The Constellation

Collective intelligence is the answer. The facilitator is the question." 
Hervé Guidou, facilitator.
The Constellation is a registered Belgian non-profit organisation founded in 2005.

Over the years, we have also grown into a movement of individuals and communities, and a network of facilitators and coaches.

​We are bound by our belief in the strengths of individuals and communities to co-create a common vision, address their own challenges, act and adapt.
Communities think and act for and by themselves.

Facilitators stimulate them to take action through an approach (SALT) that appreciates strengths and fosters local ownership.
In order to achieve ownership, communities walk through a rigorous action-learning cycle called the Community Life Competence Process.

The name Constellation springs from the following image: communities that mobilise their own strengths to carry a local response are like stars in the sky. They create an assembly of stars- a Constellation- as they connect with each other to learn-and-share. 
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of who we are and what we do!

The Constellation's Shared Dream

This is the Constellation...
The Constellation is made up of communities that aim for life competence through the practice of SALT.
...and this is our dream for the Constellation in 2050
We will live in a world where communities take action based on their strengths to realise their dream. They inspire others when they connect to learn and to share, and for mutual support
...and this is the role of Constellation Support Teams
Constellation Support Teams develop and nurture the capacity to facilitate community discussion, reflection, learning and action. We accompany communities on their journey to their dream. We connect local responses around the world.

What needs to happen for our dream to come true?

  1. Individuals believe that they can create change in their own lives and the life of their community (communities).

  2. Communities draw on their own strengths to make the changes that matter to them.

  3. The world recognises that Local Response is a part of the solution to global challenges.

  4. Public and private organisations support Local Response.
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  5. People have easy access to the tools and the methodologies that support Local Response.​​

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How we work
Click on the button below to find out how we are structured, the people and processes behind our shared governance, our finances, and our efforts toward the environment.
Our experience
Click on the button below to find out more about our experience since 2005 with over 100 partnerships and 78 partners, discover their appreciation of our work, the transformation of people communities and organisations that our approach fosters, the natural spread of our way of thinking and working in more than 50 countries worldwide; as well as articles and evaluations about our work.