The members drew lessons from the transformative work and perspectives of an international alliance, the academe, and the youth, and identified action points to strengthen and expand how we engage with our stakeholders to achieve effective social change. These lessons included:

• It is essential to continue to promote the value of networking and empowerment of the disadvantaged and vulnerable sectors and partner communities to help them cope in challenging times;
• CSOs play a vital role in combating fake news and unverified information in the communities through intensive campaigns, community awareness interventions, and partnership building with academe and other sectors;
• Collaboration is needed in times of uncertainty. “There is no room for working in isolation, especially because CSOs and other sectors are the active agents of transformation in societies.”;
• CSOs and the academe can work together by leveraging their strengths and discovering the underlying sociological, economic, political, and economic phenomena to guide the praxis;
• Citizens are encouraged to use data in supporting their advocacy work – widening the space for civic engagement and participation in governance. It is also essential to gather narratives and document good practices for effective advocacy;
• Government is not monolithic. We can find champions who we can continue to engage with to work with our common ground and maintain good working relationships; and
• Work on what binds us, not on what divides us – find our shared humanity, collective purpose, and aspirations.