What happens inside
Working groups
Eleven of them, each with a mandate and an end date. Members chair them; the secretariat stays out of the way. This is where most of what the network produces actually gets made.
Two annual moments
The Forum in autumn, where the priorities are voted, and the regional meet-ups through the year. Everything else happens here, in writing, on your own schedule.
A library that is maintained
Policy submissions, session notes, templates other members have already built. Every document has an owner and a date. Nothing sits there rotting for three years.
Roughly a few hours a month
Members who join a working group put in more. Members who treat this as a subscription get very little out of it, and we would rather say so up front.
A network of member organisations
Ridgeway is a network of 1.240 people across 34 countries, working in member organisations on the problems none of us can solve alone.
Members run the working groups, set the annual priorities and decide what the network spends its time on. The secretariat keeps the lights on.
Most people join because someone already in the network invited them. If that is you, sign up with the link you were sent. If it is not, membership enquiries go through the contact form.