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for supporting Mexican Transparency and Accountability NGOs to use the Indaba Platform Global Integrity is a Washington, DC-based organization that promotes transparent and accountable government around the world. It produces innovative research and technologies that inform, connect, and empower civic, private, and public advocates in work to promote more open societies. This grant will support the translation into Spanish of the organization's data-collecting platform Indaba, and to expand its use among Mexican transparency and accountability groups. This project draws on Global Integrity’s experience piloting Indaba with early adopters, including a fruitful partnership with the Mexican Institute of Competitiveness. We expect this grant will facilitate an increasing number of organizations in the accountability field in Mexico to become familiar with Indaba and to work systematically with it to streamline, enhance, and scale their research processes.
for the Mawazo Voices program The Mawazo Institute is a women-led African organization supporting early-career women researchers to find local solutions to global development challenges. Mawazo focuses on early-career women researchers, who are significantly underrepresented in academia and research. It works from the principle that African women researchers contribute essential knowledge and perspectives to issues affecting Africa’s development. Therefore, Mawazo seeks to unlock their potential by equipping them with the skills and networks to conduct high-quality research. Mawazo’s vision is to see more African women researchers become thought leaders, change makers, and decision makers in fields and sectors critical to Africa’s development. This grant supports the Mawazo Voices program to create pathways and pipelines that give African women researchers the tools to conduct impactful and quality research and prepare them for knowledge translation. Mawazo recognizes the need to create paths and channels for African women researchers to actively participate in research-to-implementation and research-for-impact activities.
for evidence on gender in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative This grant will allow Publish What You Pay (PWYP) to pilot a project to promote gender-responsive feedback mechanisms within the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to improve policy outcomes for women in this sector. This grant will include desk research on women’s participation in the EITI platform, evidence of obstacles that women face in national level implementation, and access and use of EITI data. PWYP will conduct workshops with its members on uses of research, tools, and methodologies for understanding the impact of gender on the extractive industry.
for a study of evaluation and learning practices at three U.S. foreign assistance agencies This grant to the Lugar Center will support a study of lessons learned from implementation of three U.S. government agencies’ policies for evaluation and learning.
for the development of a fundraising plan This grant will allow Women Thrive to develop a three-year fundraising strategy.
for support of the Birdsall House Conference and related networking and mentoring events The Center for Global Development is organizing the fifth annual Birdsall House Conference Series on Women to take place in 2019. This grant supports the coordination of the conference and associated mentoring and networking events focused on drawing insights from women’s economic empowerment into the evaluation of early childhood development interventions.
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. IMCO generates research to inform public debate on how government policies could improve Mexico’s competitiveness, in addition to advocating for better public sector performance overall. This renewal for general operating support will allow IMCO to continue to produce competitiveness indices at the international, national, and subnational levels. It will also help IMCO improve its capacity to use new technologies to increase its impact and outreach, continue to produce research on public finance and government transparency, as well as deepen engagement with education and public security policy in Mexico.
for upgrading CRM and learning management system capacities People Powered is a global hub for participatory democracy. In collaboration with national and regional networks, the hub provides mentorship, training, and funding to implementers and scholars of participatory democracy programs so that residents participate more meaningfully and directly in their local governance. This grant will support People Powered to improve its communications and learning systems. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for promoting inclusive development in Africa through data governance awareness and best practices The Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) is a nonprofit think tank based in Nigeria, conducting independent, high-quality, evidence-based research. CSEA has core expertise in conducting multicountry studies and advocacy in the areas of regional integration, digitalization, and global economic governance. This renewal grant will continue to support CSEA’s activities and initiatives to promote the adoption of data governance best practices across Africa — including long-term capacity development work in data governance, impact evaluation, and research on effective data governance frameworks, and the scaling of CSEA’s digital economy research portfolio into emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. This grant is part of a cluster of grants under the Evidence-Informed Policymaking strategy to strengthen a field of African institutions working on data governance. The goal of this cluster is to help governments in East and West Africa develop policy frameworks that balance public-good uses of data with data privacy and protection.
for citizen-led assessments and advocacy in conflict-affected and fragile states Save the Children United States promotes the well-being of young children and their families around the world, especially the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. This grant will enable the organization to adapt and test the use of citizen-led learning assessments in difficult settings where good data on educational outcomes is currently lacking. With this grant, Save the Children will design an approach for young people whose education has been disrupted by conflict, displacement, or their status as refugees, to measure and raise awareness about the gaps in learning that they and other children experience. Save the Children will document this experience to promote and possibly replicate the use of citizen-generated data to track progress and hold host governments, international organizations such as the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, and donor agencies responsible for service delivery in emergencies accountable for commitments made under the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
for general operating support Open Data Watch’s mission is to bring change to organizations that produce and manage official statistical data to increase their quality, availability, and use. Open Data Watch encourages and supports countries in increasing the quality, coverage, openness, and use of official statistical data. Their flagship product has been an annual assessment of the coverage, availability, and openness of official statistics in national databases. Going forward, they are extending their focus to find ways to assess the value and use of data. The organization will also continue to provide technical advice, engage in advocacy, and build connections between the mainstream official statistics community and those interested in using technological advances to improve data quality and timeliness. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for organizational planning The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) has grown significantly in the last two years, expanding its operational presence in nearly all continents. This growth, which, in many ways has been very positive, has not been matched with the level of human resources needed to effectively implement their new 5-year strategic plan. This grant is to help NRGI recruit two key senior officers - Senior Director of Regions and Chief Finance Officer, who will support the ongoing organizational restructuring and management transition.
for a series of articles on data development SciDev.Net is an online source of news about science and technology for global development, with six regional news desks around the developing world. The organization’s purpose is to promote greater uptake of science evidence and technological innovations in policies and programs that reduce poverty, promote social wellbeing and build sustainable economic growth. This grant would support a 12-part series of articles and data visualization around the topic of Data Driven Development. The series will showcase experiences of governments in making effective use of data for policy and program development, convert data and research into information that is broadly, and explore the themes of accountability and transparency.
for a workshop to facilitate high-impact partnerships among international NGOs and funders FSG is an international nonprofit consulting firm that works with corporations, foundations, and nonprofit organizations to formulate and evaluate their social engagement strategies. This grant provides support for follow-on activities to FSG’s report, Ahead of the Curve: Insights for the International NGO of the Future, which identifies four ways in which international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) can adapt to their changing environment and deepen their impact. Through research and convening of INGOs and partners from government and the private sector, this project will explore existing and new models of partnerships with the goal of strengthening how global development INGOs partner for impact.
for the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data The United Nations Foundation serves as the institutional host of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. The partnership brings together government, private-sector, civil society, and international institutions to harness new and traditional sources of data to better understand and address development challenges. During this grant period, the partnership will advance its three goals to (a) drive political change, elevating the importance of data production, access, and use for decision making; (b) address data challenges at the country level through multisectoral collaboration; and (c) foster trust across its diverse constituencies to help overcome barriers to data access and use.
for advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights Väestöliitto works for the welfare of individuals and families. This support would allow Väestöliitto’s Global Development Unit promote political commitment to and official development assistance for sexual and reproductive health and rights, safe motherhood, voluntary family planning, HIV/AIDS prevention, comprehensive sexuality education, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, and male involvement within Finland and globally.
for a project to support a more representative American foreign policy The Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University hosts the Generations Dialogue Project, which aims to increase the number of underrepresented youth who pursue and succeed in American foreign policy careers by connecting young people with individuals who blazed a trail in American foreign policy and international affairs. The grant seeks to increase the number of participating high school students who pursue university study related to international affairs; increase the number of participating undergraduate students who pursue graduate study related to international affairs; create for all participants an informational and support network for careers in international affairs; and demonstrate a model for generating pipelines of underrepresented groups and supporting them to undertake successful American foreign policy careers. This grant will also support a seminar series on the effect of localization on academics and students studying U.S. foreign policy and their potential to shape international development decisions in the Global South.
for a project to expand J-PAL’s existing efforts in East and West Africa The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was founded on the belief that anti-poverty programs can be made more effective - thus creating positive change in the lives of the poor - if policymakers have access to rigorous scientific evidence on what works and the capacities to apply it. This grant will support J-PAL's efforts to deepen its work in East and West Africa. Specifically, J-PAL plans to (a) build partnerships with select African governments, multilateral donors, research centers, and universities; (b) expand collaborations between East and West African scholars and J-PAL's research affiliates; and (c) support major development actors in Africa to incorporate evidence into the design of large programs. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for general support of Columbia University's Division of Family Planning and Preventative Services at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology None
for support of a grassroots legal empowerment grantmaking fund The Legal Empowerment Fund is a new, 10-year field-building initiative led by the Fund for Global Human Rights to narrow the justice gap by increasing the power and ability of frontline groups to employ legal methods to address and overcome systemic challenges faced by historically oppressed communities. During its first three years, the fund will build out its grantmaking staffing and systems to disburse funding to an initial set of legal empowerment grantee organizations. In collaboration with the Global Legal Empowerment Network, it will contribute to a fieldwide learning and fundraising agenda. (Substrategy: Governance Channels)
for general operating support This core grant would enable Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) to improve the status of the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy. WIEGO is a global action-research-policy network comprised of more than thirty membership-based organizations of informal workers and about 150 development professionals. WIEGO seeks to increase (1) the voice of the working poor by supporting and strengthening membership-based organizations to gain representation in policymaking bodies, (2) the visibility of informal employment and economy by conducting policy-relevant research and improving official statistics, and (3) the validity of informal workers by promoting their recognition as legitimate economic agents.
for general operating support of the Sierra Club's Global Population and Environment Program None
for a project to develop a global unique identifier system for nonprofits GlobalGiving is leading an effort to create a unique identifier system for nonprofits around the world.  GuideStar USA is launching such a system in the US.  This grant will help GlobalGiving as they coordinate among GuideStar, Foundation Center, TechSoup Global, and others, to determine the best shared strategy to build a global counterpart to GuideStar's domestic system.
for promoting transparency, accountable governance, and efficient agricultural markets in the U.S. None
for strategic planning African Population and Health Research Center (Nairobi, Kenya)—Project, New, $60,000 over 1 year (Organizational Effectiveness $60,000, Global Development $0, Population $0); 60% of project budget
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for promoting inclusive public expenditure policies and accountability for women and youth in Uganda Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) conducts independent research and analysis of public spending in Uganda, advocates for evidence-based public policies, and builds citizens’ capacity to use data to demand accountability and improved services from government. During this grant period, ACODE will pursue its strategic plan, which includes strengthening public finance management and increasing economic opportunities for women, men, and youth; improving governance and sustainable utilization of environment and natural resources; and strengthening ACODE’s institutional capacity to harness science, technology, and innovation for sustainable development in Uganda. (Strategy: Transparency, Participation, and Accountability)
for work to expand quality investments in child care The World Bank Group is an international financial institution that provides low-cost loans and grants to developing countries around the world, as well as policy advice, research, and technical assistance. The World Bank Group’s twin goals are to eradicate extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. In conjunction with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Hilton Foundation, this grant will support the World Bank to drive more and better investments in child care by contributing to the evidence base through developing tools, guidance, and analytical work and by supporting country level work through helping World Bank operational teams make the case for child care and assisting them to design and implement quality projects. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment).
for support of the economic rights work of the women's rights program ActionAid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the front lines of poverty and injustice. This grant to ActionAid USA will continue to support the Valuing Women’s Work and Young Urban Women projects under one grant. ActionAid USA will promote movement building with young urban women in Ghana, India, and South Africa around economic security, bodily integrity, and unpaid care work. ActionAid USA will support convenings, networking, and the presence of advocates in key decision-making spaces, and it will advocate for economic policy alternatives with a feminist lens. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for development of a website and database to improve impact and outreach capacity 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.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 engagement between investors and government officials from emerging markets. This grant will enable the alliance to develop web-based certification and research platforms to deepen investor engagement and education.
for a federal exercise on Zero Based Budgeting in Mexico This grant will support the development of a report that gathers the joint findings and proposals on budgeting best practices of six organizations and think tanks in Mexico with proven experience and research in a range of budget aspects in order to inform and influence a federal exercise in Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) in Mexico. GESOC will coordinate, gather and complete the report, using data and evidence provided by the other organizations, as well as drawing on their own research and expertise.
for a project to track education budget expenditures for Dalits in Bihar and Rajasthan, India None
for the development and implementation of an advocacy strategy on unpaid care and domestic work Oxfam is a global organization working to create solutions to the social injustice of poverty and inequality. This grant to Oxfam America will support Oxfam’s implementation of the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) program globally, regionally — and in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. The WE-Care program is an initiative meant to transform how unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) is valued, shared, and invested in. Oxfam will accompany civil society-led advocacy and facilitate participation in influencing spaces; raise awareness of UCDW with media and government officials; develop formative research to inform campaigns; advocate for greater investments in infrastructure and public services; and engage the private sector to change harmful gender stereotypes and norms. (Strategy: Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for the United Nations Global Pulse Lab Kampala program Pulse Lab Kampala uses big data (as collected from cellphones, satellites, and social media) and data analytics to better understand and address development challenges. Pulse Lab partners with scholars from African and Western universities, as well as private sector data providers in its work. Pulse Lab’s priority focus is to bring the data innovations that emerge from these technical partnerships into practical use by government officials. Over time, Pulse Lab Kampala aims to help governments move beyond pilot data projects to more systematic use of big data for decision making. To this end, it works to strengthen the responsible data privacy and protection frameworks in the African region, catalyze the adoption of big data for official statistics, and strengthen an emerging African community of practice around public-good applications of privately held data.
for 2030 agenda for sustainable development and climate change This grant will support the Office of the Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change to provide leadership to the UN system to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Office of the Special Adviser will carry out activities that include producing public commentary and analysis on the SDGs, developing official directives from the Secretary General, establishing UN-wide strategies for SDG implementation, and coordinating necessary changes within the UN system to respond to the new SDGs. The Office of the Special Adviser will work with UN agencies, member states, and civil society to carry out these activities.
for research on citizen participation for accountability in education The Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) is a Mexican public university specializing in social anthropology. Through their Center for Social Audit, CIESAS works toward generating new evidence through applied research on how citizen participation in the policy process can improve public sector performance on service delivery. This grant would support applied research to better understand how citizen participation can improve accountability over public education in Mexico, both in terms of improving education policy and public spending, and in improving learning outcomes. Through South-South exchange with Hewlett grantees working on alternative educational assessments in India and Africa, this grant will also explore how Mexico could benefit from engaging parents and civil society organizations in measuring learning outcomes through diverse measures that go beyond standardized tests.
for collaborative doctoral training and research mentorship at the Population Research Institute The Population Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University works in partnership with the Regional Institute for Population Studies at the University of Ghana (also a Hewlett grantee) to enhance the doctoral training of African scholars. This grant will continue support for Penn State to train three top doctoral candidates from the Ghana-based Institute. At Penn State, they will receive intensive dissertation mentorship and access to course work in advanced methodologies currently unavailable at their home institution. Following the year at the Population Research Institute, fellows return to Africa to complete their doctoral programs, having developed research relationships that will support their early career development.