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for support to African and least developed countries to engage in the post-2015 negotiations This grant will allow the United Nations Foundation to provide technical support to key African and least-developed country (LDC) missions who are engaging in the post-2015 development process. With this grant, the UN Foundation will help African and LDC Ambassadors remain updated on key issues in the negotiations by providing written analysis, opportunities to hear from experts and other missions, as well as travel support. As a result, African and least-developed country missions will be able to engage more meaningfully in the negotiations.
for business development planning and a strategic partnership model Sunbird AI is a non-profit based in Uganda working on artificial intelligence for sustainable development in Africa. Sunbird AI believes that better data technology has the potential to improve planning, policy, real-time decision-making, and strengthen the feedback loop between citizens and policy makers. Artificial intelligence in particular has the potential to help Africa leapfrog the traditional constraints of infrastructure to improve human wellbeing. As a relatively young organization, Sunbird AI continues to strengthen its organization structures and systems to support the realization of its vision and mission. Building on an earlier organizational effectiveness (OE) grant focused on developing a communications strategy, this OE grant will support Sunbird AI in the development of both a business development strategy, and a strategic partnerships plan.
for establishment of a barometer for assessing the quality of learning in Senegal The Jangandoo program is a periodic, independent assessment of the quality of learning of children from six to eighteen years in Senegal, modeled on the civil society assessments of learning that the Hewlett Foundation has supported in India (ASER), East Africa (Uwezo), and Mali (Bèekungo). The Jangandoo assessment measures children’s reading, math, and general knowledge against competencies expected for children in grade 3.
for a project on public health governance in Mexico The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California at San Diego is a research center focused on promoting scholarship and understanding between researchers in both countries. This grant would allow the Center to continue compiling public information on the governance of Mexico’s public health sector, in addition to producing new research on common health problems in rural marginalized communities. The project will finalize and disseminate the Atlas of Governance of Public Health in Mexico, an online platform including a geo-referenced map, which will make local public health statistics and complimentary health policy information accessible to the public. The project will also focus on outreach to Mexican organizations working on improving public health services for the poor.
for a media program to increase accountability in the health and education sectors in Uganda Uganda Radio Network is an independent news agency that provides content to media outlets in Uganda. The network curates news stories and features for over 100 subscribing radio stations and print media, reaching nearly 80 percent of Uganda’s population. With this grant, the network will partner with two civil society organizations, Reproductive Health Uganda and Uwezo, to produce and disseminate to 50 media houses information on reproductive health and rights, and primary education achievement. The network will also build the capacity of media practitioners to mainstream reproductive health and education information in their programming.
for strategic planning This Organizational Effectiveness grant would support a strategic planning process for Results for All, a global program of Results for America.
for a program to support citizen engagement in extractive industry and budget processes in Senegal Oxfam works closely with local civil society organizations to promote transparency of government revenues and spending and increase public participation in decisions about how public resources are allocated and spent. In the next two years, Oxfam will work with local organizations in Senegal to ensure that communities in extractive areas participate in and benefit from resource extraction. This grant will enable Oxfam to mobilize and build the capacity of citizens in extractive communities and create opportunities for them to participate in the management and allocation of extractive revenues.
for a project in Ghana to upgrade the quality of policy analysis in the field of development None
for support of a network to strengthen population sciences training programs in Francophone Africa This grant to the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) will enable IUSSP to continue supporting the work of the Francophone Network of population scientists. During this grant period, IUSSP will publish and disseminate policy documents on the demographic dividend, conduct training workshops, and sponsor an event with African journalists and parliamentarians to continue disseminating information on the demographic dividend.
for the increasing and improving investments in the African care economy project The Center for Global Development (CGD) is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit research institution that works to reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world’s top decision makers. The center’s research and policy engagement are structured around global health policy; sustainable development finance; migration, displacement, and humanitarian policy; education; and governments and development. The center has also developed crosscutting initiatives focused on mitigating the impact of COVID-19, engaging with African policymakers, improving livelihoods for women and girls, responding to the climate crisis, and developing policy solutions for fragile regions and states. This grant will generate and synthesize research that makes the case for the importance of investments in care in East and West African countries and provide insight into concrete ways governments, international financial institutions, and bilateral donors can invest in this area. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment).
for a project on gender data This project continues a partnership among the World Bank, Data2X, the International Labour Organization, and the Food and Agriculture Organization to develop a methodology to measure unpaid work, as a contribution to implementation of the standards adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians. The project will support the agencies’ efforts to jointly develop and test measurement approaches in one country.
for the sustainable security program The Center for American Progress’s Sustainable Security and Peacebuilding Initiative promotes investments in global prosperity and stability to foster long-term U.S. national security. This grant will permit the Initiative to engage in three areas: (1) promote strong U.S. engagement on the Sustainable Development Goals and related Financing for Development agenda, including through original analysis and convening;( 2) inform the President’s Global Development Council; and (3) provide leadership and content to the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network, including through co-chairing the Emerging Issues Working Group and conducting analysis on the aid reform agenda of the Bush and Obama administrations.
for Editors' World, a journalism organization whose purpose is to redefine and improve the coverage of international subject matter in mainstream and alternative news organizations in the U.S. None
for an issue of Boston Review on effective interventions in health, education, and development None
for the Congressional Program, a nonpartisan education initiative that provides policymakers with a deeper understanding and background on public policy issues None
for a research and dissemination project on implementing justice sector reforms in Mexico None
for strengthening women and youth participation in municipal budget processes in Burkina Faso BEOG NEERE is a nonprofit association under Burkinabè law. Founded by young people and led by young people, BEOG NEERE’s mission is to help build a Burkina Faso where peace, human rights, democracy, and good governance reign. BEOG NEERE’s vision is a democratic, free, and prosperous Burkina Faso where all parties, civil society, government, private sector, and citizens all work for a common interest. BEOG NEERE also works to entrench democracy and good governance in Francophone Africa. This grant will enable BEOG NEERE to increase the involvement of young people and women in the development of the municipal budget and citizen monitoring of budget expenditure. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for the design and facilitation of a leadership transition process The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA) is a Kenyan civil society organization committed to promoting transparency, participation, and accountability through research, policy, and advocacy. TISA facilitates citizen oversight of the decentralization of Kenya’s governance and resource allocation in accord with the reforms put in place by its 2010 constitution. With this grant, they will engage international and local consultants to support the organization's first leadership transition.
for a project to explore opening an office for technology for transparency in Mexico Res Non Verba, also known as Wingu, is a non-profit organization based in Argentina, which specializes in providing services to other non-profit organizations on how to make better use of technology to improve the impact of their work. Their model for capacity building combined with the development of tailored technological solutions is in demand by organizations throughout Latin America, including Mexico. This grant would provide the funds necessary for Wingu to engage in a scoping exercise, using a set of metrics they have defined to ensure that their model is replicable outside of Argentina, to determine if there is sufficient demand for their services to open an office in Mexico, and train Mexican programmers to provide services based on the Wingu model to the community of non-profit organizations seeking to improve public policy in Mexico.
for support to expand access to quality sexual and reproductive health services in West Africa This grant will support the Population Council’s program of research, advocacy, and action focusing on Francophone West Africa. Specific activities include assisting the countries and the Ouagadougou Partnership Coordinating Unit in monitoring the implementation of their Costed Implementation Plans by producing tailored regional and/or country-specific evidence from secondary analyses of existing data.
for a fiscal sponsor search for the Transparency, Accountability, and Participation Network The Transparency, Accountability, and Participation Network brings together about 270 civil society organizations from over 60 countries to promote open, inclusive, and accountable governance in target countries as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Network is currently hosted by the World Federation of United Nations Associations, which unfortunately has not worked well for both parties. This grant is to enable the Steering Committee to explore and transition to one of two alternative institutional arrangements: find a new fiscal host or incorporate independently.
for general operating support As a long-standing member of Africa’s women’s rights movement, Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) fosters inclusive governance in Uganda that is women-centered, transformative, and accountable. Through a multipronged approach, FOWODE enhances the political leadership capacity of women legislators, bolsters women’s economic empowerment through gender-responsive budgeting processes, and advocates for sexual and reproductive health and rights. FOWODE works to deepen its participatory and sustained policy engagement and challenge harmful, gender-inequitable narratives that inhibit women’s reproductive, economic, and political rights in Uganda. (Strategy: International Reproductive Health)
for support of a strategy refresh for EngenderHealth's West Africa Regional Office This organizational effectiveness grant to EngenderHealth will support the development of a new strategic plan for their West and Central Africa region. Since the last strategy was made, the region has experienced major shifts due to Covid, changing policy environments and security situations. This grant will bring together staff from their country and global offices with a consultant to create together a new strategy, including monitoring and business development planning. This grant is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy to strengthen the sexual and reproductive health ecosystem in Francophone West Africa.
for support of research on unsafe abortion in Francophone West Africa For more than forty years, the Guttmacher Institute has led the field in research on the incidence, causes, and consequences of unsafe abortion. Funds would support the first national study of the incidence and consequences of unsafe abortion in Senegal as well as dissemination of the results of the first national study of abortion incidence in Burkina Faso. These studies would fill major gaps in the evidence on unintended pregnancy and abortion in Senegal and Burkina Faso. Findings would be disseminated by local partners to inform and advance new reproductive health policies and programs. The goal is to improve reproductive health and maternal survival by reducing unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion throughout Francophone West Africa, as part of the Ouagadougou Cooperation, of which the Hewlett Foundation is a founding member.
for general operating support As a professional scientific organization, Population Association of America communicates population research through diverse platforms to facilitate its incorporation into policymaking processes. The association aims to bring its members’ expertise into collecting and interpreting cross-national population data and strengthening the cross-fertilization of evidence among interdisciplinary researchers in the Global South and Global North with an enhanced focus on access to contraception and safe abortion care. The association aims to deepen these focal areas, including institutionalizing diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organization's policies and procedures. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for general operating support Open Institute is a Kenyan civil society organization that works with government institutions, citizens, and grassroots groups to promote responsive governments and active citizenship. Open Institute works in three Kenyan counties to engage government officials and community elders in the design and implementation of county statistical units to monitor progress toward development goals.
for general operating support TrustAfrica is a pan-African foundation that supports diverse civil society organizations to advance systemic change in the areas of equitable development, democracy and governance, and African philanthropy. It was established in 2006 as a vehicle to mobilize resources required to support African agency in setting priorities and championing responses to the most pressing issues facing the continent. TrustAfrica will pursue program development and consolidation as well as organizational development and strengthening to build on the organization’s strategic plan. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data The United Nations Foundation serves as the institutional host of the recently established Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. The Global Partnership brings together governments, private sector, civil society, and international institutions to harness new and traditional sources of data to better understand and address development challenges. This grant provides programmatic and operational support for the Global Partnership, with an emphasis on the strategy, governance, and operational activities required during the critical start-up phase to establish strong leadership, effective decision making, and clear actions toward the ultimate goal of filling development data gaps and making data more open, accessible, and usable by decision makers and citizens.
for the Community Integrity Building project in Kenya Integrity Action is a U.K.-based NGO working to empower citizens to demand openness and accountability from governments, service providers, and contractors. This grant will support a proof-of-concept project to empower local civic groups and citizen monitors at the county level in Kenya, to track whether government contractors and service providers are completing planned public works and service improvements on time and within quality standards. In addition, Integrity Action will make information about their performance — any problems that arise, and whether these are fixed — visible to the public and government authorities through an online platform called DevelopmentCheck.
for the development of mobile tools for grassroots non-profit organizations None
for a study on voting behavior to help design more effective voter education campaigns in India "Ethnic politics," in which constituents vote based on ethnic affiliation instead of candidate qualifications, has contributed to the rise of corrupt politicians in India. The objective of this study, directed by Professor Abhijit Banerjee of MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Laboratory, is to evaluate the responsiveness of constituents to indicators of caste versus other legislator characteristics, such as criminality and corruption. The data collected from this survey will be critical in developing effective designs for voter education
campaigns conducted in rural areas of South Asia, ultimately reducing corruption in Indian politics.
for a project to engage foreign policy experts in efforts to modernize U.S. foreign assistance None
for external evaluation The Center for Global Development (CGD) is an independent, nonpartisan research institution that works to reduce global poverty and improve lives through economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world’s top decision makers. This grant will support CGD in undertaking an external evaluation of its organizational model and strategies for measuring and communicating around influence and impact.
for a project advocating for a gender-just economic recovery in Africa The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) is a pan-African feminist network at the forefront of informing and mobilizing African women to participate in and influence policies and processes affecting their lives. This grant will support FEMNET to influence macro-level economic policymaking to be gender-transformative for fair generation and equitable distribution of resources in Africa. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for general support of the International Consortium for Emergency Contraception program None
for support of Ipas' regional strategy in Francophone West Africa This project will support implementation of Ipas’ relatively new program to address unsafe abortion in Francophone West Africa. Ipas’ strategy for the subregion seeks to train health care providers to provide abortion services safely and advocate for improvements in the policy environment for abortion availability. To improve the quality of abortion services available to women in Francophone countries, Ipas works in close partnership with ministries of health, regional health bodies like the West Africa Health Organization, and a diverse set of research and advocacy organizations. Strategically, this grant is aligned with the international reproductive health substrategy’s goal to reduce the incidence of unsafe abortion in Francophone West Africa, particularly in Ouagadougou Partnership member countries.
for strategic planning exercise and management skills This grant would allow the ILSB to undergo a strategic planning process to develop a three year strategy and a monitoring, evaluating and learning system, and strengthen the leadership skills of the team. The ILSB seeks to develop a common understanding of the whole team on the mission, vision, and value added of the work; that each program objective is directed towards achieving clear and measurable results that contribute to ILSB's mission; and to develop strong indicators of success for each identified established outcome.
for a program to train Rwandan government officials on international trade agreement negotiating skills None
for the development of an interfaith platform for family planning in Senegal World Faiths Development Dialogue at Georgetown University is committed to the idea that faith communities represent strong preexisting networks that can play a vital role in global development. Building on previously funded work, this grant will support the organization to engage high-level faith leaders in Senegal in collaboration with the government to increase family planning use. In this second phase, World Faiths Development Dialogue will establish an inter-religious council as a platform for collaboration between the government and Senegal’s religious community.
for advocacy and programming to improve gender data use and resourcing Data2X, an alliance housed at the U.N. Foundation, seeks to improve the quality, availability, and use of gender data in order to make a practical difference in the lives of women and girls worldwide. Data2X works with partners to improve the production and use of gender data through convening, research, advocacy, and communications. As an anchor grantee in the data substrategy of our women’s economic empowerment work, Data2X has a track record of raising awareness about the importance of gender data, identifying gender data gaps, and building partnerships to develop new methods. During this grant period, Data2X aims to enable the availability, usability, demand for, funding of, and use of gender data by governments, multilaterals, and private sector actors. Its goals include laying the groundwork for larger-scale change in key gender data production areas such as women’s economic participation, financial inclusion, and big data; deepening the field’s understanding of the current state of gender data and actions that need to be taken to drive data use; mobilizing new actors or channels for funding; and improving its own capacity to tell the gender data story and mobilize new investments in gender data. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)HEALTH
for the Experiments in Governance and Politics project The Experiments in Governance And Politics (EGAP) project, based at Columbia University, is a network of leading scholars and international development practitioners who study efforts to improve the transparency and accountability of political institutions. With this support, EGAP will raise research standards both among network members and in the fields of political science and economics. EGAP will also frame research questions and raise funding for inter-related studies so that the findings can be aggregated to provide more complete answers to the questions policymakers are asking. Finally, EGAP will improve the communication and dissemination of research findings and analysis so that the expanding evidence base is read, absorbed, and acted upon to improve governance interventions.
for general operating support of the Population Dynamics and Economic Development Program None