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for support of international sexual and reproductive health and rights advocacy This grant will enable Rutgers to support sexual and reproductive health and rights organizations in Lebanon, Tunisia, and Morocco. The organization plans to identify partners in these countries and help them to develop effective national and regional advocacy strategies, holding their governments accountable for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, Rutgers plans to help their partners develop a fundraising strategy.
for support to improve an online portal for alumni This organizational effectiveness grant will support Global Health Corps to make improvements on its new online portal for current fellows and alumni. One of Global Health Corps’ biggest assets is its growing network of former fellows. This project will connect Global Health Corps alumni to staff, but more importantly, with current fellows and directly to one another.
for strategy development This organizational effectiveness grant to IDEO.org will support a strategic planning process as the 6-year old organization tries to articulate its vision and mission for its next phase of growth. In 2016 IDEO.org opened a second design studio in New York City, almost immediately doubling its staff and the number of projects in its three program areas. This rapid growth has challenged the organization to have a clear and well-communicated strategy for its role in using human-centered design in the social sector to alleviate poverty. The leadership at IDEO.org is hoping this strategy process will identify how to develop local design talent in the countries in which they work, create strong partnerships in their program areas, and clarify the roles and responsibilities of the leadership team and team members.
for support of mother tongue reading and math instruction in Senegal with transitional support Many students who attend school in Senegal never learn to read, in part because instruction in public schools is delivered in French, a language that the students do not understand, and in part because instructional methods for teaching reading in Senegal are ineffective. The Senegalese organization ADLAS has developed a successful model to teach reading and mathematics to speakers of Saafi and to support children in transitioning their skills from Saafi into French. This grant would help ADLAS expand its current work to provide reading instruction to around 5,000 additional children and their parents. If successful, the model would demonstrate to the government and others that instruction in national languages is an effective way to teach children how to read—despite the challenging conditions that characterize most schools in West Africa.
for support of Stronger Community Organizations for Reproductive Equity (SCORE) This grant will support DSW Kenya, an advocacy organization that works to ensure that young people are empowered to lead healthy and self-determined lives. Through core funding, capacity strengthening, and peer education, DSW Kenya will implement the Stronger Community Organizations for Reproductive Equity (SCORE) project by partnering with diverse youth-led organizations. DSW Kenya and partners will enable youth to work within county decision-making structures to improve reproductive health policies and financing. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for support of IPPF's performance-based funding implementation This is the third phase of support to Redstone Strategy Group, LLC that began in 2010 to develop a performance-based funding system for the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), a core grantee of the Global Development and Population Program. With this new grant, Redstone would provide technical assistance to the Africa and South Asia regional offices of IPPF to help the Federation double service levels by 2015 and increase funding from all sources by 25 percent over the next three years.
for promoting government transparency and accountability in the state of Baja California None
for support to expand access to medication abortion in Eastern Africa This grant to Population Services International (PSI) will support the inclusion of medication abortion (MA) on the list of available reproductive health products marketed through a new regional social enterprise for Eastern Africa. PSI is developing a sustainable enterprise to market and distribute a selection of health products in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia. This grant will support market introduction of medication abortion in that enterprise, including assessment of pharmacy and health care worker barriers to MA, information needs of users, and market dynamics associated with MA products that impact financial sustainability.
for support to document African evidence-informed policymaking and implementation The project will document at least eight African case studies of governments using and institutionalizing evidence. Co-authors include current and former government officials, and practitioners who work closely with African governments. The authors will produce a book, nine policy briefs, and six videos. They will also share lessons with policymakers, practitioners, and researchers.
for a study to analyze the funding gap for universal primary education in developing countries None
for a program to support rural women and youth in the governance of land and natural resources Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR) is a policy research institution that strives to contribute to the economic and social development of Senegal and the West Africa region through research, capacity building, and policy dialogue. IPAR’s approach is mainly based on the following: (a) generating timely, context-specific, and policy-relevant research; (b) analyzing the effectiveness of policies and programs; (c) strengthening capacity of key stakeholders that would otherwise be marginalized or excluded from the policy process; and (d) creating an enabling environment for policy dialogue by building bridges among scholars, civil society, government, and citizens. IPAR has identified inclusive governance focusing on women and youth in rural area as a critical development priority in the Senegalese context. Through this grant, IPAR will support inclusive governance and access to natural resources for rural women and youth. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for a project on gender data This project is part of a new partnership between the World Bank, Data2X, the International Labor Organization, and the Food and Agricultural Organization. The partnership supports the implementation of the new international statistical standards for measuring men’s and women’s employment and work, which were adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labor Statisticians. In particular, the project seeks to develop ways to adapt household surveys to measure unpaid work, and then to apply those new methods in at least two countries. Improving measurement of unpaid work will advance a comprehensive understanding of women's economic contributions, particularly where subsistence agriculture is prevalent.
for support of the learning agenda platform This grant would help to promote learning rather than school enrollment as the metric of success in education in Uganda, a country that has made tremendous strides in increasing access to education but in which more than eighty percent of second graders cannot read. A consortium of organizations committed to improving learning, organized by the Uganda National NGO Forum, would work to harmonize learning assessments, promote better implementation of policies that are aimed at promoting learning, and link Uganda to international conversations about incorporating learning goals in the post-2015 global development framework.
for incorporating cultural competency into research practices and methodology The Behavioral Ideas Lab, Inc. (ideas42) is a research organization and network of behavioral scientists that partners with governments, foundations, and civil society organizations to address social problems with behavioral insights. This project will develop resources and training programs for behavioral researchers to advance their cultural competency when engaged in cross-cultural field work and partnerships.
for support to the Evidence in Governance and Politics network This grant will support the consolidation and continued growth of the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) network to achieve four high level outcomes: (a) continue management of a coordinated research model (Metaketa Initiative), including results dissemination and outreach events; (b) make research more accessible to practitioners by seeking out and expanding academic-practitioner partnerships; (c) increase the capacity of developing country researchers through experimental methods workshops in the Global South; and (d) improve experimental methods by communicating research findings to policymakers by the creation of methods guides, policy briefs and others.
for developing a more transparent financial reporting system This grant to Global Press Institute (GPI) will allow the organization to hire two consultants to review and reorganize its internal financial processes and design industry-leading financial transparency reporting systems for both donors and readers. A specialized nonprofit accounting firm will remodel and build the systems and transparent data designs for financial presentation. This consultant will also support GPI in its first formal audit. A design firm will then work with GPI to design financial statements that will allow for both donors and readers to understand the organization's financial operations and reflect its commitment to transparency.
for establishment of the TransFarm Africa policy network on agriculture, trade, and food security Beginning in 2006, Hewlett Foundation staff and consultants conducted an in-depth consultation to identify and build upon the best of the growing consensus about how to manage the pressing problems of food insecurity, donor fragmentation, and deteriorating livelihoods among the rural poor of sub-Saharan Africa. This consultation led to the launch of TransFarm Africa, a multi-donor initiative to advance equitable and sustainable smallholder commercial agriculture along Africa’s Development Corridors in ways that would improve the income of smallholder farmers, particularly women, and integrate them into a dynamic, internationally competitive regional food economy. The TransFarm Africa Policy Network would address international impediments to the growth of strong regional agricultural markets and food systems in Africa. The Network will be housed at the Aspen Institute and will be fully integrated into Aspen’s Global Health and Development program, working to identify, assess, and support innovative strategies for the alleviation of global poverty.
for the implementation of a civil society assessment of student learning in Pakistan The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan, a program of Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi, supports a citizen-led, household-based assessment of children’s learning in Pakistan. This one-time grant will allow ASER Pakistan to collect data at the household level in all districts of Pakistan for ASER 2015-16, build citizen capacity to assess learning levels, and communicate the results to parents, policymakers and civil society.
for a project to support Service Delivery Indicators data uptake in Kenya In November 2011, the Hewlett Foundation made a grant to the World Bank Africa region to launch an innovative facility-level survey to benchmark the quality of health and education services. Data collection is now underway in Kenya, and the Service Delivery Indicators will be released in the first quarter of 2013. To ensure that the data are used for research and advocacy, Hivos proposes to launch a small-grants competition in Kenya during the coming year in which it will award and oversee ten to fifteen grants to local civil society organizations, think tanks, and journalists with compelling strategies to disseminate, interpret, or further analyze the Service Delivery Indicators. If the competition is successful, Hivos could replicate this approach in other African countries where the survey will be launched in coming years.
for fundraising planning The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) has provided leadership for more than twenty years in defining the connections between population, reproductive health, and gender issues, and demonstrating how and why these links should be taken into account in policies and programs.  Funds from this organizational effectiveness (OE) grant will enable ICRW to develop a comprehensive, multi-year fundraising strategy.  The fundraising strategy will focus in particular on increasing unrestricted funds that can support research on emerging issues and strategic initiatives that maximize its reach and impact across projects.
for general support of Brown University's Population Studies and Training Center None
for support of assessing the impact of the Mexico City Policy This grant will enable researchers at Columbia University to track and document the impacts of the expanded Mexico City Policy on access to and utilization of contraception, abortion, and related reproductive health services, including at the clinic and provider levels. The Columbia team will work with a network of partners in Kenya to pilot a methodology to document the impacts of the policy. The project team will collect baseline data and help strengthen the capacity of local research and service provision partners in Kenya to gather data. They plan to share the methodology and findings with other organizations working to assess the impacts of the policy.
for general operating support The Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria (CIEP) A.C. is a research and advocacy organization in Mexico that contributes evidence to the public debate on issues of economy and public finance. CIEP strengthens the research capacities of economists to work on public finance; provides technical assistance to decision makers; develops tools for fiscal analysis; and communicates the findings of their budget analysis with citizens, journalists, and decision makers. Over the next three years, CIEP will deepen its partnerships with local governments and social movements. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for general operating support The Center for Health, Human Rights and Development uses research, advocacy, social accountability, and strategic litigation to advance health rights in Uganda. Recently, the center has played an active role in pursuing women’s reproductive health and rights in Uganda, such as the right to a safe abortion under certain circumstances. During this grant period, the center has decided to focus on efforts to increase the legal literacy of civil society organizations, teach communities in three districts to use social accountability approaches, and create tools that address rights violations such as a toll-free phone line and pro bono fund to provide legal support.
for general operating support The Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad (IMCO) is a nonpartisan think tank specializing in policy analysis and evidence-based advocacy to improve Mexico’s institutional framework for economic growth, as well as increasing government transparency and accountability. With this grant, IMCO would develop an agenda focused on a more transparent, open, and responsive government with projects in the areas of corruption and impunity; public contracting and finance; transparency; education; and economic competitiveness. IMCO would continue to produce competitiveness and budgetary information indices at the national and subnational levels, including a new index on corruption and impunity.
for research on gendered impact of growth sectors in sub-Saharan Africa This grant will support research to gather more data on the gender-specific sector impacts in sub-Saharan Africa, exploring how the expansion of certain growth sectors create and constrict economic opportunities for women. The data collected will inform an advocacy strategy with members and relevant financial institutions in the region to provide these actors with a better understanding of the gender implications on women’s economic opportunities.
for a study to evaluate the impact of Prajayatna's schooling program in India This supplemental grant would fund researchers from the Center for International Development at Stanford University to extend their evaluation of grantee Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness’ (MAYA) intervention to support over 2,000 communities across the state of Karnataka, India to exercise greater authority over their schools. A number of factors caused MAYA to delay implementation of its program. As a result, an extension of the evaluation will be critical to analyze whether MAYA’s governance intervention increases community involvement in education and whether increased community involvement ultimately improves schools and students’ learning outcomes. The evaluation results are expected to inform educators and those who work on governance by examining the effect of community institutions on schooling, and what factors enable collective action.
for strategic and organizational structure planning Article 19 Mexico is an organization that works to protect and promote freedom of speech, including protection of journalists. The recent assassination of photo journalist Ruben Espinosa in Mexico City has intensified the already existing staff tensions and burnout. This grant will allow A19 to design a strategy targeted to the organization's human resources, with the following objectives: 1. Design an internal conflict resolution mechanism to improve personal relationships within the organization; 2. Review and strengthen institutional policies and protocols regarding issues affecting staff, such as security and protection, or burnout; and, 3. Create a profile for every position and staff member in the organization.
for promoting effective and evidenced-based policies to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals This project will provide support for the United Nations Foundation to increase the likelihood that governments and key decision makers adopt effective and evidenced-based policies to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The United Nations Foundation policy team will work to deepen, expand, and sustain political support for SDG implementation among key member states, especially African countries. The team, in collaboration with policy actors and think tanks from the Global South, will promote the use of evidence, data, and analysis to inform global and national decision making. The team also plans to promote credible, effective, and inclusive SDG monitoring and accountability at the country and global level.
for the development of a regional interfaith platform for family planning This project builds on a previous grant to the World Faiths Development Dialogue at Georgetown University to engage high-level faith leaders in Senegal in increasing family planning use. Working with the Senegalese government, World Faiths Development Dialogue and a Senegalese association, the Cadre des Religieux pour la Santé et le Développement (CRSD), have formed an interreligious group to support family planning. During this phase of the project, World Faiths Development Dialogue and CRSD will expand activities into Guinea, responding to expressed interest from Guinea’s Ministry of Health.
for support of the Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis This grant supports the Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis at Makerere University. The Center provides rapid response services, synthesizing research quickly enough for policymakers to consider this information when making time-sensitive decisions. With this grant, the center’s team will deepen their partnership with select government agencies in Uganda, working to infuse evidence into specific decisions, and building government counterparts’ capacity and systems to use evidence. They will also train and mentor other research centers that produce rapid response work and build tools to better measure the impact of rapid evidence synthesis work. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for a program to train emerging market investors to support and advocate for good governance The Emerging Markets Investors Alliance brings together institutional investors to raise awareness about governance issues, and to build their capacity to engage and advocate for more transparent, accountable, and responsive governance. In the last two years, the alliance has successfully mobilized and trained several investors in the U.S., Europe, and the U.K., established thematic working groups involving governance experts and investors, and facilitated direct educational engagement between investors and government officials from emerging markets. This grant will enable the alliance to strengthen their direct advocacy work through forums with governments and companies.
for the charitable purposes of the Reproductive Health Matters Journal Reproductive Health Matters is a peer-reviewed journal published twice yearly that highlights research and commentary on global sexual and reproductive health and rights.  The journal makes a special effort to include work from developing country researchers and has a broad readership globally. Supporting the journal’s production and distribution would contribute to informing the field about research relevant to overcoming barriers to contraceptive uptake and providing access to safe abortion services.
for the Tanzania early childhood evaluation: design and analysis of baseline data collection This grant would support Mathematica Policy Research in designing and analyzing assessments of the cost-effectiveness of several approaches to early literacy. The programs under evaluation will be funded by Dubai Cares, which will allow Save the Children and the Aga Khan Foundation to expand and implement their preprimary early literacy programs in Tanzania.
for customer relationship management platform upgrade ActionAid USA is the U.S. branch of ActionAid International, which works in more than 50 countries to achieve social justice, gender equality, and poverty eradication, building international momentum for social, economic, and environmental justice, driven by people living in poverty and exclusion. This organizational effectiveness grant to ActionAid USA will support the transition to a new IT platform combining all of ActionAid USA’s information technology needs into one integrated platform allowing for standardized workflows.
for capacity-building of regional office ForumCiv is a Swedish development cooperation member organization providing direct support to local organizations to enable marginalized people to organize, claim their rights, and take control of their lives. This grant will allow ForumCiv Regional Office Eastern and Southern Africa to strengthen its executive and board leadership, human resources and resource mobilization capacities (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for hosting the Africa Evidence Network This grant will support the secretariat of the Africa Evidence Network, which works to increase the use of evidence in decision making. The network brings together evidence producers, users, and intermediaries to share information, collaborate, and build African interest in and capacity for evidence-informed decision making. It also advocates for African voices and participation in the evidence-informed decision-making movement. During this grant period, the Africa Evidence Network will increase member participation in governance of the network. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, a donor collaborative This supplemental grant to the Open Society Foundation for the Transparency and Accountability Initiative donor collaborative will support the extension of the project’s Phase 2 work plan. Current activities will continue to deepen learning about the efficacy of transparency and accountability interventions and to harness the potential of new technologies to enhance citizen feedback loops.