An agile systematization process (interviews with country teams and a few partners) was undertaken in nine countries (Australia, Colombia, Denmark, El Salvador, Kenya, Netherlands, Spain, Tunisia, and Vietnam) where the Global Inequality Influencing (GINI) program and other inequality reduction initiatives were implemented. The aim was to draw out key lessons learned based on their experiences of the five-step approach by not only finding common threads but also identifying unique experiences that shed light on specific challenges and opportunities that future GINI country teams may encounter. This is an internal document that feeds into other GINI documents to offer guidance, inspiration and examples for countries working on inequality reduction.
Apart from the insights described under each specific section, overall findings point to the relevance of radical ownership of the approach, adapting and even changing some of the basic principles of the five-step approach, in order to find the right combination or sequence that fits each context, different capacities and various ambitions. The emerging challenges of shrinking civic space across regions are another issue to be noted, alongside the exceptional capacity of teams to find solutions and alternatives to navigate the difficulties.