Join the Learning Circle at the AVPN Academy West Asia Training Hub in Abu Dhabi
Featured Practitioner: Joyita Ambett, Director, Gender Equality Platform, AVPN
Title: Collective Impact in Action: Strengthening Cross-Sector Collaboration in West AsiaÂ
How can organisations move beyond isolated initiatives to drive lasting, systems-level change together? As social and environmental challenges across West Asia grow increasingly interconnected – from youth employment and climate resilience to education, displacement, and economic inclusion – there is a growing need for collaborative approaches that align diverse actors around shared outcomes.
This Learning Circle will explore how collective impact approaches can strengthen coordination, trust-building, and long-term collaboration across the region’s social impact ecosystem. The conversation aims to examine the core conditions that enable successful collective action, including shared agendas, aligned measurement, sustained stakeholder engagement, and backbone support structures.
Drawing on opportunities and perspectives from across the UAE and West Asia, the session will highlight how philanthropies, corporates, government stakeholders, nonprofits, and ecosystem enablers can work together more effectively to address complex regional challenges.Â
About the Featured Practitioner:Â
Joyita is the Director of the Gender Equality Platform at AVPN. She provides strategic leadership and oversees the operational and programme delivery of the portfolio. This includes leading the execution of core grants, driving member engagement, and advancing the integration of gender equality across AVPN’s broader programming areas through cross-cutting initiatives in climate and health.
With over 20 years of experience, she has worked extensively across South Asia and globally to drive social impact, philanthropy, and organisational growth. She has played a key role in building and scaling organisations and forging cross-sector partnerships to address issues, including gender justice and child safeguarding & protection. She is a passionate seeker of social justice and believes that collective partnerships are essential to achieving impactful and scalable solutions to complex social issues.
About AVPN Academy Learning Circles
Learning Circles are facilitated peer-learning forums that bring together social investors, practitioners, and leaders to engage in open dialogue, share real-world experiences, and explore practical solutions to social and environmental challenges. They are designed for open, practitioner-led knowledge exchanges under Chatham House Rules.
