Mission & Vision

About the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities

We are a collaborative, community-oriented learning, research and evidence peer network. We facilitate two-way learning, supporting faith literacy and engagement for development actors, and development and research/evidence literacy for faith actors. We create shared, fair and equitable spaces where researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and community members of faith and secular backgrounds can learn how best to work together.

Our Goals

• Fair and Equitable Approach: JLI actively challenges asymmetries of power in knowledge and evidence within religions and development by embedding fair and equitable practices across all of its research, evidence, learning and partnership work.
• REAL (Research, Evidence, Accountability and Learning): JLI is a leading global provider of research, evidence, learning and capacity sharing that strengthens practical religious engagement strategies for faith and development actors both locally and globally.
• Member and Network Engagement: JLI is recognized as a broad network of diverse international and local (faith) actors, researchers and practitioners, providing a platform for intersectoral and multi stakeholder engagement that advances religion and development knowledge and learning.