2026 Annual Forum Proceedings
Category 2026 Annual Forum
SQ-LNS Task Force and Scaling
Session Blurb Summary Speakers Recording Additional Resources Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) are designed to prevent undernutrition among infants and young children in settings where vulnerable populations are likely to have nutrient gaps in their diets. Recent meta-analyses found that…
Rethinking Scaling: Plural Pathways for Future-Ready Impact
Session Blurb Speakers Recording Additional Resources Scaling challenges are increasingly recognized as complex, systemic, and rarely solvable by single actors or linear approaches. As a result, development organizations are moving away from viewing scaling as a process of simple expansion…
The Hidden Architecture of Education Ministries: How Government Really Works (and Why It Matters for Scale)
Session Blurb Speakers Recording Additional Resources Across Africa, education innovators, funders, and implementers increasingly agree that government adoption is the only credible pathway to scale. Yet most sector conversations still treat “government” as a black box—engaged at moments of approval…
Can Country Platforms Deliver Climate Action at Scale?
Session Blurb Speakers Recording Additional Resources This interactive webinar will explore the potential of country platforms as vehicles to accelerate and scale climate and development action, building on recent momentum (e.g., the launch of a Country Platforms Hub at COP30)…
(De-)Scaling in Fragile and Conflict Affected States in the Age of Funding Cuts
Session Blurb Speakers Recording Additional Resources In many fragile states, traditional scaling avenues through government services are under severe strain as foreign assistance contracts and national budgets tighten. This dynamic is reshaping how essential services are delivered. Many have proposed…
Service Learning at Scale Youth Agency, Social Cohesion, and the Social Contract
Session Blurb Speakers Recording Additional Resources Service learning is one of the few youth development approaches that public systems can scale quickly—low cost, high visibility, and easily embedded in schools and civic programs. Yet high-quality service learning is difficult to…
Using ExpandNet’s framework, tools and online learning platform to advance country and global scaling goals
Session Blurb Summary Speakers Recording Additional Resources Since 2003, the global ExpandNet network has been working to catalyze a paradigm shift towards more systematic, country-owned and locally-led scaling processes. ExpandNet members have been developing scaling-related guidance tools and providing technical…
Transformational Scaling in Practice: Insights from the Mainstreaming Initiative and What Comes Next
Session Blurb Summary Speakers Recording Additional Resources Plenary Session 1 will launch the Synthesis Report and Policy Brief for the Scaling Community’s Initiative on Mainstreaming Scaling in Funder Organizations with a presentation and discussion of major findings and lessons. Under…
Launching a movement to embed “transformational scale” in development and climate action
Session Blurb Summary Speakers Recording Additional Resources Since the Scaling Community of Practice was established in 2015 years ago, the global context has shifted radically. It’s time now to turn our attention urgently to influencing current thinking about the way…