pdf

Chicago

Green Economy Coalition. GEC Steering Group, Wednesday 31st March 2021 MINUTES. 2021. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/Governance-Docs/GEC-SG-March-2021-MINUTES.doc.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greeneconomycoalition2021gec, author = {{Green Economy Coalition}}, title = {{GEC Steering Group, Wednesday 31st March 2021 MINUTES}}, institution = {Green Economy Coalition}, year = {2021}, month = mar, url = {https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/Governance-Docs/GEC-SG-March-2021-MINUTES.doc.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }