In November 2023, almost two thousand Majority World actors penned a letter to funders and convenors of international conferences on how to organise spaces and conversations on locally-led development. The letter was met with widespread support and resulted in calls for greater guidance from Majority World actors on how these convenings should be organised. In response to this call, The Movement for Community-led Development (MCLD), CIVICUS and Peace Direct worked with Majority World signatories of the original letter to co-create a guidance document. This guidance is based not just on the barriers faced by local actors, but their vision of how they would organise such events. This document has been co-created by Majority World actors (see list at the end of the document) and is owned by every participant involved in the process.