Village Innovation Dialogue: Community Showcase & Circle

This interactive activity invites local community members, grassroots innovators, and small enterprise owners to a village-level forum where they can showcase locally-born innovations, share their journeys and engage in peer dialogue. Structured as a community circle, the event enables participants to present their ideas (for example low-cost technologies, informal business models, women-led ventures, or youth social enterprises), receive feedback from peers and mentors, and then work together to identify opportunities for scaling, partnership or policy support. The format emphasises inclusive participation, where women, youth, informal enterprise actors and marginalised groups are given space to voice their innovations, link them to broader value-chains or support systems, and co-create actionable next steps.