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for regranting to social accountability NGOs in Burkina Faso Through this grant, Oxfam America and Oxfam Spain will support Oxfam Burkina Faso to strengthen the participation of women, men, youth, and local civil society and civic groups in the management of public finances. Oxfam Burkina Faso and its three local partners will provide relevant information, technical support, and mechanisms for citizens to provide input and track the use of local development mining funds in three municipalities. (Strategy: Transparency, Participation, and Accountability)
for general operating support The Hewlett Foundation is a founding member of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), an organization dedicated to generating evidence through rigorous impact evaluations of social and economic development programs in low- and middle-income countries. 3ie has funded 200 evaluations in 50 countries to date. In this grant period, 3ie would continue sponsoring the production of new evidence and evidence reviews, work to translate and broker evidence for policymakers, strengthen the enabling environment for the production of high-quality evidence, and build a sustainable institution.
for Communauté d’Afrique Francophone sur les Données Ouvertes to strengthen capacity & gender equity As part of Canada’s foreign affairs and development efforts, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) champions and funds research and innovation within and alongside developing regions to drive global change. It invests in high-quality research in developing countries, shares knowledge with researchers and policymakers for greater uptake and use, and mobilizes global alliances to build a more sustainable and inclusive world. This grant will allow IDRC to continue to advance the use and sharing of data to address critical development challenges in Francophone Africa through the Communauté d'Afrique Francophone sur les Données Ouvertes (CAFDO), consolidating its growing list of achievements since 2017 and leadership role in the regional data community. CAFDO is part of the Data for Development (D4D) Network, a global alliance of Global South-based research organizations funded by IDRC that works to strengthen collaboration and mobilize the knowledge needed to advance the use of data to address critical development challenges. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for a project advancing open governance and accountability in South Africa and globally Oxfam South Africa is a newly independent organization and is the first African affiliate in the global Oxfam Confederation. With this project support, Oxfam South Africa will strengthen citizens’ capacity to hold the South African government and corporations accountable for more just, transparent, and responsive policy positions both at home and abroad. Activities will include mobilizing civil society groups and communities to hold the South African government to its commitments in the Open Government Partnership and to support South Africa as global chair of the Partnership in 2016.
for strengthening linkages between SRH & HIV/AIDS services in sexual violence programs None
for support of the Women Deliver 2016 Global Conference This grant will support the Women Deliver Global Conference, which will be held in Copenhagen in May 2016.  The Conference is anticipated to draw 6,000 participants from 150 countries, including decision makers, implementers, researchers, advocates, media, and the private sector.  The focus of the Conference will be on how to implement the Sustainable Development Goals as they relate to women and girls, with a specific focus on maternal, sexual, and reproductive health and rights, and the connections with gender equality, economic empowerment, and environmental sustainability.
for strengthening evaluation systems In May 2011, the Hewlett Foundation provided Ipas with an Organizational Effectiveness grant to strengthen its evaluation systems.  During the evaluation, Ipas was identified that it needed to improve its internal systems by replacing data systems with a set of integrated, web-enabled, globally-available software applications. This technology will provide a global, standardized set of tools and processes to address Ipas's accounting, relationship management, project management and monitoring and evaluation needs.  This organizational effectiveness grant will provide training for the software and applications for Ipas’ headquarters and all of its overseas offices.  It is critical that staff be well-trained so that Ipas can use the systems to the full potential.
for the Transparency and Accountability Initiative The Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI), hosted by the Open Society Foundation, is a donor collaborative that coordinates research and exchange among transparency and accountability donors at the global level. In order to take best advantage of this effort, this grant would provide further support to the TAI's three-year work plan. The TAI would continue to pursue its three objectives: (1) sharing and promoting learning among donors, practitioners, and academics; (2) encouraging collective action and coordination among donors to advance transparency and accountability issues in international dialogues; and (3) catalyzing funding for proven transparency and accountability interventions globally.
for support of the Afrifem Debt Initiative The African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) is a pan-African civil society organization advocating for debt cancellation and addressing debt-related issues in Africa. AFRODAD’s mission is to contribute to Africa’s inclusive growth and sustainable development through influencing policy change on debt management and development finance anchored on a rights-based approach. This grant will support AFRODAD and the Nawi – Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective (NAWI), a community analyzing and influencing policies through an intersectional pan-African feminist lens, to establish an African feminist debt initiative demonstrating the intersection of debt with feminism and women’s rights. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for Ghana Cities Monitor: Measuring and Ranking the Quality of Governance and Service Provision The Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) is a nonpartisan, nongovernmental, not-for-profit research and policy advocacy think tank working to promote democracy, good governance, and inclusive development in Ghana and Africa. With this grant, CDD-Ghana will continue the implementation of the Ghana Cities Monitor — an index designed to assess, monitor, and report periodically on service delivery and provision of public goods in major Ghanaian cities based on the quality of governance and the provision of goods and services. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for strategic planning This Organizational Effectiveness grant will support the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) to work with an external consultant to develop a new four-year strategic plan. The new strategic plan is anticipated to help focus APHRC's work and draw on its strengths to advance the health and education policies and practices in sub-Saharan Africa informed by evidence.  APHRC intends to have an initial draft of the strategic plan ready for Board review and discussion in August, and a final draft prepared for Board approval in November 2016.
for the Mental Health Practice program Thinkwell will use Hewlett's $100,000 in seed funding to support the establishment of a mental health practice within the organization. Seed funding will support intensive design and scoping work over an 18-month period. Mental Health in Africa is significantly underresourced and underappreciated. And yet, mental disorders in Africa and around the world have profound negative impacts on health outcomes, economic productivity, and development. The incidence of mental disorders (depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, etc.) affects tens of millions of people in Africa, and the COVID pandemic has increased the incidence of mental disorders even further. This seed funding will help Thinkwell, an important and innovative health systems and health financing organization, to enter the space, develop their mental health strategy, and eventually crowd in additional financing from other donors and the private sector and philanthropic organizations.
for a project to build and expand leadership for evidence-informed policymaking in Africa The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) focuses on enabling policymakers to effectively access and use evidence in policy formulation and operationalization. This grant will support AFIDEP to work in partnership with the African Academies of Science (AAS) to enable AAS’s scholars to support evidence-informed policymaking. Together, AFIDEP and AAS will support scholars to both improve their engagement with government officials to apply scientific evidence and innovation into policy decisions, and also to champion the institutionalized use of evidence in government decision making in East and West Africa.
for development of a policy engagement strategy This Organizational Effectiveness grant will enable the International Network for the Continuous Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH) to develop and implement a policy engagement strategy. It is anticipated that this will allow the member sites to develop trusted relationships with end-users of research and be more effective in translating research into development policies and practices, and in turn increase INDEPTH’s visibility in the international community.  This grant will complement a previous grant awarded to INDEPTH to increase its fundraising capacity.
for design of the Catalysts Consortium for abortion in Africa This grant will support the design of a new consortium of Africa-focused organizations working together on abortion rights. Ipas is receiving the grant on behalf of the consortium, which will spend the next year using these funds to landscape, strategize, and design a way to use collaborative action on abortion advocacy. This grant is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for the Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics The U.N.’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) mobilizes global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical solutions for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. The SDSN Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics (TReNDS) brings together members from academia, science, public policy, and companies to produce research and offer technical support for countries to increase their use of data for decision making, including nontraditional sources of data. During this grant period, TReNDS will help advance the goals under the Evidence-Informed Policymaking strategy by producing research on various aspects of using data to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, support policymakers and practitioners to capitalize on new data technologies and approaches, and build capacity within academic institutions to support these processes.
for implementing an approach to teaching reading in two local languages in Senegal Associates in Research and Education for Development Inc. (ARED) has provided literacy training and citizen education in Senegal for nearly twenty years. ARED’s goal is to demonstrate an effective model for bilingual education in grades 1–4 that can be adopted by the Senegalese government and supported by donors. In the past three years, ARED has developed an instructional model and materials to improve children’s learning in reading and math in grades 1–3 in two local languages. ARED has now expanded its program to reach 114 classrooms and has entered into discussions with the Senegalese Ministry of Education and donor agencies in light of recent commitments to bilingual education. With this grant, ARED would complete development and testing of its instructional model by adding modules and learning materials for early-grade math, reading, civics, and social studies instruction and also expand to 100 more classrooms. In addition, this grant would help ARED continue to build monitoring and evaluation systems and introduce new strategic communications and outreach.
for strategic planning Population Services International (PSI) is one of the largest social marketing organizations, using commercial marketing techniques to introduce and promote critical reproductive health products in countries around the world. This organizational effectiveness grant will support PSI’s plan to develop a new global strategy for 2017-2020.
for fundraising and event planning The International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) mobilizes a global network of experienced lawyers and law firms to provide pro bono services to developing countries to strengthen their legal, regulatory, and enforcement frameworks. ISLP also assists local activists and civil society organizations to navigate the legal terrain and participate effectively in decisions affecting their communities, especially decisions involving natural resource management and associated investments, trade, and tax policies. Over the past years, ISLP has benefited from a small group of supporters but has not developed significant institutional fundraising capacity. ISLP has largely focused on project-specific restricted grants which, while very important, are inherently limited in scope, duration, and flexibility. While ISLP has invested in staff development, capacity and fundraising experience are still critical gaps. This impacts its ability to maximize opportunities and adapt to the changing philanthropic and development funding landscape, which is imperative if it is to sustain and expand its mission-driven work. This grant will enable ISLP to address its capacity gap by engaging a consultant to help plan and execute a fundraising initiative, leveraging the occasion of the organization’s 20th anniversary.
for nonpartisan recommendations on strengthening U.S. government efforts around security assistance None
for general operating support Gesoc generates evidence and open data for fiscal transparency; strengthens transparency and accountability as tools for social development; and ensures that budget allocation and other policies have a human rights perspective. They develop the Performance Index of Federal Public Programs to provide evidence for newly elected administrations, and to serve as a tool to advocate for efficient, transparent, and quality social expenditure. Gesoc also develops the State Index of Social Development Capacities and collaborates with eight local governments to improve their capacity to deliver quality public services, aligned with local open government efforts.
for general operating support Twaweza works with citizens to exercise agency and with governments to be more open and responsive in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. Twaweza’s programs include Sauti za Wananchi, Africa’s first nationally representative mobile phone survey, and Uwezo, a citizen assessment of children’s learning levels and other indicators of quality public services. Through policy research and engagement in multilateral initiatives like the Open Government Partnership, Twaweza promotes open and responsive governance in East Africa.
for a project to promote inclusive and responsible natural resource management and policy design The Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies (GLISS) is a research and advocacy think tank based in Kampala, Uganda. The institute promotes social justice policies in the Great Lakes region of Africa through research, advocacy, capacity building, and civic engagement. This grant will enable GLISS to promote regional and national policies that are responsive to the needs of communities impacted by the extractives industry across three East African countries: Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Through a combination of research, use of data and tailored training courses, the East Africa Extractives Barometer Report project seeks to inform the development of social justice policies and decisions that put communities, and especially women and youth, at the center of policy and decision making in the development of extractives in East Africa. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance).
for strengthening the transparency and accountability of public expenditures on education in India Although the Indian government spends more than $10 billion annually to deliver primary education to its citizens, these resources are not producing good learning outcomes. By studying the ways in which education resources are allocated and managed, the Accountability Initiative at the Centre for Policy Research has helped unearth clues as to why these investments are not yielding results. This grant would enable the Center to continue tracking education expenditure management at the district and school level, to generate an evidence-based debate on the need for reform, and to experiment with ways of building greater school-level accountability through local school management committees.
for executive transition This organizational effectiveness grant to IntraHealth International will support an executive transition for the role of President and CEO.
for general operating support The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) was founded to be a catalyst for change across Africa by helping unleash its most abundant latent power — its women. Through a unique blend of programming, advocacy, research, and exhibitions, the EJS Center works to advance women’s public leadership and development on the continent. By helping women in public leadership to raise their profiles and advance their careers, the EJS Center seeks to amplify the voices of all women and girls across Africa. The center will continue its overall mission of championing women’s ascension to the highest levels of leadership and challenging systematic barriers to girls’ and women’s advancement in Africa. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for support of in-country advocacy partnerships This supplemental grant will support Population Action International to provide civil society organizations in Francophone West Africa with funding and assistance to develop locally owned advocacy campaigns and strategies in support of better policies for family planning and reproductive health. Over five years, the organization will expand and deepen advocacy work and partnerships in Francophone West Africa, and further support the growth and development of strong civil society champions. This grant supplements one made earlier this year to Population Action International to support similar work in two Anglophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Malawi and Zambia.
for an upgrade and build out of a monitoring and evaluation platform The Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir (ILSB) is a feminist organization in Mexico that works towards gender and social justice, and is aligned with the Service Delivery Monitoring substrategy of the Transparency, Participation and Accountability strategy.This grant will allow the ILSB to consolidate its work on monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) processes. The ILSB will improve the navigability and storage capacity of its management platform; and, incorporate modules that enhance and automate the monitoring of annual operating plans, budgeting, and human resource management.
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 and accountable governance.  IMCO is working to narrow its policy research toward three main goals: effective public institutions, inclusive society, and a competitive economy. The organization provides policymakers with evidence to make more informed decisions and citizens with information to monitor the implementation of public policies and spending. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
to support the post-MDG process This project grant will enable the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) to hire a senior staff person to follow the process that will determine the post-2015 development framework.  IWHC will identify opportunities to effect the discussions, advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights directly and in coalition with other advocates, and mobilize broader civil society pressure to be brought to bear on governments and UN actors as needed.  Another key strategy will be to build alliances with other constituencies, such as groups working on the environment, education and security.  The new development framework will likely have tremendous impact on the choices made by governments as they decide which areas of development to prioritize and fund beyond 2015.  As a leading sexual and reproductive health organization with extensive experience in UN advocacy, IWHC is well placed to help ensure that sexual and reproductive health and rights are key components in the new development framework.
for general operating support EarthRights International defends human rights and promotes environmental justice through litigation and legal advocacy, training and leadership development, and public policy and education campaigns. Complementing their grassroots legal defense and empowerment work with individuals and communities, EarthRights also pioneers new international norms and standards that strengthen corporate and governmental responsibility for open and accountable natural resource extraction.
for the development of viable agricultural policy options that serve rural interests in the U.S. and developing countries None
for promoting feminist macroeconomic alternatives in global economic recovery plans The Gender and Development Network (GADN) is a U.K.-based network of more than 150 organizations and experts working to put gender equality and women’s rights at the heart of international development through providing advice, developing best practice, and supporting its members to share skills and knowledge. This grant will support generating interest in feminist alternatives within global policy debates on COVID-19 economic recovery and respond to this interest with transformative and strategic proposals. (Strategy: Gender Equity and Governance Program)
for data work in Uganda Unwanted Witness is a Uganda-based civil society organization working at the intersection of technology and human rights. It believes in the positive impact of digital technology on societies, while striving for an open, secure, and inclusive use of technology that contributes to the realization of human rights and good governance. To that end, while digitalization has proven to break societal barriers, it has also been used to exacerbate pre-existing structural discrimination and other harms based on gender, political affiliation, geographical location, and socioeconomic status. As a result, this grant will support Unwanted Witness’ efforts on responsible technology, which works to remedy the harms associated with digitalization, while maximizing the potential of digital technologies to societies within Uganda and beyond. Activities supported by this grant will include a wide variety of approaches, ranging from judicial activism, evidence-based advocacy and research, multistakeholder engagements, community empowerment, and strategic collaboration with youth movements (among others). 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.